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Everex Going Bigger With Tiny Cloudbooks and Adding Next-Gen Wireless Joy
11:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | The mini-notebook market is heating up, with today bringing stats and shots of the Asus’s latest Eee PC with it’s tiny screen and keys that might work with normal hands. Then later, we get news of a leak about Everex, Asus’s competitor in this market, about its next Cloudbooks, including one with a 10.2-inch screen and 3G connectivity, and another with an 8.9-inch screen and WiMAX. No definite word on if they’ll be using Intel’s Atom processors or competitors from Via, or if they’ll be XP or Linux machines, but the makers of the reference design, FIC, would confirm a screen resolution on the 10.2-inch model at 1024×600. It will also feature a 1.3-Megapixel camera, 2GB RAM, card reader, dual USB 2.0, and an express card slot. Less details are known of the 8.9-inch model, though the specs should be similar, including resolution. The devices might be subsidized by 3G carriers like AT&T or Sprint — if they ever hit the US shores, which there’s no promise of. We liked the Cloudbooks we’ve seen so far, and we can’t wait to see if a slightly larger model will actually be usable for those of us with big, bear-like hands. [PC Advisor, via Slashgear] More »
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Cloudbook Max Features Built-In WiMAX for Sprint’s XOHM Network
10:00AM Sean Fallon | Straight from CTIA 2008, Everex has unveiled their new Cloudbook Max featuring built-in support for Sprint’s XOHM WiMAX network. Users can also expect a 8.9″ WVGA (1024 x 600) display, a 1.6GHz VIA C7-M ULV processor with the VIA VX800 digital media IGP chipset, up to 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, a 80GB hard disk drive, 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth, an integrated GPS receiver, dual built-in 2-megapixel webcams, an S-Video port, audio in/out and the Microsoft Vista OS. No pricing info has been announced, but you can expect it to hit store shelves within a year. Press release after the break. More »
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Everex CloudBook’s Old-School Answer to Digital Photo Frames
8:20AM Wilson Rothman | Everex just got photo-friendly in a strangely retro way: PhotoFair is a clear plastic plate that clamps on to the CloudBook’s top, allowing you to “store and display photos, documents and other printed materials.” As in, physically stash printed-out documents. It’s a bit unusual in the LCD age, but unlike the digital alternative—Windows SideShow, for instance—this one is easily executed and won’t drain your batteries. [Everex] Thanks Paul! More »
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Everex Cloudbook Gets Dropped By Its First Shipping Company
9:00AM Jason Chen | Things just get worse and worse for Everex’s Cloudbook, previously thought to be a competitor to the popular Asus Eee PC, as the first company to actually ship the mini laptop has ceased selling it. ZaReason says they’ve lost so much money in shipping out refunds (due to bank transaction fees) that it’s no longer profitable for them to sell it. Why would so many people want refunds? Because the laptop’s kind of a crapfest, according to last week’s Laptop Mag review—partially because the touchpad is placed in a horrible, horrible spot. But if you really want one, Wal-Mart’s got it listed on their website. [ via Cloudbooker] More »
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Everex Cloudbook Unboxed, Fondled, Declared Horrible So Far
5:10AM Jason Chen | Those of you excited about that cheap, small Everex Cloudbook Wal-mart laptop as an alternative to an Eee PC might be slightly disappointed. Laptopmag just unboxed theirs, and found many things wrong with it. The pointing device is above the keyboard on the right, but the left and right mouse keys are on the left side, also above the keyboard. What the? Update: They’ve got a mini-review up. More »
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Everex Cloudbook to Get Touchscreen Display
9:35PM Haroon Malik | Everex is planning to release a touchscreen version of the Cloudbook, which they say will be out for developers 45 to 60 days after the normal model goes on sale, then released in Q3. Everex Marketing Director Paul C. Kim even speculated about an SSD option in future versions but, with the normal model still unreleased, all these promises feel a bit like vapourware. [Laptop Mag] More »
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Ripple-Mini PC Packs an Awful Lot of Computing into $150
8:59PM Haroon Malik | Those Koreans sure do get spoiled on the technology front; check out Ripple’s Ripple-Mini PC, for example. The device, which will retail for a shockingly low €90 ($150), will pack in an Intel Celeron M215 (1.33GHz), 1GB RAM, SiS 662 North Bridge and SiS 964L South Bridge, all in a dinky 20×300x220mm, Mac mini-esque case. Hit the gallery for some more shots. More »
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Everex Cloud Ultra-Portable Is Given An Extra Two Inches
9:31PM Addy Dugdale | Cheapo computer manufacturer Everex has announced that its Linux-friendly 7-inch Cloudbook UMPC will be coming out as a nine-inch model—and it should be available by June. More »
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Everex Cloudbook Coming To Walmart.com
4:30AM Gizmodo US Edition | The Everex Cloudbook that we showed you a month ago has finally been given an official release date. So if you were hoping to get the $US400 Eee PC rival, it will be available from Walmart.com on January 25th. There’s no word on if you’ll be able to pick one up at an actual brick-n-morter Walmart store, so the website might be the only option. [Everex] More »
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