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"... a refreshingly simple and elegant new paradigm for experiencing
the Internet."
- precious forever
"... it's definitely one to watch!"
- springwise
"Why Litl for your choice of home computer? Maintenance free,Intuitive,Photo sharing,light,offers channels, offers flip screen. Did I mention it's really easy to use and very light? I love the point and click design.. Eliminates all the junk.."
- The Fabulous Find
"The Litl netbook rethinks interface design, and boasts pitch-perfect design details."
- Fast Company
"Given that most netbook press releases look like photocopies of each other, we’re particularly intrigued by the Litl Webbook."
- Slash Gear
"Don't dare call it a netbook."
- Uncrate
"... I doubt you can get anything that has the same combination of simplicity and functionality. The nearest thing to it is probably the iPod Touch but that’s stretching it a very long way. The Litl really is in a class of its own."
- Adrian Short
"This approach is both obvious and brilliant. ... Most of us hunt through an icon-cluttered desktop, menu or dock. The Litl treats the web as the main event, not just one of the many things you can do with your computer but very often won’t."
- Adrian Short
"The more I see, the more in love I fall with this concept"
- blogeee.net
"From a tech side, the device is pretty interesting...All machine data is stored in the cloud, so you can have a gorilla stomp on your litl, pick up another one, log on and instantly recreate your environment."
- Information Week
"cmdigitalmedia - Company to watch: litl.com great idea, future of computers?"
- via Twitter
"A Boston-based startup called Litl is releasing a laptop-like device called the Webbook that is, by virtue of its physical design, inherently more social."
- Core77.com
"chrisblizzard - I don't get it. Litl already shipped ChromeOS but a year earlier with a better design and a better browser engine."
- via Twitter
"It’s all about the ease of use. It’s aimed towards a market that want little to do with technical support and capacity building, and more to do with easily accessing information and internet media. People will pay for this stuff. Great product. I can see my parents using this."
- Juan
"andyshaw85 - The Litl Webbook looks amazing."
- via Twitter
"Sciri @litl: - The #litl finally launched! This might be just what my Mom needs to finally get off her aging first-gen WebTV!"
- via Twitter
"Now this isn’t just another netbook unboxing video as it’s quite clear that the company has spent a lot of time and thought in both the packaging design and trying to incorporate the company’s ethos into it."
- Netbook Choice
"A Design Miracle"
- Fast Company
"It’s fascinating and clever in several ways. It is refreshingly simple. And most importantly: it is truly new."
- Daring Fireball
"robinlauren @pflykt - That was a new computer for me. And a pretty obvious foldable interface, once you see it live. Nifty!"
- via Twitter
"Somebody forgot to tell John Chuang that it’s impossible to create a new kind of home computer these days. Either that, or he didn’t listen."
- Xconomy
"brendanlee @chuckstar @scottjanousek - those kinda kick ass ... where can you lay down some dough for one and how much?"
- via Twitter
"As someone who is proud of GNOME’s accomplishments I wish Litl the best of luck and thank them for the code they have contributed back to the community."
- j5live.com
"But what users are really paying for is the simplified package that the litl offers."
- gizmag
"All the netbooks that we’ve seen before almost all come in similar styles and form factors. But the Litl Webbook is exceptional..."
- techchee.com
"Makes computing easy for the whole family—including the grandparents."
- Trendhunter
"— but everyone involved with the Litl deserves tremendous credit just for having the stones to do this, to say, Hey, maybe computers in 2010 can do better than a user experience that is fundamentally unchanged from the original Macintosh in 1984."
- Daring Fireball
" Petrified, we did a little rain dance before our netbook shrine and the diddytop deities blessed us with the litl Easel."
- CNET UK
"Litl has just published a video of it's funny machine in which the brand takes the time to unbox the machine and its accessories. Again you really get the feeling of discovering something different from a computer or a netbook."
- blogeee.net
"carlo_piana @storming Litl's product seems a very nice and solid concept."
- via Twitter
"the Webbook breaks all the rules of personal computing."
- Xconomy
"Meet your newest obsession — litl. It’s an intuitive webbook designed for Internet surfing, and it weighs just three pounds."
- thefunctionkey.com
"First thing to notice, even if not very important, the machine has been packed with care and thought."
- blogeee.net
"frankpiacitelli wow, possibly the coolest computer innovation since the iPhone"
- via Twitter
"But Litl isn't selling hardware specs; they're selling a stone-cold brilliant design."
- Fast Company
"Sure, computers should be better suited to how we actually use them. Litl shows they can be."
- Fast Company
"The Litl is designed around how people actually use their computers in the home. As such, it's not really a laptop or a netbook or even a smart TV. It's a hybrid unto itself.
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- Fast Company
"Litl, rejects three decades of convention and makes the web, not the computer and all its software and operating-system encrustations, into the real show."
- Xconomy
"So, as a technical achievement, the Litl's pretty slick. As a leveraging of open source, it's rather nifty."
- Information Week
"The one other thing that seems interesting is how the Litl merges what they call the "lean-forward" (PC) and "lean-back" (TV) experiences."
- Information Week
"Great design toward simplicity applying the wisdom of the ages. Enough with the complications of “computer PCs”. This product shows how much computers are still in the era of “Popular Electronics” where we all still have to be professional hobbyists just to keep them working properly."
- Arnie
"There's no hard drive to crash. And it takes care of its own maintenance, downloading patches and implementing them automatically."
- thegraffik.co.cc
"This is definitely the direction Microsoft and Apple should be heading. Todays mainstream OS’s are ridiculously cumbersome and bloated. If they don’t wake up, one of these ‘litl’ guys are going to surprise the crap out of them and become the next iPod of the the PC world."
- AlexNC
"calliloopy - drooling some over these specs, gui designed by pentagram, geeky heart is now yearning for one"
- via Twitter
"mlauricella - litl webbook - another small step toward the cloud - http://bit.ly/1JSSzC - very very nice. video is great - i want one. look out chrome..."
- via Twitter
"joeshaw - @litl guarantee/warranty is pretty unbelievably amazing"
- via Twitter
"Interesting idea for my mom or sister, maybe. They can’t handle much more and I’m tired of XP reinstalls. Price doesn’t matter much w/ free two-year unconditional ‘satisfaction guaranteed or your money refunded’ warranty. Auto-updating could be sweet too."
- James
"ChiVampir RT @geteasypeasy: Checking out the brand new netbook from Litl http://bit.ly/3TBji0 #netbook #opensource | WOW! I want one!!!"
- via Twitter
"mishunov - Impressed with #Litl - http://litl.com/. Looks very good."
- via Twitter
"edwk - Checking out http://litl.com well executed."
- via Twitter
"pthulin - Wow, #litl just did the browser-centric netbook I've been wishing for! Based on Linux and GNOME.http://litl.com/ Good luck guys!"
- via Twitter
"vwduder - Google should scrap ChromeOS and just buy #litl"
- via Twitter
"The biggest innovations lie in the interface: It has two modes. One functions like an ordinary laptop. But flip the screen open some more, and it becomes an easel for media viewing."
- fast company
"The webbook is created with a fresh approach and renders enjoying online photos and using the web."
- Tech Gadggets
"A new kind of computer company, litl, today unveiled its webbook computer and operating system -- a completely new and simple way for everyone in the family to enjoy online photos and all the web has to offer."
- Legit Review
"For starters, it runs a home-grown operating system that maintains itself overnight, downloading updates and so forth when the machine's not in use, in true family-oriented appliance style."
- Reghardware.com
"Think of the Litl Webbook ($699) as the anti-PC. ...For starters, the user interface strips away the menus, icons and folders typically found in Windows and Mac OSX, letting you view photos, online videos and update your Facebook status directly from main screen."
- Switched
"Finally someone has looked at what a target group of consumers wanted and designed a simplified interface around services instead of just dropping a Linux distribution in and saying here you go."
- j5live.com
"It has an easy-to-use interface and includes several proprietary channels developed by the team that transform content from Flickr, Shutterfly, and Facebook in new and exciting ways."
- techmagnews.com