O2 saunters into laptop market

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Hmm, dubious #

Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 17:24 GMT

O2's site is pretty light on the details, suspiciously so. My main worries:

- There is no mention of 3G ANYWHERE. No modem speeds mentioned of any kind.

- The allowance is quoted as '3GB'. Per... what? Term of contract (18 months)? Year? Month? Day? The latter is implied, in the quote '3GB is roughly enough to do the following each day:' - but somehow I suspect it is not.

Personally I'd be happy to sign up for one of their USB modem deals, £15 a month, but the lack of specifics makes me highly suspicious.

Anonymous Coward

Bring back the laptot! #

Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 17:24 GMT

"NetBook is, of course, a term owned by Psion who have recently managed to get Google to recognise the trademark and refuse ads on that basis, while Psion has been alerting websites to avoid using the term - so we'll stick to mini-laptop."

Well we heard it here first... I hereby call for them to be renamed as laptots!

Sam Green

Re: Bring back the laptot! #

Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 23:42 GMT

Here here!

I thought we decided on this many moons ago?! I'd make a facebook group about this very thing, but unfortunately I start screaming and p***ing blood every time I go near the unholy device.

Mindless Geek

SCC #

Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 23:42 GMT

The NC10, on which this is written, is considered a SCC (Small Cheap Computer) to be honest at the £270 I paid it only just makes this true, however, at 24 x £30 or £720 it most certainly aint cheap.

Add on the 10GB allowance that makes it useable and you are paying out an awful lot of cash.

However if you need this, mobile broadband service, and are going to pay for it anyway then this becomes a free computer, fill your boots.

KenBW2

What happened to SCC? #

Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 23:42 GMT

or is that not relevant since they started making not-so-cheap and not-so-small SCCs?

Shonko Kid

Psion and on and on... #

Posted Wednesday 11th February 2009 09:08 GMT

>"NetBook is, of course, a term owned by Psion who have recently managed to get Google to recognise the trademark ..."

Could it be that Potter & Co are planning a comeback tour?

Anonymous Coward

Netbook is trademarked? #

Posted Wednesday 11th February 2009 10:03 GMT

Even if that's true, Google stopped enforcing trademark protection in the UK last May, and in the US a couple of years ago. I just searched on "netbook" and saw a Dell ad, so I'm not sure where the Psion story comes from. I think laptot may have to wait a little longer for its day in the sun.

Bill Ray