Kivu's G-Five KTNO2 netbook sports ridiculous 'aerodynamic' design, could be the wind beneath your wings

There are a lot of improvements we here at Engadget like to see in netbooks -- more SSD storage, higher-resolution screens, less flimsy construction -- but not a one of us put "greater aerodynamic lift" anywhere on our list. Someone at Kivu Technology Co. apparently did, as the company has launched this G-Five KTNO2 netbook, a machine that is at the same time boringly derivative and patently ludicrous. It was modeled after an aircraft's wing and, while it looks sophisticated enough with that titanium hue, you'll have a hard time taking it seriously after seeing the graphic after the break comparing it to a bird's wing. Specs? Everything you'd expect in an otherwise copycat 10-inch netbook, from the 1.6GHz Atom processor to the 160GB HDD. Fly away, little netbook, fly away.

[Ne0nguy Posted Nov 13th 2009 9:28AM]

Great! Now I can effectively browse the internet while sky-diving with precision.

[Diesel1313 Posted Nov 13th 2009 9:53AM]

Thats a good one m8 :) , Agreed.

[Abdel Posted Nov 13th 2009 10:09AM]

How can you browse the internet when you can't see the keyboard the screen and whatever pointing device it has

[pankomputerek Posted Nov 13th 2009 11:51AM]

don't let it go!!!

[Whitecollarcriminal Posted Nov 13th 2009 9:29AM]

Don't knock it... it won the laptop throwing contest for distance.


All we need now is a Bravia TV and a catapult.

[Uncontrol Posted Nov 13th 2009 9:32AM]

attach that graphic to every news post for a day

[Ryan Deen Posted Nov 13th 2009 9:36AM]

I'd like to nominate this piece for "Article of the Year."

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 13th 2009 9:33AM]

Go ahead and laugh. Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, just found the netbook of his DREAMS.

[r19578 Posted Nov 13th 2009 9:40AM]

The explanation of lift force of wings in these pictures is very popular but incorrect. These guys should check their physics book or at least Wikipedia first before marketing the design.

[Blacknimbus Posted Nov 13th 2009 9:42AM]

Well, hey...aren't they just trying to "Think Different"?

[DaytonaZ33 Posted Nov 13th 2009 9:42AM]

It's Friday the 13th. Where are all the Jason photoshops?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 13th 2009 9:55AM]

He's in there. Look at the lid, it's very faint and upside down...

[DaytonaZ33 Posted Nov 13th 2009 10:05AM]

omg, I see it now.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 13th 2009 12:14PM]

Lol, good eye Matt, I completely missed that. Props to whoever shopped that.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 13th 2009 9:42AM]

@Whitecollarcriminal
good one , a really good one
I bet this would be the winner compare to the ps3

[Btids Posted Nov 13th 2009 9:42AM]

Now see, I would have expected something like this from the Wind....

[Jack Bauer Posted Nov 13th 2009 10:11AM]

I love Friday the 13th articles with all the Jason photoshops. I love trawling each picture to find it. This one is a belter.

[roxics Posted Nov 13th 2009 1:05PM]

I don't understand why all these companies are prettying up the lids of laptops while leaving the bottom looking like generic crap.

I'd love a laptop in a black anodized aluminum case please. Not just the lid, the whole thing. Add a full sized DVI port next to the HDMI jack and firewire 800 jack. Put a nice big multi-touch track pad on it with two buttons. Oh, and throw some nvidia graphics in please.

[Tiptup300 Posted Nov 13th 2009 1:40PM]

You realize DVI == hdmi right?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 13th 2009 6:42PM]

DVI is not HDMI. HDMI can carry an audio signal, for starters.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 13th 2009 11:13PM]

Whenever someone who tries to condescendingly correct someone is blatantly incorrect themselves, I find myself filled with glee. This is especially true when that person is an Engadget reader, and purportedly knows better.

In other words, try not to fail so hard, Tiptup300.

[NikAmi Posted Nov 15th 2009 10:26AM]

You two are the ones that fail. What tiptup was pointing out is that HDMI is the same exact signal as DVI but with an audio signal mixed in. So with any cheap HDMI->DVI cable or adapter, which just singles out the the video signal and does alter it in any way, you can use the HDMI port to drive a DVI monitor.

[Tiptup300 Posted Nov 16th 2009 2:31PM]

Thank you Nik, it's good to see we have some intelligent people here.

[Aziz S Posted Nov 13th 2009 3:23PM]

The design is very attractive .. Almost as attractive as an Apple design .. & I'm not comparing them, I like this because it's different from the other less innovative netbooks .. Kudos to the people behind it ..

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 13th 2009 3:46PM]

With aerodynamics like that I wonder how far this baby can be thrown...

[artshark Posted Nov 13th 2009 5:10PM]

PLEASE tell me that airflow pic is photoshopped

[MikeZ Posted Nov 14th 2009 10:03AM]

Nice design. Wanted to get a netbook anyway for when I don´t feel like carrying around my Asus G71GX.