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Coby: We’re Not Working on a $99.95 Laptop

This is weird. Yesterday, I blogged about a report on a site called Indymedia that low-cost electronics manufacturer Coby was getting ready to release a netbook-like mini-computer for $99.95. Today, I heard from a representative of Coby who says that the company is doing no such thing. Here’s Coby’s official statement on the matter: Coby Electronics [...]

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How Low Can Laptops Go? Coby Says $99.95

[IMPORTANT UPDATE: Coby says the Indymedia story was a hoax and they're working on no such laptops.] Coby, a company that specializes in dirt-cheap consumer electronics, says it’s getting into the dirt-cheap laptop business. A site called Arkansas Indymedia is reporting that Coby plans to ship a $99.95 notebook by March 2009. Well, a sort of a [...]

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