The Eee PC has more competition

The Cloudbook - another two-pound notebook - is here. The options for light travelers who want to stay connected - and still keep the luggage under 20 pounds - are increasing.

From Laptop magazine:

Weighing in at just 2 pounds, the CloudBook certainly lives up to its near-weightless name. It features a VIA C7-M ultra-low voltage (ULV) CPU clocked at 1.2GHz, which helps achieve its 5 hour battery life on a 4-cell battery. By way of comparison, the Asus EeePC has a 900MHz Intel Celeron processor.

Everex’s CloudBook features the same 7 inch 800×480 resolution screen as the Eee PC, similar built-in speakers, and 802.11b/g that the Asus Eee PC 701 has, but instead of packing in a measly 4GB SSD, Everex has opted for a full-blown 30GB hard drive…

Comments

[John]

Lots of other choices out there (now or soon). HP is set to release an interesting little machine (http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/19/hps-umpc-2133-revealed/). And there are even smaller (but VERY expensive) options like the HTC Shift.