http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/ Engadget Comments for Eee PC-like ultraportables - name that product category http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 30th 2008 7:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 31st 2008 1:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 30th 2008 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 30th 2008 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 30th 2008 10:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 31st 2008 2:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 31st 2008 4:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 31st 2008 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 31st 2008 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/
I was wondering the same thing as I was sharing and tagging some of these things in Google Reader. I am using "ultra-portable" for the time being, but clam-top has a nice roll to it.]]>Jun 1st 2008 2:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/Jun 2nd 2008 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/
microbook?

nanobook? (well, since they're all VIA these days anyway...)

something between palm and laptop could be good, but all i can think of is armtop. which sounds stupid.

*waits for better idea*

We could just let microsoft name it and use Small-Form Factor Clamshell Personal Computing Devices or something...]]>May 30th 2008 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/
Or just slimbook, when the MacbookAir came out I was really surprised they hadn't named it the Macbook Slim but after all these months Macbook Air just really sounds good.

Hobbybook might be something since it's just a lightweight surfing device.

And "UltraPortables" on it's own isn't even that bad a name, it perfectly describes what they are.]]>May 30th 2008 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 30th 2008 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/
Officially they're called the ULCPC btw: Ultra Low-Cost Personal Computer]]>May 30th 2008 10:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 30th 2008 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 31st 2008 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 31st 2008 12:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/
Wow, I have to name my old Libretto Squirrelbook now.]]>May 31st 2008 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/Jun 3rd 2008 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/Litebook
Ultralight
Handbook (yeah, I think it's already used, but I've found that the Eee is light enough that I can literally rest it on one hand while using the other hand to navigate, which is useful if you're using it in public without a lot of room to set it down)

I'm also tempted to add "paperback notebook" or something as an indicator of just how light these things are, but that's too long a name to use conveniently.]]>May 30th 2008 7:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/
*goes to look up sub-notebook*]]>May 30th 2008 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 31st 2008 2:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 31st 2008 6:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subnotebook]]>May 31st 2008 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 30th 2008 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 30th 2008 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/
or better yet... ludicrous portable]]>May 30th 2008 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 31st 2008 2:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 31st 2008 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 30th 2008 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/
Engadget is becoming even slower than Kotaku.]]>May 30th 2008 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/
These are just low power subnotebooks. But they're also light, so "ultralight" sounds okay to me.

Or we could just call them weebles.

]]>May 30th 2008 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 30th 2008 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 31st 2008 12:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/
But yes, subnotebooks would make the most sense.]]>Jun 1st 2008 6:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/
Sub-notebook is just one too many syllables, and subnote fully gets the point across.]]>May 31st 2008 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/I agree with subnotebook, as it is an already established category that doesn't sound completely stupid.]]>Jun 1st 2008 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/
they are almost toy like... like the old speak n spell machines of the 80's.

Seriously.. someone should make one of these hybrids in a lego style case for the ultimate toy. At the $200-$300 mark, I would have loved one of these as a child (it would certainly have beat my Commodore Vic 20 that I got as my first computer)

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Though now that I think about it, "crotchtop" has a dirty little ring to it. Me likey. Though it might rule out the easily-overheated nadcookers (oooh, there's another good name!) like HP's 2133.


(Sorry-- couldn't stop myself.)

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Laptop-Like]]>Jun 2nd 2008 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 30th 2008 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 30th 2008 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 30th 2008 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 30th 2008 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 30th 2008 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/]]>May 30th 2008 9:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/May 31st 2008 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/30/eee-pc-like-ultraportables-name-that-product-category/I thought it was a word play on lilliputian!! But then it dawned on me that maybe, just maybe, the word originated from the book xD...hahaa
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