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It seems the Cloudbook has expanded its availability, both Circuit City and “The All-New” CompUSA are now offering the Everex branded UMPC. Perhaps this will make the Cloudbook seem a little more like a ‘real’ computer if its not being purchased from Wal-Mart. As of now the better deal seems to be at Circuit City as they are currently offering free shipping on any order over $24. Similar to Wal-Mart, the Cloudbook is available as an online purchase only. With such a rough start and a so-far rocky set of reviews (mostly due to the installed gOS) it is nice to see the ultra-portable expand into more “big-box” style stores, even if they only have it available online.

Product [Circuit City] Product [CompUSA] Via [Cloudbook UMPC]

We saw the Eee PC pick up an incredible, almost cult like following and with that came more mods and hacks than most of us could even imagine. It has taken some time, the Cloudbook has gotten off to a slow start, but that seems to be coming to an end. A decent community is starting to get going behind the Cloudbook, albeit not as large or devoted as the Eee PC has, but still its getting there and I am sure it will continue to grow with time. With the community getting behind the Cloudbook we are beginning to see some cool new mods, along with some tips and tricks that make the gOS-based ultra-portable a little more user friendly.

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While the Cloudbook may have gotten off to a rough very rough start, it seems we have some traction building. Initially you had to either make that purchase at ZaReason (who quickly dropped the Cloudbook after all those initial problems) or by placing your order, for delivery only at Wal-Mart.

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Just in case you wanted to add a little color to your newly acquired Everex Cloudbook, the new PhotoFair will be there to help you out. In a strange twist in today’s digital age, the PhotoFair is just a clear plastic covering for your Cloudbook. It will let you display your photo (or just about anything else) of choice. As of now a release date or price has not been announced. Overall a very simple product idea that somehow could be something I can see catching on, now you will not have to litter your laptop with stickers, you can put them on a separate sheet of paper and switch it up when you get bored or decide to part with your laptop.

Via [SlashGear]

While we still intend to give you a more in depth comparison of the Everex Cloudbook and Asus Eee PC in words, we thought we would take a little time to show off some side-by-side pictures of the slightly different form factors.

We did find one important item, which we share in the video below. The slow, slow boot time of the Everex Cloudbook. In full disclosure, the Eee (as mentioned in the video) was upgraded to 1GB of RAM while the Cloudbook has the stock 512MB. Aside from that both laptops are stock.

Once we have a little more hands-on with the Cloudbook we will give a follow-up (in words). In the meantime enjoy the video and pictures.

Keep reading for the video and side-by-side comparison pictures of the Everex Cloudbook and Asus Eee PC…

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The Cloudbook showed up as available early Friday morning at Wal-Mart and we wasted no time in placing an order. It arrived on Monday evening as expected and here is a nice unboxing set to show you the Cloudbook in a little more detail. With some very positive first impressions we are thinking we have a winner when compared to the Eee PC. Stay tuned for a more in depth review comparing the Asus Eee PC and Everex Cloudbook in the not too distant future.

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Wal-Mart has updated their website to show the Cloudbook as an in-stock item. The out-of-stock and coming soon notes have been removed and you can complete the order process. After what seemed like endless delays and a product that was never truly going to be available, our order has been placed. Of course we will see just how long the processing time is and just how quick it is actually able to ship out. If all goes well our Cloudbook should be delivered sometime between Monday and Wednesday of next week, we will let you know our thoughts once it arrives.

Product [Wal-Mart]

Today is the day that the Cloudbook is set to begin shipping. After a few delays we have reached the launch date once again, the Everex website still refers to the 2/21/08 date, so far so good.

With that ZaReason, who currently seem to be the only company to actually ship a Cloudbook have announced they will discontinue selling the laptop. ZaReason is citing they will stop selling the laptop because of all the pre-orders they took, then had to cancel because of Everex. That caused them to lose a lot of money due to “bank transaction fees” because of the refunds.

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I say actual user with a little sarcasm, but its nice to see a Cloudbook in the hands of someone other than press. While I value the review that Laptop had given us, its nice to see a user who placed an order actually have their hands-on the Cloudbook, it just makes it seem a little more real.

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Our calendars are marked and we have been eagerly awaiting the actual release of the Cloudbook, but it looks like we may be waiting even longer. DigiTimes is reporting that we are set to have another delay of the Cloudbook and the release could be pushed back into March. The reason behind the delay is not in relation to the gOS as we previously suspected, but instead due to the weather in China. Yes we are aware just how strange that seems.

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