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"I saw it in the box in Pacific Mall in December when I was in Toronto for the holidays. So many thoughts went through my mind. At that time I was looking for (1) mp3 player (2) gps (3) wifi internet (4) picture viewer (5) calendar, todo, organizer - all not necessary in the same device. Well, at the end of the day, I bought Garmin Nuvo GPS and iTouch 16gig (actually these were presents). If iTouch had GPS build into it right now, I would pay extra $50, maybe even $100 to have it all in the same device like n810. Back to EEE. I think it's a great portable computer that runs an OS with so many programs already existing for it! So many professionals who know how to deal with it and even Windows users would love the machine! I can easily see myself using one of these if I was commuting and wanted to do some work. I don't feel like taking out my 15" Sony Vaio in public transit whenever I use it. And I must agree with you, it's awesome for geeks and h@x00rZ. It reminded me a better version of a small pda that a kid from Die Hard 4 always had in his pocket. At $400, I had a really hard time when deciding between EEE and iTouch 16G. The reason I got the latter one is because my old Mp3 player really needed replacement, because I already have a laptop and because I wanted something of a smaller size. Next time it could be something similar to EEE or n810! " more

"You are probably thinking of Sierra Wireless, which is quite popular with Wifi chips and related consumer products. PMC-Sierra is another company that is designing mostly chips: for Wireline networking, NAS, MIPS processors, VoIP and VDSL Both of them are located in Vancouver."

"I like the design! Using white-grayish colors for gadgets really became popular in the last years. Have you mentioned the descrease in speed when connecting your wireless router as a bridge (if you used it outside especially)? It is interesting to note that originally Wifi was not designed to be used outside.Time duplexing on uplink and downlink used in all WLAN systems, works great inside, where the access points like these are protected from interference from other WLAN systems by higher attenuation due to walls. If you put one of these devices Outside and wirelessly connect to another one Inside the building, data rates would dramatically decrease IF there are other systems like these around. This happens due to timeslot (uplink with downlink) collisions coming from other systems. Now, if you are one of few users of these devices outside, then it should be fine. That's one of the issues that deployment of WLAN in the cities will face. " more