Yes, it probably is the cheapest netbook you will find anywhere on the planet with its price tag of just $98, which if you’re interested equates to around 68 euros or £59.
Lanya, the company who decided to create this cheaper than cheap netbook is based in Shenzhen, China and they priced it at just 666 Yuan.
For that amount of dosh we really can’t expect to get very much for our money so let’s take a look under the hood of the eBook LY-EB01 and see what’s actually going on.
First thing you’ll notice is we’re not getting an Intel Atom chip as this little device is powered with an ARM 266 MHz AK7802Q216 processor.
The TFT LCD display screen is only 7 inches with a resolution of 800 x 480, so there’s going to be a fair bit of squinting going on.
It comes with 128 MB RAM, it has Microsoft WinCE 5.0 operating system pre installed, it has a 1800 mAH Li-Ion battery, and of course you will also get the obligatory Wi-Fi connection that all Netbooks must have.
It’s pretty obvious from that set of specs that you won’t be able to do much with it apart from check your emails and if you’re lucky, manage to surf the web a little bit but hey it would be handy to carry around just for that.
Will it last the pace? Surprisingly, you will probably get more battery life than you might think as none of the components are going to eat up power; you could be looking at a few hours at least.
What about it’s weight and dimensions? Well it weighs in at just 1.3 pounds and measures a compact and ultraportable 8.4 x 5.6 x 1.2 inches so no complaints there.
However, is it suitable for us in the west as a Netbook? To be honest probably not! This Netbook is unlikely to cut it in these parts of the world but then again perhaps it wasn’t meant to.
It really looks like it might be aimed specifically at poorer markets so would go down perfectly in parts of the world where owning one of these could have a huge impact on daily lives.
Anyway, if you want one of these then at the moment you’re going to have to go to China to get it and we have no idea if it’s ever going to be available in the US and Europe.
Lanya, the company who decided to create this cheaper than cheap netbook is based in Shenzhen, China and they priced it at just 666 Yuan.
For that amount of dosh we really can’t expect to get very much for our money so let’s take a look under the hood of the eBook LY-EB01 and see what’s actually going on.
First thing you’ll notice is we’re not getting an Intel Atom chip as this little device is powered with an ARM 266 MHz AK7802Q216 processor.
The TFT LCD display screen is only 7 inches with a resolution of 800 x 480, so there’s going to be a fair bit of squinting going on.
It comes with 128 MB RAM, it has Microsoft WinCE 5.0 operating system pre installed, it has a 1800 mAH Li-Ion battery, and of course you will also get the obligatory Wi-Fi connection that all Netbooks must have.
It’s pretty obvious from that set of specs that you won’t be able to do much with it apart from check your emails and if you’re lucky, manage to surf the web a little bit but hey it would be handy to carry around just for that.
Will it last the pace? Surprisingly, you will probably get more battery life than you might think as none of the components are going to eat up power; you could be looking at a few hours at least.
What about it’s weight and dimensions? Well it weighs in at just 1.3 pounds and measures a compact and ultraportable 8.4 x 5.6 x 1.2 inches so no complaints there.
However, is it suitable for us in the west as a Netbook? To be honest probably not! This Netbook is unlikely to cut it in these parts of the world but then again perhaps it wasn’t meant to.
It really looks like it might be aimed specifically at poorer markets so would go down perfectly in parts of the world where owning one of these could have a huge impact on daily lives.
Anyway, if you want one of these then at the moment you’re going to have to go to China to get it and we have no idea if it’s ever going to be available in the US and Europe.
