Elonex announces £99 laptop

by Giovanni Glass March 3, 2008 11:55 pm Permalink
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Source: elonexone

Elonex has unvelied their Elonex ONE at the Education Show in Birmingham, UK. The laptop is a subnotebook and comes in various colors.

Specifications:

7" High Resolution TFT LCD display
800 x 480 Widescreen
22 x 15 x 3 cm (W x L x H)
0.95 kg weight
Interchangeable Outer Rubberised Skin (Optional)
LNX Code 8 Mobile 300MHz Processor
128Mb DDR-II SDRAM Memory (256Mb upgrade available)
On-board 1Gb Flash Memory (2Gb upgrade available)
Removable 1Gb, 2Gb, 4Gb, 8Gb, 16Gb wrist-band USB drive (sold separately)
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
10/100Mbps Ethernet
Bluetooth (available in an upgraded model)
2x USB 2.0 ports
Stereo speakers
3.5mm audio-in/microphone
3.5mm headphone
Splash-proof, removable QWERTY keyboard
Integrated 3 cell battery (about 4 hours usage)
Power adapter
Linux - Linos 2.6.21 operating system, with pre-installed software bundle

Like the OLPC, the software is Linux based, low power and low cost. Unlike the OLPC, the Elonex ONE is a commercial product, comes with a 1 year warranty and can be reserved on the Elonex ONE website. They are taking £10 reservations and plan to ship in June 2008.

Reuters has a video covering the event.

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