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Vodafone Launches Low-Cost Ubuntu Webbook in South Africa

JasperNikki — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:07:09 +0000

Webbook, a-10 inch netbook with an ARM-based processor and Ubuntu Linux operating system, is now available in South Africa through Vodafone’s South African subsidiary Vodacom.

The Webbook has a Freescale i.MX51 processor, 512 MB RAM, and 4 GB internal storage. This netbook is sufficient for web surfing, checking e-mail, and typing up documents.

The Webbook alone will be available for as low as South African Rand (ZAR) 1,499 or around $185. It will cost about ZAR 1,899 (~$234) for a year of mobile broadband access, with a monthly quota of 100 MB. Customers who sign up for a 2-year contract can get the Webbook and a modem for only ZAR 189 per month (~$23) with a higher monthly data quota of 500 MB.

Vodacom says the Webbook should get up to 7 hours of battery life.

Sources: Liliputing, Netbooknews

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Litl webbook to be shown at CES

QuBic — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:42:44 +0000

Last time we heard of the Litl webbook is when it came up for pre-order back in November. Now we have word that the webbook will be making an appearance at CES. CES 2010 will be taking place between 7th and 10th of this month and UberGizmo are going and will be taking a closer look at this device. The Litl can be used as a standard netbook, or the display and keyboard can be flipped around to make it stand up like an easel. Litl features a 12″ display and is developed by Intel.

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UK Retailer Recalls Webbook – Linux Not Popular

QuBic — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:21:11 +0000

It seems like consumers aren’t quite as ready to pick up a netbook running Linux and use it happily, as one UK retailer had hoped they would be. Windows OS seems to be the OS that Carphone Warehouse customers prefer anyway. The company are recalling it’s own brand of netbooks (their ‘webbook’) from every store in order to replace them with a more ‘consumer friendly’ netbook with Windows OS installed.

The recall isn’t due to any fault with the units, it’s simply a response to their customers who are finding the Linux operating system confusing and many are actually returning the netbook because of it. CW are footing the bill for the recall and subsequent installation of the new OS which according to Mobile Today will cost around £25 per netbook to license them with Windows XP.

The 10.2 inch CW netbook was released in July and is a unit built by Elonex for the UK retailer. Consumer demand has been good for the netbooks which is offered free with mobile broadband subscriptions. The retailer is now offering other models including a Toshiba NB100 and the Asus Eee PC 701 model.

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