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Weighing under 3 pounds and sporting a stylish form factor similar to a hunky DVD case, the Flybook will make frequent fliers and road warriors weak at the knees. This notebook also boasts an 8.9 inch wide-screen display, and a hard drive capacity of up to 100GB.

Image of a Flybook laptopIf their web siteis any indication, Flybook will hook it up. The first visualsthat hit you (at least me) on the laptop manufacturer's site arechicks in bikinis, and fit men with the air of independent wealth. In other words, owning a Flybook will getyou the ladies and make you slimmer, more handsome, and moresuccessful. Flip-flop if you're the fairer gender. OK, it can't do all that, but a Flybook laptop is one of the most attractive ultraportables on the market.
The chassis issmooth-lined, with polished color options ranging from innocentwhite to feisty red to midnight blue to bad-boy black. And theFlybook laptop redefines the notion of ultraportable. It'sonly 9.25 x 6.1 x 1.22 inches in size, and weighs only about 2.65pounds, and can also be used as a pen-ready tablet pc.

But the Flybook has more than a slender, curvy profile. It'sbeautiful on the inside too. All three fly choices to pick fromare more than adequate. There's the V33i with its 1.1 GHz IntelPentium M and 512 MB of DDR1 (upgradeable to 1 or 2 GB). Drivescome in 40 GB standard, with 80 and 100 GB laptop hard drives as options. The second option is the V23i with anIntel Celeron 600 MHz processor.

The flyest of the bunch is the A33i. It comes standard with512MB of RAM, 40 GB of hard drive and a 1 GHz Transmeta Crusoeprocessor with an Ali 1535+ chipset. The Transmeta supposedly isredefining mobility and puts out less heat than even mobile Inteland AMD chipsets. Ok we're not talking dual core here so you canforget cutting edge gaming. However Flybooks have adequate powerfor surfing the web, checking emails, compiling spreadsheets,word processing etc.

Perhaps the most impressive aspect of the Flybook (apart fromits portability) is its interconnectivity. It comes with built-inBluetooth, Wi-Fi, LAN, and telephone hookups. Tops is thebuilt-in GRPS tri-band system, which acts as a mobilespeakerphone, a text messenger, and a wireless Internet hookup.All it requires is a SIM card to be inserted, and you have amobile office with looks to die for.

One downside of this ultraportable laptop, ofcourse, is a wee little display. Cute, yes, but it's only an 8.9inches widescreen. Then again, some folks may not even notice thesmall size, if they're wowed by the swivel hinge opening clasp,which allows you to open the laptop like a clamshell or like atablet pc. Plus you could always hook up your Flybook to a fullsized monitor when you get back to the home and office.

To sum up the Flybook laptop ticks all the right style and portabilityboxes, but if you're looking for something a little beefierprocessor wise, you might be better off waiting for the Ferrari 1000 orthe ultraportable Lifebook Q2010 to hitthe shelves. For pricing and specs visit Flybook.biz

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