Kohjinsha E8 – yet another EeePC competitor
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Wow, they just keep coming in. This is the second new competitor for the EeePC that I found today. The Kohjinsha E8 (the name doesn’t quite roll off my tongue, yet) allegedly will start shipping next week.
Just like the HP I blogged about earlier today it will be more expensive – around $600. It’s screen is small (7″) but at least has a better resolution than the EeePC (1024×600) – I still would prefer an 8″ 1024×600 screen. Not too expensive, but not as tiny as what the EeePC has to offer.
Other notable features include a touch screen display (this one is a convertible tablet design – I don’t really care for those to be honest; they mostly drive up weight), 40GB hard drive and Windows XP (oops). An AMD Geode L800 (which contrary to what the name might imply, runs at 500MHz) with 512MB RAM might not feel all that snappy running Windows – I think they should either have gone with more memory, or with a faster CPU (the Intel Celeron in the EeePC should give you much better performance), or stuck with Linux like many of their competitors. Or even better, all three.
Have you seen it for pre-order anywhere? If it’s supposed to be available next week, /someone/ has got to have it, right?
The kohjinsha has been selling since early 2007.
The first version are like the Asus, no touch screen, their 2nd release of the SA1 had touch screen.
That series is a year plus old.
The E8 (SA5) is the facelift model of their older SA1 series.
The SSD Kohjis appeared as the SH series in July 2007 in Japan.
Now their model range includes the Sr series, which has a DVD drive.
http://www.kohjinsha.com.sg
Correction,about the 2007 dates.
I was wrong,it was discovered in November 2006 or earlier. SHOCKED!!
http://onlyumpc.com/news/kohjinsha-umpc-alternative
I think it was released in Japan first, then it expended regionally.
Just took a look at the SR model, SWEET..
http://kohjinsha.com.sg/products/images/sr/photo_b01.jpg
They’re mainly sold via ebay.