Eee PC hands on?

[Shawn O'Shea]

On 1/9/08, Ben Scott <dragonhawk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 9, 2008 3:03 PM, Shawn O'Shea <shawn at eth0.net> wrote:
> > Engadget got a chance to play with the system a little at:
> >
> http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/hands-on-with-the-packard-bell-easynote-xs-nanobook/
>
>   Packard Bell?  *Packard Bell*?  I thought they went out of business.
> Please tell me they went out of business.  For the sake of everyone's
> sanity, do not let Packard Bell be back on the scene...
>
> After basically exiting the US market, the Packard Bell company and brand
remained in Europe as a staple desktop/laptop brand. Gateway recently ate
them up just as they themselves were gobbled by Acer.

The Cloudbook is apparently being oem'ed/branded by a number of companies,
PB included, but the to-be-sold-in-Wal-Mart system will be an Everex brand.

-Shawn
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