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Thursday, March 22, 2007

MiniBooks Face Uncertain Future in the Computing World

The newest of the mini-laptops (they're supposed to be called 'notebooks') are coming out and one of the most talked about is the FlipStart, weighing in at just about two pounds and about the size of a 400-page paperback book.

The newest of the "mini-books" is created by FlipStart Labs
and offers the following: 1.1 GHz Intel processor; 500MB of RAM; 30 GB hard-drive; runs XP and Vista. The retail price when it premiers on April 10 - about $2,000.

Industry analysts and journalists seem intrigued by some of the FlipStart's features, but others maintain that the screen resolution and size are not worthy of the price, and even more feel the mini-keyboard (which is a "thumb" keyboard") is too difficult to use for productive keyboarding.

In comparison, the Oqo, touted as the "smallest PC in the world," offers consumers 1.5 GHz CPU, 60 gig hard drive, 1 gig of RAM and the model 02 supports Windows Vista. The Oqo sells for about $1,500. Both offer WiFi ability.

Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal describes the details of FlipStart and Oqo before you run out and spend a bunch of money on something you may wish three months from now that you shouldn't have rushed to buy.

Apple and other companies are raising the bar on combining telephony, Internet, video, MP3s and cams all into one hand-sized device. The all-in-one telephonic cell phone revolution will keep evolving, and folks will keep buying new ones every one or two years. Good industry to invest in perhaps.

But newer, more cutting-edge devices like the iPhone are great for offering basic telecommunications and entertainment capabilities, but of course they cannot compare to the power, ease of use and accessibility of modern laptops.

For the past decade, well-paid cryptic brains in the Silicon Valley and around the world have been struggling to find the middle ground of computing and telecommunications, while simultaneously achieving the best portability and affordability for a mass market.

Those in the industry know quite well the frustrations associated with devising a device that will revolutionize communications and computing.

Part of the problem is there are too many conflicting computer languages, protocols, platforms and so on that have stymied

efforts to develop a more universal, cross-platform compliant code that would be compatible across numerous computers and and other computing devices, like the iPhone and PDAs.


What do you think?

What would be the perfect computer for you?

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