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Can REDFLY sell in an EeePC market?

Posted by Zonk on from the how-it-feels-to-be-a-fembot-living-in-a-manbot's-manputer's-world dept.

palmsolo (aka Matthew Miller) writes "I was lucky enough to get a chance to evaluate an early beta of the REDFLY device and just posted some initial impressions at ZDNet. As a person who commutes on the train 2 hours every day and usually always has a Windows Mobile device in tow, this is actually a perfect device for me; real productivity is possible with text entry and enjoy surfing on a larger display. However, at $500 can this device really compete in the Asus EeePC market or will it die like the Palm Foleo?"

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  1. Beavis and Butthead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I am Palm Foleo. I need TP for my bum hole."

  2. Re:If it can run Linux w. Compiz? by Aetuneo · · Score: 4, Funny

    As someone with an Eee which can run Compiz (I installed it yesterday), I have the following comments to make:
    1. It kills the battery life.
    2. It's actually not that useful. No more user friendly than eeeXubuntu is, and, like I said, the decreased batter life prevents it from being that viable.
    3. Shininess does not create usability.
    4. The Eee is great, can't argue with that.
    5. You are a bit too excited about this, and your grammar has suffered. It should be "then you have to pay more than $100 extra," not "then you have to Pay MORE THAN $100!!!"
    6. Using more than one exclaimation mark makes people think that you are insane. It makes people pay attention for the same reason that people pay attention to the crazy people on the street - if you don't, they might stab you.

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  3. Re:Or... by Rob+the+Bold · · Score: 3, Funny

    Also, it fits in a handbag (or purse, if you're American)-

    Or a man-bag, if you're a man -- or a murse, if you're an American man.

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    I am not a crackpot.
  4. Re:Seen it, not very impressed by MichaelSmith · · Score: 3, Funny

    I am hopping that the anti Linux feelings will soon be a thing of the past.

    Maybe we can get Barack Obama to do a speech about it.

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