http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/ Engadget Comments for Bestlink's Alpha 400 ultraportable is dirt cheap, regular cheap http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/
Hmm, I see CDMA but no 1xrtt or EVDO.....weird.]]>May 21st 2008 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/
Great, an ultra-portable email box without built-in Wi-Fi. How much extra is that device gonna run me? I mean, isn't that the point of such a small device? Once you've bought the extra accessories, you may have paid the same price that the low-end EeePCs are selling for right now.

The device need not play Crysis to impress me, it just needs to have the basic necessities for what it's trying to do, and not as "external devices" - read: hidden extra costs to make it seem like a bargain. Sorry, this Fisher-Price ultra-portable wannabe doesn't impress me at all.
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no offense but i still have a 486 Compaq with 16mb ram and 0.5 MB Harddrive that runs win 3.11 and the icons still look better also i think it has a bigger screen (not buy much)]]>May 21st 2008 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.ingenic.cn/eng/productServ/XBurst/pfCustomPage.aspx

Its based on embedded technology? RISC something or other... *shrug* No clue how this will run, although WinCE is not exactly a motivating factor. Have to see how desktop linux runs on it.]]>May 21st 2008 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/
Not that I would get one, but these things do have a good value proposition.]]>May 21st 2008 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/
Asus hit the nail on the head with the Eee and now everyone else wants to capitalize on it. ]]>May 21st 2008 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/128 megs will run well with Win98 SE, and there is still a large library of software for the OS. A lean Linux distro with a lite shell will be best for this. Battery life will be make-or-break for this thing.]]>May 21st 2008 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/
Yeah, except drivers for the Bestlink Alpha 400.]]>May 21st 2008 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/
This looks neat. A bit more powerful than a PSP but about the same size and price. The real olpc: O.ne L.ittle P.ersonal C.omputer]]>May 21st 2008 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 22nd 2008 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/
For $250 ... eh, that's $50 *more* than the EEE was originally supposed to cost, for a thing that (in the next technology year) has and does way less.

So, No, I wouldn't say it's worth $250.

But it they sent me one for free I would not complain -- it looks like a nice toy!

timothy]]>May 21st 2008 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/
That said, this device, with these specs, should come in at under $100 - and no, even sent to me for free does nothing for me....]]>May 22nd 2008 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/
If not, I'm pretty sure $300 smart phones kick this thing's ass.]]>May 21st 2008 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/
Windows CE is very similar to Windows Mobile, so it's quite likely this will have adequate performance.]]>May 21st 2008 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://tommcmahon.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/nec900720b.jpg
http://tommcmahon.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/jornada820b.jpg

has morphed into this:
http://tommcmahon.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/25/asuseeepc.jpg

which has now become this:
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/05/bestlink_alpha400.jpg]]>May 21st 2008 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/
ALTHOUGH.... If that windows CE supported J2ME I could totally see Opera Mini running on this flawlessly.]]>May 21st 2008 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/128mb RAM

Same specs as the iPhone on a laptop....]]>May 21st 2008 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 21st 2008 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 22nd 2008 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/May 22nd 2008 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/
As a middle school teacher working to bring more and more assignments into the internet age, if this thing can a classroom of 25 kids on-line to do some work, I'm interested. I don't need a hard drive, loads of ram, just a working internet connection and Firefox.

Authentication into our Windows network may present a problem, though...]]>Jul 12th 2008 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/21/bestlinks-alpha-400-ultraportable-is-dirt-cheap-regular-cheap/
its on sale now
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180254106018&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm37%26satitle%3D180254106018%2509%26category0%3D%26fvi%3D1


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