Gecko UMPC, the $300 Laptop

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief March 11, 2008 · 2 min read

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Everyone’s into cheap ultra-portables now. ECS and MSI already announced their versions. This new one is called Gecko (designed by Norhtec) — an energy efficient, rugged, and highly compatible laptop. Check out the pics and specs after the jump.

At 7 inches, it follows the Asus Eee PC with an 800 x 480 pixel screen size. It also has a built-in WIFI, LASN port, 3-in-1 memory card reader, 256 MB DDR 2 RAM (up to 1GB RAM) and 4GB SSD or a 40 GB HDD.

Gecko Laptop

Pretty much like the Eee PC right? This UMPC is powered by a 1GHz VIA C7M CPU and will last about 3.5 hours of battery life. You can have Linux or Windows installed as an OS but by default, it will come with Linpus Lite Linux pre-installed.

From the announcement in their site, it looks like this machine is already in its final testing phase in their Nigerian office and would have been on display during the recent CES 2008. The 40GB HDD version will be priced under $300 but models will come with the default 4GB Solid State Drive (the 40GB option is nice!).

So far, this the the closest commercial model to the Asus Eee PC I’ve ever seen and the pricing is also very competitive.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and is considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines.

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vance · 18 years ago

nothings to late.. But The processors is quite slow.. compared to upcoming 9″ Asus EEE that will be using the new Intel Atom..

now if asus can make the 9″ version to have a 1024 resolution that would be perfect sub notebook.

Rico Zuniga · 18 years ago

With the recent announcement of the 9″ Asus Eee I don’t think the Gecko would stand out. And the 7″ Eee’s price will surely drop when the 9″ version starts shipping.

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ajie · 18 years ago

is this the same with astone umpc? it only costs P21,000.. the specs are almost similar, however, i am not familiar with both brands. here’s the link…
http://www.ecmix.com/pages/features-prods-astoneumpclaptops.htm