Aware Electronics shows off A-Pad convertible netbook
By Donald Melanson 
posted Jun 30th 2008 1:28PM
posted Jun 30th 2008 1:28PM
As you're no doubt all too well aware, there's certainly no shortage of netbook options out there these days, but the number of convertible netbooks is considerably more limited -- a situation that little known Aware Electronics now looks set to somewhat rectify. It's apparently now set to jump into the game with this 7-inch number, which packs an Aday5G 800MHz X86 processor (all bets are off on that one), 4GB of NAND Flash, built-in WiFi and Bluetooth (with optional 3G and GPS), an integrated webcam, dual USB ports, an SD card slot, and the LINOS Linux distribution for an OS. Nothing particularly standout there, but Aware is promising that this one'll sell for $300 when it launches in two months, which certainly evens things out -- assuming that you can actually get one for that price.
Why are these vendors even tossing out figures like $300? They must know the likely hood of hitting that is low. Or do they think $399 = $300?
300 is the new 399 ... dude?!! ... learn to keep up with the times
300?????
there u go HTC Shift
I hate netbooks as it is. And for a budget notebook, why are they throwing in convertable features. Im sure most people that might buy this would rather save money instead of having this, IMO, useless feature. Whats the point of converting with no tablet.
uhm...because people want to have a convertible, touch screen, and cheap? what's the cheapest convertible touch screen out there and what's with all the rhetorical questions? if you don't want people to answer, you should state as opinion, not ask question you don't really want people to answer.
For a convertible and for 300$ I will but one. Makes perfect for reading ebooks, emails, chatting and watching some tutorial videos. Although I prefer to have 9" for better reading. I for sure will include the GPS with it.
@supercoolsplash
"im thinkin the c0mp isnt real liek how can the moniter float in middair ? May-be they photochopped it look advanced? I think alot of people can agree with this." from your post above. what he did was a typo, what you did should be criminal
fail
I dunno about this one. I got a used Toshiba tablet off eBay for $350 and that had at least a 1.5ghz cpu, half a gig of RAM, and a dedicated nVidia card (albeit only 64mb). It ran XP and Ubuntu just fine and the tablet functionality was great (in Windows at least). Not sure why I would want to get something this much slower for only $50 less.
what toshiba model was that??
i want a tablet too!
uh...because it's not used, and the battery is fresh?
So is it touchscreen or not? If not you can still get that touchscreen plastic sheet that you can put on eee's right now. I'd definitely buy this for $300. If they sell it for any more they're gonna have to do something about that cpu.
@supercool=FAIL
And if you can't take criticism then don't write stupid comments. Hugh is right and you are wrong.
Depending on how the performance stacks up, this might be a good alternative to my EEE 2G Surf, which to be honest is great but I would still like something more. And for $300, if they can keep the price that low, I would spend a long time considering it.
For those of you wondering whether or not it has a touch screen, check the read link: "7 inch 800 x 480 touch screen."
Another thing I like about this is it doesn't have the ugly space for speakers on the side of it...I think that would make it even smaller that the EEE, which I would like as long as they can keep the weight and thickness down as well.
Did I ramble enough here? I sure hope so. (Also, I've been reading Engadget for 8 or 9 months now, but this is my first comment so far...Hello, everyone =] )
Yes, you have rambled enough and your post was relevant. I voted you up.
Welcome to the world of Engadget posting and an eFruit basket shall arrive shortly.
What's the use of a Linux tablet, convertible or not? There is no handwriting recognition software for Linux that even comes close to the splash screen of RitePen, so -- Why? To make the purdy pictures?
And yes, according to the article on jkkmobile, it does have a touchscreen.
What's the use of a Linux tablet, convertible or not? There is no handwriting recognition software for Linux that even comes close to the splash screen of RitePen, so -- Why? To make the purdy pictures?
And yes, according to the article on jkkmobile, it does have a touchscreen.
I though SuperCool made his comment idiotic on purpose, mocking people who actually do write dumb things like that...
Don't feed the idiot troll.
i dun liek dis cuz it is wite and teh scren is weerd
He's left a pathetic commment on most articles today and joined today. Sounds like he's early teens or 10 year old
i dun watch pr0ns cuz it is imorel
and i thought i was bad at grammar and spelling but you just took the English language out back and beat it senseless
"NO u FAIL liek u failed 3rd grade"
but SuperCoolSplasdfkjl3!0, have you even gotten to 3rd grade yet?
Cool, a min tablet :D
Finally, an inexpensive tablet laptop.
I will not call it an effing n$tb**k.
netbook
this is great and very cheap.
i have a umpc with big borders and no keyboard. if this comes in at this price i will be amazed.
That would make a great ebook/rss reader, browser, portable media player and Skype device. Higher quality videos might be a problem for the 800Mhz proc though. No mention of audio ports but it has BT.
What on earth is the processor, though? AbiWord might be an issue for it, for all we know. Is it known by any other names? I was under the impression that there really weren't that many x86 chip designers out there.