The Litl Webbook has received a price slash to nearly half, says tech blogger John Gruber. The company's first netbook computer has a 12-inch LCD that opens nearly 180 degrees to act like a stand and enable TV-like viewing. There is no reason given for the significant price drop.
Litl expanded on its TV media hub plans Thursday with more details as to how it will work, including its unique remote. The hub itself will have a simple x86 processor (likely an Intel Atom or a Via chip) but will talk to a touchscreen remote with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. It would support unspecified multi-touch gestures as part of the UI.
At this weekend's Flash and the City developer's conference in New York City, Litl will introduce a TV media hub that will support Flash 10.1. To this end, Litl also plans an SDK to give developers an easy framework. The hub is due to go into production early in 2011 and will run on the same litl OS as the company's 12-inch Webbook (pictured).
Litl has quickly acted on rumors by launching its first computer, the Webbook. The PC breaks away from the usual netbook market through a unique 12-inch LCD that bends almost completely backwards and turns the system into an easel-like display; the mode is considered ideal for video watching or for sharing content with someone else. To match, the screen uses a high-quality LCD with a 178-degree viewing angle and better colors, and unlike most netbooks carries a dedicated (but unnamed) GPU that can decode H.264 video at up to 720p.
A new PC startup, litl, is known today to be readying an unusual netbook design with a rare customized operating system. An FCC filing for the Easel reveals a 12-inch system whose display can bend past 180 degrees and with a deliberately rounded, child-friendly look. However, it should also run a custom version of Linux with a "card" interface that lets users pick from blue cards for core apps and settings, black channel cards for news, weather and other widgets, and white cards for Firefox pages.
