Comments on: CloudBook Unboxing and Very First Impressions

By: bh

bh — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:43:13 +0000

It is not in the Walmart stores, but you can order it online and they can ship it to your local store.

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:04:32 +0000

@snowwy:
The Eee has one button but 2 sides which act as both a left and right mouse button. The CB just has a more visible right/left. Seems the CB would be much more mobile computing frindly if the design is intended for walking and using the mouse, I don’t see walking around while being on a computer as that seems like a way to trip and break the device. 30 Gig HDD @ 4200 rpms seems like a cop out and like ancient hardware but with upgrading may be ok. See how it does in the market, I’d like to try it myself so may pick one up.

By: gregf

gregf — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:26:45 +0000

After playing with this for a while:
1. the touch pad accepts a tap as “left-click”, so you wont need the actual mouse buttons unless there is a right click menu.
2. it maps left and right flicks (gestures) as “back” and “forward” in the browser.
3. there is an up-down scroll area on the right

It takes practice!

By: BobSmith

BobSmith — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:42:37 +0000

It’s selling at walmart.com now!

By: jazzybob

jazzybob — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:29:27 +0000

EDNONOMYOUS: The reason for the excitement of a notebook of this size is surely not the $$. At least for me its the size that works: PDAs and iPhones don’t provide the options I need. The web brousing on an iPhone or crackberry? Insane – did that for a few years on my blackberry. I looked at buying a 7″ n.b. as my lightweight communicator – with the migration of essential office apps to the web – it works for me. Link that with the ubiquitious(ness) of WiFi and (in the case of the Asus) the ability to run Xubuntu and I’m good.

The cloudbook is also a viable and attractive entry – although as already stated, the pointer is “different”. It remains to be seen IF the cloudbook surfaces at walmart AND if a Ubuntu-sponsored OS will run on it! The Everex work with the VIA chip is exciting and this first unboxing is also. I’ll be looking for one and when it comes to town, I’ll be wunning it with UBUNTU!

Great post and great comments -

By: Cheap Laptops

Cheap Laptops — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:29:29 +0000

I believe I saw one of HP notebooks that look similar to this.

By: big_left

big_left — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:30:27 +0000

“Think of it as a two thumb device;
Hold by edges, left thumb for buttons, right thumb for touch pad.”

And… if your left-handed ? then what. Its bad enough that during high school one had to learn to be ambidextrous, since most computers had their mouses set up for right handers.

By: Carier

Carier — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:58:28 +0000

This something is a TOUCHPAD ? rotfl.
I hope this notebook have a camera ?
In my humble opinion Macbook Air already isn’t a worst notebook in the world. gPC have first place.

By: snowwy

snowwy — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:13:47 +0000

thei nice thing about the cb. is two clickers. eee only has one. so what do you do for a left click on eee??? and as far as the cb in the UK. with xp. it’s called the easynote by packard bell. 80 gig hard drive and 1 gig memory. throw in xp and the cost is almost twice as much as the cb. NOT ANYWHERE NEAR THE SAME PRICE. and even if it were cheaper. i can’t find anywhere that it can be ordered and shipped to the U.S. NOW. there are some other models. such as pioneercomputers.com that have a full fledged keypad under the keyboard. it’s called dreambook light IL1. starting at 499 with 40 gig drive but 1 gig processor. i have also just found out on umpcportal.com. there is a linpus linux light OS. anyone familiar with this one??? there’s pics of it. looks like it could be more user friendly.

By: dbzeag

dbzeag — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:56:14 +0000

The positioning of the touchpad is for “walking” navigation. The idea is that you can carry the laptop while walking and can still use it. You hold the laptop at the center of gravity so there is no tipping and you can still use the navigation of the pointer to navigate the windows. I don’t think it was an afterthought to include the touchpad in such a location, I think it was deliberate. It might not be convenient if you are sitting at a desk using the laptop, but it is infinitely easier while you are on the move than the Eee conventional solution.