The Vulcan FlipStart, an out of the world, ultramobile PC first announced in 2003, is in fact a little closer to the market store shelves, although a very old status as vaporware. The people at PCMag.com actually had a full review of the not-yet-released FlipStart E-1001S–a system that looks more like a pretty downsized superportable laptop than a Sidekick-style UMPC such as the Sony VAIO UX. The E-1001S flips open to disclose a fully jam-packed QWERTY keyboard and a 5.6-inch screen with a 1024×600 high resolution. With a Pentium M CPU, a 30GB hard drive, and only 512MB of RAM, it’s possibly and perhaps not going to be your major notebook substitute, but for elemental Web-surfing and e-mailing, we’d be eager to give it a try. Other cool extras comprise a secondary display on the lid for checking e-mail while the lid is closed, an EVDO antenna, and both a touchpad and pointing stick. Vulcan was started by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, so the company has a serious technology pedigree. There’s no release date yet, but PC Mag says the E-1001S will carry a price tag of $1,999, I guess it’s absolutely worth this tag.
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