£200 Laptop

So can a £200 laptop cut the mustard…

http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/reviews/review.phtml/2731/3755/Asus-eee-701-pc-laptop.phtml
http://www.tech.co.uk/computing/mobile-computing/notebooks-and-tablet-pcs/news/dirt-cheap-sub-notebooks-soon-to-be-the-norm?articleid=876125417
http://www.tech.co.uk/computing/mobile-computing/notebooks-and-tablet-pcs/news/asus-eee-good-things-come-in-small-packages?articleid=2131952546
http://www.tech.co.uk/computing/mobile-computing/notebooks-and-tablet-pcs/review/asus-eee-pc-4g

It comes with Linux pre-installed… you can use an external USB drive for storage, or use on line storage of course… great for emails and a bit of surfing the net.. looking on the forum etc….what else do you need?

I think of it as a Psion 5mx replacement… it’s quite small… about the size of a hardback book…

Or there is the Nokia N810… although a friend was saying last night that it’s not that brilliant…

http://www.tech.co.uk/computing/internet-and-broadband/news/nokia-n810-who-needs-an-iphone?articleid=843338695
This one is a bit more portable.

Or there is the iPhone… very nice, but you would be tied to a mobile phone contract…. may be not, I think I would prefer to stick to a 2/3 box solution…

1. Mobile phone
2. Ipod
3. Laptop/small notebook pc/PDA of some kind.

Palm where about to bring out the Folieo
http://www.tech.co.uk/computing/mobile-computing/news/palm-cancels-foleo-mobile-companion?articleid=834975120
but for various reasons the product was cancelled…

Apple are rumoured to be bringing out a flash based MacBook in the new year… but that will not be in the below £500 bracket…