£99 laptops on the way

From vunet:

The Linux-based ‘One’ laptop weighs less than 1kg and offers a claimed three-hour battery life, Wi-Fi, a Flash-based hard drive, a hard-wearing case and a wireless music server.

Sceptical industry watchers will wonder how many corners have been cut when the product is launched at the Education Show in Birmingham on 28 February. Elonex has declined to release hardware specifications for the device.

This paired with HP announcing they’re entering the budget-UMPC market, means we’re in for some cool stuff over the next few years.