How did Asus, Acer and all the other netbook manufacturers miss such an obvious ploy? The word “ Litl Webbook” must be the most cutely named gadget since the “Chumby.” And it’s also an interesting product in its own right.

But I did say “interesting,” not “buyable.”

The Litl Webbook is a 12-inch netbook that can flip from laptop to easel, making it ever so more aesthetically pleasing while watching movies or displaying photos. Extra design touches like a nob and optional remote smooth the transition from laptop to artsy laptop, but the Litl Webbook is not a tablet—it lacks those last few degrees of flexibility, plus there’s no touchscreen.

As for the hardware specs, it’s a typical 1.6GHz Atom, 1GB RAM and…wait…just 2GB of flash storage? Yes. The Webbook wants to be a cloud computing machine that runs widgets (on top of Linux, we assume) instead of a full OS. So you’re supposed to store all of your precious files somewhere else and rely on the service’s automatic software updates.

The idea is alright, but not for $700. At that price, you’re in full-out capacitive multitouch laptop territory.

And you know what? Double-checking my spelling on “Litl Webbook” has gotten super annoying by this point, too. Drop the price by $300, hook a guy up with some extra vowels, and then we’ll talk.
[ Litl via Slashgear via Netbook Choice]

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