Hey Look ... there's another bus coming ....

Just when you thought that you had a handle on ultra-portables someone opened the box and all of these fell out ...

Google News Alerts

I use the Google News Alerts to track the things that I am interested in on a short or long term basis. Currently I have a number of tracks out but today the one that caught my eye is the one for the Elonex ONE which I blogged about after the Education Show.

The next kid on the block appear to be the MSI Wind and there are many reports of it in its prototype state:MSI Wind and 'the codename of the first low-cost laptop of multinational Taiwanese' . But prices and spec seem to be going up not down. This will run in at about 299 Euros. PC World are offering reconditioned laptops at £269 (350 Euro) so for 50 extra Euros ...

I will just have to put in a Google Alert for the MSI Wind and see what else pops up.

The screen below is a Voice Thread which allows you to post onto the images your views. You do need to sign up first to be able to do this. The just click on the small images in the bottom right and have your say. A powerful tool.


PS
Here is a link that reveals further kit in the range ... it grows by the day.

PPS
18th March 2008 - George Cole writes a Guardian article about the Asus

PPPS ... or you could read the review of both the Asus and the Elonex ONE from the Sydney Morning Herald

PPPPS ... and so it goes on ... Intel now throw their hat into the ring.