COBY Electronics Netbook CONFIRMED HERE: NBPC-1022 -- 10", $240

You can replace your heavy old PC for $240. The graphic shows that a 10-inch screen is big enough for general work.



The SECOND graphic shows the Coby Electronics page displaying the Coby netbook NBPC 1022 and 7 other mini-laptops. (Click on graphic to enlarge.)



See the actual page at the following link: http://www.cobysz.com/newEbiz1/EbizPortalFG/portal/html/CategoryList.html?ProductMultiCategoryPicker210_action=Searchcategory&ProductPicker_action=Searchcategory&CategoryID=c373e91c17a62c958f7bb9bfe8b52750#

The THIRD graphic shows the Coby Electronics page with the specifications of the NBPC-1022 netbook (Click on it to enlarge.)



See the specs page here: http://www.cobysz.com/newEbiz1/EbizPortalFG/portal/html/ProductInfoExhibit.html?ProductInfoExhibit_ProductID=c373e91fae98632a8fea6cf251e6dcb6&ProductInfoExhibit_isRefreshParent=false

THIS COMPANY IS INDEED A SUBSIDIARY OF THE FAMILIAR "COBY ELECTRONICS CORPORATION" OF MASPETH, NEW YORK.

The FOURTH graphic shows this. (Click to enlarge.)



You can see the whole "COBY proof" page by clicking on the ABOUT US link in the Shenzhen page: http://www.cobysz.com/newEbiz1/EbizPortalFG/portal/html/about.html ..

The FIFTH graphic shows the specifications of the Coby NBPC 1022.




THIS IS BIG, BIG NEWS. WHY AM I SAYING THAT?

10-INCH SCREEN IS ENOUGH.

If you can read a page off a printer or typewriter, then you can use a 10-inch screen full time with no problem. A 10-inch mini-laptop or netbook should be able to replace your regular or current PC at a greatly reduced price -- a depression-era computer.

COBY NETBOOK PRODUCT LINEUP

1. Product Number: NBPC722
Description:
7” Net Book * 7" TFT LCD (800x480) * CPU with Marvell PXA303 624GHz * Support SD, MMC, MS / MS Pro * 1GB to 16GB Storage * LAN 10/100M * 0.3M Pixels Camera(optional) * Wireless LAN(802.11 b/g) * Support Linux/Windows CE * Rechargeable Li-ion battery (3 Cells/7.4V/2200mAH) * 215mm X 146mm X 28mm

2. Product Number: NBPC800
Description:
8” Net Book * 8" TFT LCD (800x480) * CPU with Marvell PXA303 624GHz * Support SD, MMC, MS / MS Pro * 1GB to 16GB Storage * LAN 10/100M * 1.3M Pixels Camera(optional) * Wireless LAN(802.11 b/g) * Support Linux/Windows CE * Rechargeable Li-ion battery (2 Cells/7.4V/2200mAH) * 215mm X 146mm X 28mm

3. Product Number: NBPC822
Description:
8” Net Book * 8" TFT LCD (800x480) * CPU with Intel Atom processor N270 * 160GB(Up to 500GB)2.5" HDD * Support SD, MMC, MS / MS Pro(up to 32GB) * 1GB DDR2 667/533/400MHz(up to 2GB) * LAN 10/100M * 0.3M Pixels Camera * Built-in high-speed wireless LAN(802.11 b/g) * Support Linux/Windows XP/Windows Vista * Rechargeable Polymer battery (3 Cells/11.1V/2200 * 252mm X 190mm X 34mm

4. Product Number: NBPC892
Description:
NBPC892 8.9” Net Book * 8.9" TFT LCD (1024x600) * CPU with Intel Atom processor N270 * 160GB(Up to 500GB)2.5" HDD * Support SD, MMC, MS / MS Pro(up to 32GB) * 1GB DDR2 667/533/400MHz(up to 2GB) * LAN 10/100M * 0.3M Pixels Camera * Built-in high-speed wireless LAN(802.11 b/g) * Support Linux/Windows XP/Windows Vista * Rechargeable Polymer battery (3 Cells/11.1V/2200mAH) * 252mm X 190mm X 32.5mm

5. Product Number: NBPC1022
Description:
10” Net Book * 10" TFT LCD (1024x600) * CPU with Intel Atom Processor N270 * 160GB(Up to 500GB)2.5" HDD * Support SD, MMC, MS / MS Pro(up to 32GB) * 1GB DDR2 667/533/400MHz(up to 2GB) * LAN 10/100M * 0.3M Pixels Camera * Built-in high-speed wireless LAN(802.11 b/g) * Support Linux/Windows XP/Windows Vista * Rechargeable Li-ion battery (3 Cells/11.1V/2200mAH) * 256mm x 183mm x 34mm

6. Product Number: NBPC1028
Description:
10” Net Book * 10" TFT LCD (1024x600) * CPU with Intel Atom processor N270 * 160GB(Up to 500GB)2.5" HDD * Support SD, MMC, MS / MS Pro(up to 32GB) * 1GB DDR2 667/533/400MHz(up to 2GB) * LAN 10/100M * 1.3M Pixels Camera * Built-in high-speed wireless LAN(802.11 b/g) * Support Linux/Windows XP/Windows Vista * Rechargeable Li-ion battery (3 Cells/11.1V/2200mAH) * 258mm X 197mm X 25.5mm

7. Product Number: NBPC1030
Description:
10” Net Book * 10" TFT LCD (1024x600) * CPU with Intel Atom processor N270 * 160GB(Up to 500GB)2.5" HDD * Support SD, MMC, MS / MS Pro(up to 32GB) * 1GB DDR2 667/533/400MHz(up to 2GB) * LAN 10/100M * 0.3M Pixels Camera * Built-in high-speed wireless LAN(802.11 b/g) * Support Linux/Windows XP/Windows Vista * Rechargeable Li-ion battery (3 Cells/11.1V/2200mAH) * 258mm X 197mm X 25.5mm

8. Product Number: NBPC1220
Description:
12” Net Book * 12" TFT LCD (1280x800) * CPU with AMD K8 * 160GB(Up to 500GB)2.5" HDD * Support SD, MMC, MS / MS Pro(up to 32GB) * 1GB DDR2 667/533/400MHz(up to 2GB) * LAN 10/100M * 0.3M Pixels Camera * Built-in high-speed wireless LAN(802.11 b/g) * Support Linux/Windows XP/Windows Vista * Rechargeable Polymer battery (4 Cells/7.4V/4400mAH) * 296mm X 223mm X 28mm

COBY Has a Netbook: NB PC1022 -- World's Cheapest 10-Inch?

Coby NB PC1022: The Cheapest 10-inch Netbook at $240 -- Coming to Big Lots, CVS, etc.?

This is an appealing product, a screen that size for that price. To get an idea of the screen size, fold a sheet of typing paper in half. If you measure diagonally, that is 10 inches -- not quite the right aspect ratio, but you get the idea.

What would be the cheapest 10-inch laptop was displayed at the Comptex computer show early this month in Taiwan. The display (photo) was in a section reserved for mainland Chinese companies.

FOR MORE PHOTOS OF COBY NETBOOK 1022, CLICK HERE. One photo shows Windows 7 malware (ugh), but I would not expect that (or buy it).

The company is Coby Electronics, based in Shenzhen (Guangdong province). The logo on the machines (see photo) is the same as that of the famous US supplier of consumer packaged electronics (bubblepacks, etc.) to discount stores, which is based in the New York City area. Coby Electronics in New York denied last December that they were producing a mini-laptop computer, then showed about 10 of them at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January. See here: http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/cobys-sub-200-netbooks-handled-at-ces/

However, the company displaying at the Computex show claims to be selling the PC1022 in Korea, S. America, and parts of Asia. As you can see, its logo appears to be the same as the one we are all familiar with from seeing it at Big Lots and other cheap outlets. The relationship between the American Coby and the Chinese Coby is unclear. The American company does have a factory in Foshan China.

So I would be on the outlook for this:

The Coby NB PC1022 is a 10-inch netbook with an Atom N270 processor, 1 GB of RAM, and 160 GB of storage. A webcam is included so that you’ll get the fullest netbook experience. The price for large orders is $220.

Steve Jobs Probably Dying From Cancer

All of the hullabaloo about Steve Jobs's illness and the way Apple Computer has handled -- or rather, obfuscated it -- are small potatoes compared to the fact that he probably is dying of cancer.

Jobs had pancreatic cancer -- always a grim diagnosis -- and it metastasized. He was operated on for this and became sick again, and was visibly ailing in many public appearances. Eventually, he announced a 6-month leave of absence on false pretenses, hiding the fact that the cancer had returned, having spread to his liver. During this time he had his recent liver transplant and announced plans to return to work by the end of June.

For once I hope I am wrong about what I am blogging, but the chances of the cancer not having spread to other sites besides the liver at the same time it spread to the pancreas seem remote. Also, the chances that "they got all of it" when they removed the liver recently are even more remote.

Cancer surgeons will tell you that the word "cure" is not in their vocabulary. Jobs's case is especially bad. He had cancer in one of the worst sites, the pancreas, and it metastasized to another bad spot. All of the time this was happening, a few mutated cells could have spread anywhere in the body.

Apple investors need to face facts and consider what the untimely loss of Mr. Jobs will mean to a company that relies on spectacular innovations that are basically a one-man show. Mr. Jobs and Apple need to start being honest about his illness with those to whom they have a fiduciary responsibility. He does not have a right to mislead his shareholders about the state of his health. It is not just "his business and nobody else's except his family's." Apple is a definite sell, based on Steve Jobs's prospects for continuing to lead it.

I really hope I am wrong about his outcome.

STEAL THIS E-BOOK!

Pirate Party Gets Seats in European and German Parliaments

In the Swedish election of June 7, the Swedish Pirate Party won one of Sweden's 18 seats in the European Parliament headquartered in Brussels Belgium.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10259048-38.html

It is now Sweden's third biggest party by membership. Its ranks swelled when four men were sentenced to prison in the high-profile Pirate Bay case in April. People use Web sites like The Pirate Bay to transfer movies and music, a practice that has drawn the ire--and the lawyers--of Hollywood studios and the recording industry.

The Pirate Party is not formally connected with The Pirate Bay, but has officially expressed support for the Web site.

The party wants all noncommercial copying to be free and file sharing to be encouraged. The copyright system, it argues, is out of whack--rather than encouraging the spread of culture, the system now imposes severe restrictions.
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Member of German Social Democrat Party Jumps Ship -- Hops on the Pirate Party Ship

The German Pirate Party has a new reason to celebrate. Not only do they have a member, soon to be two members, in the European parliament, but now they have a member in the German Bundestag (German Parliament). The Pirate Party website posted about this development on their blog.


http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&u=http://www.piratpartiet.se/&ei=m6g0SqSSKpPCsQOm5OSmDg&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=2&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dpirate%2Bpartiet%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26hs%3D6I5

Piratpartiet now in the German Reichstag

Pressmeddelande 20 juni kl 20:20 Press Release June 20 at 20:20

Jörg Tauss, socialdemokrat i tyska riksdagen, har hoppat av sitt parti SPD till förmån för Piratpartiet. Jörg Taussig, a Social Democrat in the German Reichstag, has dropped out of his party SPD in favor of Piratpartiet. Det tyska Piratenpartei har därmed fått sin första ledamot i riksdagen. The German Piratenpartei therefore has its first member of the Riksdag.

– Vi välkomnar att fler ser att kampen för fri kommunikation i ett öppet samhälle är rätt väg att gå, och inte censur, blockeringar och övervakning, säger Rick Falkvinge, partiledare för det svenska Piratpartiet. - We welcome the fact that more can see that the fight for free communication in an open society is the way forward, and not censorship, blocking and monitoring, "says Rick Falk Vinge, party leader for the Swedish Piratpartiet. Det är särskilt glädjande att en befintlig riksdagsledamot ser detta. It is particularly gratifying to an existing MP sees this.

Just In: $139.99 -- Are they outta their mind? WORLD'S CHEAPEST COMPUTER

Unbelievably cheap: Click for details ....

I want to comment on the comments made by Raindog469 in reply to my previous post today (the "$149" post below). Raindog made some good comments, and I want to encourage more of the same.

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raindog469 said...

While you've drawn a distinction between primary (new) and secondary (used) markets in the past, I think there's a third market in between those, namely the overstock/liquidation market served by geeks.com, woot.com and others (throw in refurbs as well to further complicate the picture.) I think that for the next decade or so, the only way to get a $16 blisterpack PC like the one in the mockup will be to buy about 10,000 pieces of someone's liquidated inventory, sold at a loss to recoup part of their investment. Even 5" portable DVD players haven't gotten that cheap, except used.

Geeks.com does a lot of overstock business and I strongly suspect that they're doing that with these little laptops, though I haven't the faintest idea what Belco's original distribution channels would have been. Products sold this way might not be used (except for refurbs), but they're not really "new", either. Someone has given up on selling them for full price and is now just trying to lose as little as possible.

That said, I think there'll be some seriously cheap PCs available through that channel in a few years. I paid $500 for my first 1-megapixel digital camera in 1999, and now you can get 3-megapixel digital cameras with preview screens in blisterpacks for about $20 when last year's models go on clearance. It looks like the $149 ARM netbook will be fairly common this xmas, and if it follows digital cameras and DVD players, next year everyone will have them as $99 doorbusters. A few more iterations of that, and you might start seeing the previous year's stuff on the Wal-mart clearance racks in May or June for around $50, which by that time will be pretty close to their material cost. But by the time we see a blister pack PC for $16, I think the functionality of a PC will either be irrelevant or incorporated into some other device that doesn't cost much more than that (as low-end cameras were absorbed into phones.)

There's one other possibility that could result in PCs with prices in the low two-digit range. I was at one of the big box stores recently, can't remember which one, and in their clearance section they had something that looked like a mini-laptop for $39 whose entire purpose was to check your email, and nothing else. No idea what it was running under the hood, but it was useless without a $10/month subscription to the manufacturer's email service, which had been shut down. I think we haven't seen the last of the "PeoplePC" style business models (a variation has already turned up with phone carriers distributing netbooks cheaply or for free with 2-year data contracts, but structured as a discount or rebate rather than actual cheap hardware), and it may be that the first sub-$50 laptop is the result of someone subsidizing the hardware that way and then going belly-up. But unless there were a strong support community with easy ways for non-technical users to get rid of the software tying the laptops to services that had gone out of business, that wouldn't be good for either consumers or the cheap-PC movement. So I'm betting on the "last year's model on clearance" phenomenon.

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My reply (not a rebuttal, just some additional thoughts) ...

These are good comments that offer hope on several fronts. I would certainly settle for your "last year's model on clearance" scenario -- if that's what it takes to finally get the ball rolling on really cheap laptops.

I have had the same impression, that Geeks.com is somewhat a closeout operation. But as far as the Alpha 400 is concerned, Geeks.com really has't been doing much beyond offering it at a fair everyday price. The company that branded the Alpha 400 -- Belco (aka Bestlink) -- has been offering it at the everyday low price of $149 for some time. Please refer to this site.

I don't see much reason why ARM computers should beat the MIPS machines on price.

I think we shall see mini-laptops on bubblepacks for less than $20 on a standalone basis in a few years, rather than just embedded in something else. Smartphones, laptops, DVD players, and everything else electronic can be made much cheaper if made in very large volumes, as you know.

Certainly laptops are not going away, and I think the cheapest ones should get below $20 in a few years now that the focus of at least some manufacturers is on low price above everything else. These might have less demanding specifications and more flimsy construction than the Alpha 400, however. They might have smaller screens than 7 inches as well.

Finally Moore's Law is working the other way he predicted it would, other than just for higher performance at the higher end. It is at last working for lower price at the bottom end as well. Please see the illustration (click to enlarge it) from Moore's famous 1965 article in "Electronics".

If cellphone service providers decide to subsidize the cheapest PCs, that could achieve the economy of scale to cut the prices drastically in 2010 for MIPS as well as ARM devices.

If Coby Electronics jumped into the price war, that would be a tipping point.

If Walmart is still interested in offering a $100 laptop as Skytone says they were, and if someone can supply one at an appropriate discount to Walmart, that would be a game changer. And if closeout brick-and-mortar stores like Odd Lots and drugstores like CVS jumped in, there could at last be a general awareness of the Alpha 400 and other cheap mini-laptops.

Right now most people aren't even aware that you can get a laptop that's brand new and at an everyday low price of way below $200. I want to make sure that they become aware, whatever it takes. I just visited the local Microcenter store, and they now have no Linux laptops or "netbooks". Apparently people just aren't aware how useful and easy these computers are.

Thanks again, and please let us know what you think. I hope we can convince people they need much cheaper computers than $200.

Now Back at $149.95 -- Won't last at this price. Geeks.com might have 4 only.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001EXV2SQ/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=2864720099&ref=pd_sl_70bh1owk9q_e

Geeks.com is offering the Alpha-400 for $149.95 again through Amazon at the above address, but there might be only 4 in stock (according to the above).

For more, please click here.

As we hoped for, clones of these mini-laptops are offered in more than 20 brands. A multiplicity of brands is key to success for an ultracheap platform. They are very popular in Europe in Asia and should be in the USA, esp., with the state of the economy (California at 11.5-percent unemployment, for instance).

Still needed:

Offbeat Outlets: Drugstores, hardware stores, department stores, toy stores, discount stores, etc. This is the best exposure ultracheapies can get, trust me.

Lower Prices: The Alpha 400s are quite cheap compared to "netbooks"; but apparently, to compete with Microsoft, they need to be cheaper still.

And they will be. Eventually some will be made to sell for a few bucks on a bubblecard (see illustration).

Elonex ONE (Alpha-400 Clone) Available Free in Cellphone Package

The Carphone Warehouse, a cellphone retailer in the UK, offers a version of the Alpha 400 for free, bundled with cellphone service.

This news comes from Mobility Today, which says, "LG’s Chocolate has been bundled with Carphone’s Elonex Webbook for £30 per month, with unlimited texts and 700 minutes on T-Mobile."

Elonex "webbooks" (as Elonex calls them) are big sellers in the UK. They sold over 100,000 last year.

There is hope of the ALPHA-400 and similar machines going mainstream after all. Who cares if it's on a subsidized basis? And who even cares if it runs Windows XP? Seriously: The main thing is to get this mainstreaming going because a really cheap computer is the only way to break the Intel-Microsoft trust.

See article here.

Gross

Well, Mr. Medvedev, how would you like to shake hands with Mr. Obama now?

Have we no sense of dignity in America anymore? At any level?

Watch Bill Gates' Old Man on Father's Day -- WILL HE AND HIS PARTNER BILL NEUKOM tell how they are the real "Father of Microsoft"?

The photo is Bill Neukom, the real power behind Microsoft, "doing" Bill Clinton.

Just got a great story idea from Bill Gates's dad. Our Truth Squad is going to check out his interview this weekend on NBC and then tell "the rest of the story" about Microsoft and the BGs, Senior and Junior, and how Bill Neukom made their company for them. Hint: Microsoft is a law firm that sells software.

This just in from the Facebook of Bill Gates -- BG Senior, that is. The father of The Bill will tell the corporate sycophant Maria Bartiromo, and us, on the corporate outlet, CNBC:

"Also, keep an eye out for CNBC's Maria Bartiromo and her special Father's Day interview with Bill Sr. She was lovely, and captured the "real Bill Gates" beautifully:-)"

The quote is from Senior's Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bill-Gates-Senior/71172824067. SEE IT HERE.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15838272 Check out Maria's Web page for time and stations. CHECK MARIA HERE. She isn't advertising the interview, but Bill Sr. says it will be there.

And we will be here, with one of the stories of the year.

Clayton L. Hallmark

FLYING THE THE "JOLLY ROGER" PROUDLY: No One Should Have to Pay for Software

You don't have to pay for software for your HDTV and you shouldn't have to pay for software for your Alpha 400, or whatever, either (unless you want to). "Information wants to be free" (Stewart Brand). Until last week, no one had to pay for TV programming. I and millions of others ended up paying about ten bucks for a settop converter box.

THE THREE R's OF RESISTANCE

RIP - I don't believe in stealing, but I don't believe it is stealing to use The Pirate Bay and its ID-avoidance system to get free software.

REPLACE - Margaret Thatcher said, "T.I.N.A.": There Is No Alternative to the Thatcher/Reagan "free market" policies. But there are alternatives -- to that and Microsoft. One way to avoid supporting Microsoft -- besides Linux, Android, Chinese CPUs, etc. -- is to buy only used computers.

REPUDIATE - This is something countries, like China, can do. Repudiate software patents. Refuse to enforce them. US patents are unconstitutional in their home country, so why should foreign countries, with their own infant industries to protect, enforce them?

One forty-nine -- are you out of your mind?

Less than one hundred fifty bucks for a computer! If you have been holding off buying a rock-bottom mini-laptop to play around with, you no longer have an excuse.

Geeks.com -- are they out of their minds? -- now have the Alpha 400 for $149.99.

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?InvtId=ALPHA-400&cm_mmc=GoogleProducts-_-Laptops/Notebooks-_-NetBooks-_-ALPHA-400&utm_source=GoogleProducts&utm_medium=ShoppingSites&utm_campaign=ALPHA-400

I hope they stay at this price for good, because this is an important break in the price floor of computers.

As I have repeatedly said here, computers approaching $100 are a revolutionary development. Really low prices are revolutionary for the computer, semiconductor, software, and electronics-retailing industries -- for the whole IT field, actually.

Look at it this way: at $100 retail, how are you going to put Microsoft Windows on a computer?

So $150 is revolutionary if Geeks.com sticks with it.

Click here to check out the offer: CLICK HERE.

HERE IT IS: THE $169 POCKET COMPUTER -- a MIRACLE of Miniaturization

ORDER $160 MINI-LAPTOP HERE: CLICK HERE

The above link is to the famous Geeks.com site (frequently featured on the DRUDGEREPORT site), which has been offering this nifty little computer for quite a while.

WHO WOULD HAVE BELIEVED, a few years ago, a complete full-fledged computer for $169?

There are many variations of this same computer all over the world -- a very good sign. To see the German version: Click here.

DETAILS:

Work and play anytime, anywhere with this Ultralite and ultra portable Alpha 400 7-inch netbook!

The Alpha 400 netbook provides multimedia entertainment, Broadband Internet Access and Work on the Go! The Alpha 400 features the reliable Linux Operating System, BroadMIPS XBurst 400 MHz 32-bit CPU, 128 MB RAM, 1 GB NAND Flash storage, a 10/100 MB Ethernet interface and 802.11b wireless access.

The Alpha 400 netbook is equipped with various functions, such as Electronic-Book, MP3 Player, Game Player, enlarged PDA, and common business software such as Web browsing, word processing, spreadsheets and more.

This unique design FULL-FLASH desktop, is perfect for the light business traveler, student, and every kid wanting to enjoy the experience of exploring the world of broadband multi-media!
By law, California shipments of this product are subject to an $8.00
Electronic Waste Recycling Fee

Features/Specifications:

* Alpha 400 MIPS 400 MHz Ultralite 7-inch Mini Netbook

* General Features:
* Ultralite
* Netbook form factor
* Linux 2.4 Operating System
* MIPS XBurst 400 MHz 32-bit CPU
* 128 MB RAM
* 1 GB NAND Flash Storage
* 10/100 MB Ethernet interface
* 802.11b wireless
* Supports External Hard Drive up to 160 GB
* Supports SD Card up to 32 GB
* Xiptech application software packages (Xip office, Flash player)
* 7-inch digital panel 800 x 480 true-color
* Keyboard with TouchPad
* Supports File Sizes up to 8 MB
* Built-in SD Card slot
* Battery Charging Time: 4.5 - 5 hours

* Uses:
* Internet surfing
* Instant online communication, chatting
* Music downloading and enjoying
* Flash movies and games
* Picture and image sharing
* Languages learning
* Personal diary

* Office Assistant:
* AbiWord, XipTable and PDF Viewer
* E-mail management
* Daily work plan and management
* E-book reader

* I/O ports:
* Three (3) USB ports
* RJ-45 Ethernet port
* Headphone in
* Microphone in

* Dimensions (closed):
* 1.1 x 8.25 x 5.6-inches

* Regulatory Approvals:
* C-Tick

Package Includes:

* Alpha 400 MIPS 400 MHz Ultralite 7-inch Mini Netbook
* Linux 2.4 Operating System
* Power Adapter (100 - 240V 50/60 Hz)