Elonex Reveals £99 Laptop February 19, 2008
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At the way things are going, laptops will be free in a year, as UK outfit Elonex decides to try beat Asus at its own game by bringing out a £99 laptop called the One.
Although the device will be targeted initially at the UK education sector it’s also going to be made available to consumers, becoming the UK’s first sub-£100 notebook. Yes, but will it be any good?
Well, it is offering you a useable Linux-based laptop with 1GB of Flash memory storage, a 7in display, word processing and spreadsheet applications, and the ability to wirelessly access the Web and email. It has internal speakers for playing MP3s and a socket for headphones, as well as USB slots. It weighs in at less than 1KG and is small enough – Elonex says – to slip into any school bag. The battery is good enough for around 3 hours. There is a version with 2GB of Flash storage and Bluetooth planned too, for £120. The One laptop will be formerly unveiled at the Education Show at the NEC on February 28.
Sam Goult, Marketing Manager at Elonex, comments:
“This pioneering technology has been developed to help nurture our children’s education, to integrate them into the modern digital world that we all now belong to. The ONE removes the cost barrier that has prevented the one-laptop-per-person, large-scale uptake of computers in the education system that has for so long been just a pipe-dream. Investment in digital technology is paramount to help the next generation achieve their full potential.”
The move pits Elonex against the global might of Asus and its Eee PC. Either way, lots of people can soon get their hands on really cheap notebooks.-Martin Lynch
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Comments
i thought elonex whent bust 2 years ago - after seeing the build quality of the desktops i would never touch anything from them again. Stick with the eee pc
It looks a little unbalanced - the weight of the computer looks housed in the monitor side, while the keyboard looks quite light.
Would it not keep flipping over?
By the way Dan, the reason it looks unbalanced is becuse the keyboard comes off to make it a tablet PC.
But even still, it is really unattractive and GREY!!
I really hate this laptop. The price reflects the quality of the laptop and the looks. It is absolouutly hideous! It's grey,thick and just so horrible!
I thought the lapton came in different colours, but maybe I watch more tv. reviews than most. AND it may be cheap and not as good looking as most laptops but remember we have thousand of kids in this country living below the poverty line and they need access to a computor for most of their homework these days or are at a disadvantage, these are after all the people it is aimed at the the snobby computor users.
hi, can you use 3 network dongle on this item?