14 DAY TRIAL // Aside from being involved in the MIT project, conducted by Nicholas Negroponte, aimed at producing a $100 laptop, AMD launches in the US the Personal Internet Communicator, a PC priced at only $299.
AMD is already marketing the Personal Internet Communicator in India and Latin America, and for the United States the company is planning a partnership with Radio Shack.
Personal Internet Communicator is based on an AMD Geode GX processor, running at 366 MHz and fitted with a 10GB hard disk. The system also features 4 USB ports, audio connectors and a VGA port. The standard configuration doesn't include a monitor, but the PC is shipped with a mouse and a keyboard.
The device comes with a preinstalled version of Windows CE and with Microsoft Internet Explorer, Media Player, PowerPoint, Macromedia Flash Player as well as text processing and table applications developed by SoftMaker.
Personal Internet Communicator's main goal is to provide Internet access and AMD hopes to introduce it to countries like Russia, China or Turkey. The company donated 400 of these devices to the victims of the Katrina hurricane.
Personal Internet Computer's main competitor is Apple's MacMini, whose specifications are superior to AMD's product, but is priced higher.
RadioShack trusts these devices to have increased sales, but the American buyers haven't shown too much interest for the low-end PCs so far.
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