Has time proved him wrong? We've seen an explosion of EEEPC-alikes, most of which seem to share the flaws of the original, and most of which are way above the original $299 price point. They all seem to have cramped screens and keyboards, and instead of being a breakthrough for Linux, they seem to be going back to Windows XP instead. And of course none of them have DVD drives.
If all there was at the $500 price point was netbooks, it would definitely be a step down in terms of features. That hasn't happened yet, but the market does seem to have moved in that direction.
The Triumph proved to be one of the better looking and performing pre-paid handsets we'd had the pleasure of holding in our sweaty mitts, but we had one major hangup: the name.
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Has time proved him wrong? We've seen an explosion of EEEPC-alikes, most of which seem to share the flaws of the original, and most of which are way above the original $299 price point. They all seem to have cramped screens and keyboards, and instead of being a breakthrough for Linux, they seem to be going back to Windows XP instead. And of course none of them have DVD drives.
If all there was at the $500 price point was netbooks, it would definitely be a step down in terms of features. That hasn't happened yet, but the market does seem to have moved in that direction.