Everex's Cloudbook delayed again, again

Oh Cloudbook -- it's like you just keep floating off on us. We all thought Everex's little Eee competitor was going to drop today (the 15th), but since that turned out to be a bust, we started to get curious. As you might have guessed, the $399 UMPC has been ever-so-slightly delayed, again, this time until February 21st (or so they say). We've covered an unboxing if you're really jonesing for a look at the gOS-sporting device -- but keep in mind you could ruin that x-mas-morning feeling of wonderment when you pop open the box.

[Thanks, Travis]

[wootman @ Feb 16th 2008 1:04AM]

YOU SHOULD HAVE USED FEDEX

[JAmerican @ Feb 16th 2008 1:24AM]

I do love how Engadget totally ignored the fact that ZaReason is shipping their preorders or shipped some of them Friday. I do agree that Everex is just a mess. Pretty sad.

JAmerican

[Christopher J. @ Feb 16th 2008 2:08AM]

Indeed...Everex didn't technically postpone it. It's confirmed that the Cloudbook did in fact ship out to consumers on the 15th. I can prove it with the UPS tracking number I got for the one I'm expecting. Whatever, I'm going to blame Walmart for everything, even if it's not their fault.

[giantenemycrab @ Feb 16th 2008 1:39AM]

Why are people so excited about this?

[Christopher J. @ Feb 16th 2008 2:10AM]

Because it's something cool that isn't a Crapple Macintrash.

[Tom Oliveri @ Feb 16th 2008 1:45AM]

as if this isnt a publicity stunt

[mac @ Feb 16th 2008 2:08AM]

Oh I agree, generally the best way to inspire confidence in your company is to continuously say your product will be out at a certain time and then, on that day, say "whoops, we really meant like a week from today". I want to buy the product already!

[netfoodie @ Feb 16th 2008 3:53AM]

Maybe they just realized they left a gaping hole in the middle of their laptop. Crap! Where's the Bondo?

[MJ @ Feb 16th 2008 5:02AM]

We can buy this in the UK now (though it's rebadged Packard Bell).

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0615826165.1203156001@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccfadedfjmllekcflgceggdhhmdgmk.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=622061&category_oid=

[sinjinn @ Feb 16th 2008 8:02AM]

though this might be a better buy http://www.ebuyer.com/product/133791

[Bob @ Feb 16th 2008 5:29AM]

What a disappointment this fugly beast of a thing is... Hello, this is 1980 calling. We want our designs back.

If you're gonna make a 7" machine, make it 7 inches wide, for crying out loud, with a borderless display. How much extra would it cost to replace those fugly hinges with a swivel, ala a tablet, and put a couple of buttons on the display? 5 bucks? 5 bucks extra and a software tweak to re-orient the display, and you've got a "free" book reader thrown in. Don't even get me started on where they appear to have put the mouse.

I think Everex/Packard Bell must have employed whoever was designing Zenith gear.

I'm still eagerly waiting for a 7" to 10" machine with a decent resolution, plenty of options for adding (or including) bluetooth, wifi, hspa, touch, THAT ISN'T FUGLY. Neither this monstrosity nor the Eee cuts it.

[darex @ Feb 16th 2008 9:28AM]

What are you using now, your highness?

I'm using my Eee. I LOVE it.

Too bad you have no idea what you're missing.

[Bob @ Feb 17th 2008 3:35AM]

@Darex

Your highness? Lol... I guess my post was a bit arrogant?

Oh, I know what I'm missing... what I'm missing is a decent 7" machine for my stable... I didn't say I wouldn't buy one, I said neither the Eee nor the Everex isn't fugly...

Frankly speaking, I'd have an Eee by now if I wasn't in Africa, most likely hacked with at least a USB hub, HSPA & bluetooth inside. Don't know I'd go to the extent of hacking touch into the display...

As for what I'm using now - an old HP iPaq, a Nokia N95, and a Toshiba Satellite 17".

If I had a couple of grand I'd go for the 8.9" lifebook, but I'd much prefer an Eee (currently the best option imho, for a *companion* to your main pc).

Take the Eee, add a gobi chipped mobile card (hsdpa and evdo on one chip), change the screen to a swivel that I can read books and magazines on in portrait, and I'd be happy. Make it a touch and throw in bluetooth. The icing on the cake would be a borderless display (and at least 1024x768)...

One of the main reasons I avoided the Eee, was to wait and see what happened. It's certainly shook things up, Everex of all people first to jump on the bandwagon, but I am sure we will see a lot more activity in this area, giving the expensive 10-12" machines and umpc's a run for their money. I wouldn't be surprised to see a machine not unlike I've described in the $750-$1000 price range (which is what a heavily modded Eee would end up costing anyway) soon.

[Richard Lai @ Feb 16th 2008 9:38AM]

As far as I know, the latest gOS is still very buggy. I hope the Everex Cloudbook is using a fixed version.

[Johan S @ Feb 16th 2008 5:59PM]

I hate side scrolling. Does the browser display web pages in 1024 mode fit-to-screen'd to 800 pixel with?

Anyway, someone email me when they decide to put an LCD that has a pixel width of 1024 instead of 800.

Thanks.

[kingu @ Feb 17th 2008 6:17AM]

Maybe if engadget didnt give Everex so much wind every time they postponed the cloudbook we would actually see them change their routine?

[medicfl1 @ Feb 22nd 2008 9:16PM]

Prior to this year I had never heard of Everex.
Man am I glad I did, in early January while comparing laptops to replace an older one.

If you get a chance to own an Stepnote XT5300 run, do not walk to buy it.

This 17' beauty comes stock with a GeForce 8600GS - 256 dedicated - video card, a 720p+ widescreen monitor, 120 gig HDD, 1 gig RAM - 200 pin DDR2 667 upgradeable to 4 Gigs and all solid components inside.
Webcam, SPDIF HD audio, DVD, Firewire & USB, Multi card reader, 54 & 35 express slot, AMD 64X2 Athlon , Atheros 5006 wireless adapter, Windows Vista Home Ultimate and a design that is comfortable.

No more carple tunnel syndrome with the back set keyboard styling and The price was a mere pittance of what I expected to pay.

I got it at Newegg and low and behold they had RAM and HDD's on sale. I felt obligated to soup this up to 4 Gigs RAM and popped in another 320 WD hard drive.

This machine is everything I wanted and more. If I had to come up with a con, it would be Vista, as windows update tries to ruin you with it's driver updates - Be careful.

I put Singbox Solo on here and the kids have this thing running darn near 24/7 without a hiccup,
Nice to be pleasantly surprised for once instead of let down.

Great job Everex!

Man, they should pay me for this - Ha Ha.