I like the look of this....
...but don't like the idea of it updating from a 3rd party that may go bumpf in 12 months.
If it can be done in a manner that doesn't rely on them, i'd be interested!
It's not a tablet, it's something new, claims manufactuer Litl, developer of the Webbook, a 12in machine designed to be used not only like a laptop but also be mounted on its side like a touch-operated all-on-one desktop. Litl Webbook Lilt's Webbook: 12in cloud appliance for all the family? OK, so it's essentially a laptop …
Very nice to see a quite different take on the netbook concept. However, I'm not sure the easel mode is very practical - one of the good things about a notebook screen is its adjustability, and in easel mode, you can't make the screen vertical, or it would fall over. OTOH you can still adjust it in normal mode. A touch screen would have been nice - or maybe it's not stable enough for poking at it in easel configuration? Still, the remote, wheel, viewing angle, synchronisation, UI, HDMI port etc. really sound like fairly radical steps towards consumer-friendliness, although seemingly at the expense of custom apps. It will be interesting to see how it fares, and whether they'll come out with an SDK...
"designed to be used not only like a laptop but also be mounted on its side like a touch-operated all-on-one desktop."
unbelievably it hasn't actually got a touch-screen, so I'd say:
"designed to be used not only like a laptop but also be mounted on its side like a digital photo frame" would be more accurate.