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Android?

Perhaps the first of ARM-based mini-laptops that will run Android? It'll be interesting to speculate on such an Android WiFi laptop in emerging markets which will have the Apple 3G iPhone ...

posted by : VMN, 11 August 2008 Complain about this comment
XP?

You could connect to a Windows PC from CE using a remote desktop connection product, but that depends on what your XP licence allows. Some versions specifically forbid the likes of VNC. But if it's XP Pro then a single-user terminal server is provided.

Should I be getting the same captcha text for each post?? I read the story on that topic, have you given up?

posted by : Robert Carnegie, 11 August 2008 Complain about this comment
If they can do it at that price,

it will make it onto Christmas lists and be a good seller.

Can it run youtube, java and other web stuff ok? Can it run some games?

posted by : intersted_party, 10 August 2008 Complain about this comment
Will be a laptop soon!

It will be a laptop as soon as someone ditches the garbage software and installs Linux on it instead!

posted by : Fred, 09 August 2008 Complain about this comment
What's wrong with CE?

I'd like to know what the author thinks is so bad about the Windows CE operating system. I've seen it on friends' PDAs and it looks really nice, probably one of the better things to come out of Microsoft in the last few years.

posted by : Stephen Brooks, 09 August 2008 Complain about this comment
Sadly...

"Samsung 400MHz chipset."

So it probably won't play WoW.

posted by : mike, 09 August 2008 Complain about this comment
Aesthetics

Inexpensive laptops are very nice. However the very wide plastic border around the LCD on many of them is extremely ugly. So ugly, as in this case, that I could not use the thing. 

Consider the HP 2133: it's not $99.00, rather about $400.00+/-, so maybe apples and oranges, but it is a good looking machine.

posted by : hoohoo, 08 August 2008 Complain about this comment
specs are on the site

http://www.jointech.com.hk/products_JL7100.html

Also, a few more details about the proc
Q11. Which processor have been used in JPro JL7100?
Ans. Samsung S3C Chipset with ARM 9 Core.

posted by : Jason, 08 August 2008 Complain about this comment
XP not CE

Shurely shome mishtake? Thats surely XP on that screen, not CE. but the crap 64Mb wouldn't really run XP that well now would it ?

posted by : Thorny, 08 August 2008 Complain about this comment
Could be a handy mobile companion...

As it has a USB host, with the right software I guess it could do all that the Redfly does, but with a slightly smaller screen, less battery life, and be $400 cheaper. Bargain!

Would be great to hook my Tytn II to it to browse the internet at far higher resolution.

posted by : David, 08 August 2008 Complain about this comment

Have no fear, the $99 laptop is here

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