another contender for a laptop is the hp tx2000z. it’s another deal i’ve spotted @ slickdeals a few times, $500 off any $1399 hp notebook. actually i guess it’s not a contender because i actually bought it before i finished this post.

amd turion 64 x2 dual-core mobile gold blah blah 2.4ghz, 2gb ddr2 mem, geforce 6150, touch screen & pen….

it looks like there might be some work needed to get the usb wacom tablet to work, but there’s always the 30 day return policy (i should re-read that) if i really can’t get it to work under ubuntu.

hp tx2000z reviews [ notebook review | hp | cnet | tabletpcreviews | computershopper | pcmag ]

surprisingly enough someone has already installed osx on the hp tx2000z:

i just priced out a modbook for $2279… no optical drive, basically a stripper 2.0 ghz model. i’ll have to wait for some reviews of actual first run models, then i’ll have to wrestle with the idea of putting an order in. i also want to see if apple comes out with an ultra-portable macbook… i miss my old ppc ibook, i wonder if i can steal it back?

modbook demo

because apple hasn’t released this:

it isn’t portable, but still a good idea

the nokia 770 won’t work as a cell phone. it however runs debian, maemo, and nokia is pushing open development for it. it’ll be interesting to see how this will compete with the lifedrive that palm announced a little while ago. mobile burn has a preview of the 770 on their site, and i kind of agree with engadget that the 3 hour battery life that it supposedly has… does infact suck.

apparently there’s a big need to have all the data you’ve ever aquired instantly accessable at your fingertips. you could always just carry around 100gb portable drive with you, but it doesn’t have a screen for you to watch pron on.

i wish more companies would produce products like the oqo so prices for handheld personal convergence devices would drop.