http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/ Engadget Comments for Litl Easel Webbook now official, unbelievably overpriced http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 4th 2009 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 4th 2009 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 4th 2009 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/
http://litl.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/thinking-of-a-netbook-id-rather-buy-a-litl-let-me-explain/ ]]>Nov 6th 2009 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 4th 2009 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/low specs, "running a proprietary web-optimized OS" (except it wouldn't be that web-optimised), and Very overpriced.

But that would be Apple so it would be "amazing" and "UN-BE-LIE-VA-BLE".
"BOOM!"]]>Nov 4th 2009 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 4th 2009 8:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 4th 2009 8:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 4th 2009 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 4th 2009 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 4th 2009 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 4th 2009 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/- 2 GB of storage?
- Non-standard OS?

This thing looks cool, but specs out to a low end netbook. They'll cut the price by 50% once they realize that nobody is going to pay $700 for a low-end, low-quality machine. And if they do - it might be worth dishing out the $350 (read: "might")
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One of the developers blog that might kill off this proprietary os FUD.]]>Nov 5th 2009 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 4th 2009 7:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 4th 2009 8:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 4th 2009 8:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 4th 2009 8:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 4th 2009 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 4th 2009 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/]]>Nov 4th 2009 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 4th 2009 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 4th 2009 8:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 4th 2009 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 4th 2009 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/
To be further fair, the only difference between and Apple and a PC these days is the OS. It has been proven by hackintosh that Apple's OS can pretty much run on the same spec'd pc.

So there. Stick that up your nose and be snooty about it.]]>Nov 4th 2009 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/
This is a lovely product, well engineered, well conceived from a web OS angle, but makes the wrong assumptions about consumers, who are extremely sophisticated today. The lack of a touch screen goes against the tide and means the Litl's prime market, children and the elderly will be missing out on the most intuitive method with which to interact with a visual display based device. Not to mention artists who would have loved to curl up on the sofa and sketch. Too Litl, too much$, too late.]]>Nov 4th 2009 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/
Priced way out of its market.
Specced way below anything similar.
Lacking any real features that set it apart.
Lacking a recognised OS (I like Linux, but consumers don't)

This has NOTHING to do with the iPod touch, it is an entirely different product.

"Artists that would love to curl up on the sofa and sketch" No touchscreen i have ever used has been accurate or responsive enough to sketch on. Your critique of this product is bewildering.]]>Nov 4th 2009 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 4th 2009 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 4th 2009 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/
Forgetting about the price and general unfeasibility of the design, this is running on a "custom" OS, probably Linux. Since the custom "web" OS is touted as a main feature, why not go for ARM? If designed properly it could probably churn out 1080p, have a longer battery life, better thermal behaviour, smaller footprint...so why not?

These guys hire people like Havoc Pennington - the guy who prominently worked on GNOME and other open-source software. This is probably not vaporware, but it might as well be.

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Um... at the risk of being called a grammar Nazi I must interject. Multitudes isn't a verb. Mulititude and its plural are both nouns. And unlike some nouns, as far as I know, there is no verb form. The closest sounding verb I can think of at the moment is "multiply", which isn't very close at all.]]>Nov 4th 2009 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 4th 2009 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/
Also, that clock on the home screen is an HTC UI ripoff. Plus, scrolling with that cute blue thing on the remote will make your thumb go berserkly numb in no time.

Proprietary OS? What if sumthing gets f**ked up? People will have no clue what to do then. Go to the service store (if any) and they will charge the shit out of you.

Icing on the cake is the apple-ish pricing! Its not even innovative to demand such a price tag.

Litl Easel = Mighty Fail!]]>Nov 4th 2009 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/For once we have something designed with touch screen in mind that is not a tablet and none is fitted in it.
Bit of a let down for whoever wants that sort of feature.]]>Nov 4th 2009 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 4th 2009 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 4th 2009 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 4th 2009 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/
That being said... This needs to be priced significantly lower and needs a touch screen... bad...

At this price I'd expect a 3G chip in it and a touch screen for sure.]]>Nov 4th 2009 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/]]>Nov 5th 2009 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/litl-easel-webbook-now-official-unbelievably-overpriced/Nov 5th 2009 11:19PM