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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
It's strictly a flash memory based machine, and flash is more expensive than hard drives. You're paying a premium for ruggedness and small format. Before the EEE PC's, you paid 1000 to 2000 for a micro laptop.
The one drawback is the screen attachment. It's the classic 2 point fold-up. Standard for a computer, but a pain for ebook reading. If somebody would make one of these things with a single joint the rotates 180 degrees, to mimic a tablet machine, the would have the perfect design. <Sigh> a dozen competitors have announced and not one with a single joint connection....
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I am starting to see this on DVD players so perhaps UMPC devices won't be far behind. They do need a few keys on the display so that you can read eBooks without needing the keyboard but quite doable I think.
Dale