Everex Cloudbook – a worthy competitor to the popular Asus Eee PC

At $399, its an obvious competitor to the ASUS Eee PC. The Everex Cloudbook is intended to be a UMPC meaning that it is ultra mobile, easy on the battery life, and at least semi rugged. Everex calls this notebook “The Ultimate in Mobility.”

How about those specs:

• 1.2 GHz Via C7-M Processor ULV
• 512 MB DDR2 533MHz SDRAM Memory (maximum is 1 GB)
• 30 GB Hard Disk Drive
• 7″ WVGA TFT Display for 800×480 resolution
• Via Unichrome Pro IGP Graphics
• Via High Definition Audio
• 802.11 B/G
• One 10/100 Ethernet Port
• DVI-I Port
• 2 USB 2.0 Ports
• 4-in-1 memory card reader
• 0.3 MP Webcam (not a typo, zero point three megapixel)
• Headphone/Line out port
• Microphone/Line in port
• Set of stereo speaker
• Touchpad
• 4 cell lithium ion battery
• 2 pounds
• Up to 5 hours battery life
• gOS Rocket OS based on Ubuntu
• Software includes Google Apps integration

Desktop is clean and has easy-to-read icons for popular Web-based applications and shortcuts to applications like the music player. Kinda like OS X, but not as elegant of course.

Additional Pre-installed and Linked Software:
Mozilla Firefox, gMail, Meebo, Skype, Wikipedia, GIMP, Blogger, YouTube, Xing Movie Player, RythemBox, Faqly, Facebook and OpenOffice.org 2.3 (includes WRITER, IMPRESS, DRAW, CALC, BASE)

CloudBook next to an Eee PC 4G Surf