FlipStart to Replace Your Laptop?

WED Fan writes "Paul Allen has a new hardware venture, smaller than a laptop, larger than a blackberry. According to the Seattle P-I, the vision is to replace the laptop for most everyday use, such as office applications, email, and web surfing. 'Really, FlipStart gives you everything that your laptop does [...] We're not promoting the idea that you would do CAD design on it, but for Office applications and most of what people do with their laptops, it's great.' But at a $2000 price tag, this could be a little bit out of the range of many users. The product will launch on FlipStart.com in the not to distant future."

Apple will kill this device

[xyankee]

With the direction they're going with the iPhone, you know it's only a matter of time before Apple whips that technology into something with a 5"-7" display in a far more attractive package with superior software. I mean, look at that thing... not an ounce of industrial design, it doesn't seem like you'll be able to thumb-type on it like a Blackberry, and it's too big to fit in any coat pocket or to be carried on your belt.

And is it just me or is Paul Allen grinning like a paedophile holding something illicit in his hands? I can't believe their marketing team let that through (they probably don't have one, mind you).

And in other revolutionary news:

[dpbsmith]

The FlipStart team is also working on:

--a revolutionary car bigger than a SmartCar [smartcarofamerica.com] but smaller than a Mini Cooper

--a revolutionary porridge heater that will heat porridge warmer than "too cold," but colder than "too hot"

--a revolutionary Budweiser bigger than a 10-ounce [npr.org] but smaller than a 12-ounce.

Laboratory prototypes of the latter include a 10.5-ounce Bud, an 11-ounce Bud, and an 11.5-ounce Bud. "Really, they give you practically everything that 12-ounce Bud does," said a FlipStart spokesman, appropriately named Budd.

Re:Get an OQO instead

[AutopsyReport]

instead of holding your breath.

You waited three years to tell... &*$%#@ [NO CARRIER]