Yokemate of Keyboards
Posts: 12085 from 2003/5/22
From: Germany
Update:
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The netbook does run AmigaOS and it has done so for a long time. The port was>
just never completed (e.g. the touch pad driver) because Hyperion put the project>
on hold. I have not been informed that the netbook project has been cancelled."
> http://amigaworld.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6827&start=20#90683
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Despite the surge in interest the low cost Amiga laptop caused when it was announced at AmiWest two years ago, the project has now been officially declared as dead as chief engineer Solie said the final product would have been anything but cost efficient. Apparently, the hardware manufacturer couldn't come up with a financially viable solution acceptable for Hyperion and its partners as the consumer product would have offered too little hardware for too much money."
http://amigaworld.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6899"
the netbook project is officially cancelled. [...] it was not cancelled until a few week ago. They just couldn't work with the supplier to get a reasonable price point. It is a real shame considering it already booted AmigaOS so we lost that time/effort investment."
http://www.amigans.net/modules/xforum/viewtopic.php?post_id=83148#forumpost83148"
The netbook project initially announced at AmiWest 2011 has been cancelled. Below is an excerpt from an email to me from Ben Hermans dated October 10, 2013 on this matter.
"Despite best efforts by Hyperion and A-EON we were unable to get acceptable and stable conditions and terms from the Chinese supplier (price point, paying terms, required upfront, etc.)... The project was therefore cancelled in favour of a more future proof solution.""
http://blog.hyperion-entertainment.biz/?p=1010"
The netbook commercial evaluation was independently made by A-EON some significant time after Hyperion instructed Steven Solie to announce it in Amiwest. A-EON established separate, independent contact with a China-based manufacturer, requested business quotations based on various volume scenarios and evaluated the commercials behind the quotations. Some preliminary email based negotiations ensued but after evaluating the financials behind it, I advised that we could not get anywhere near the original end-user retail prices quoted by Hyperion in their Amiwest announcement. As we could not match (or even come remotely close to) the "$500" end-user prices, and given the low performance of the netbook, we felt it was futile to pursue it further as we would have to retail at a much higher ticket price. Given that some time had elapsed since the Amiwest announcement, we also felt that the technology was also too slow to be desirable for the retail price."
http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=41275&forum=2&start=340#786297"
As Hyperion is a separate company, [...] A-EON were not privy to any prior private discussions they had with the manufacturer or to how they evaluated the end-user retail price cited in their Amiwest announcement. It is possible that they were quoted on much larger volumes than we requested- we only requested volumes based on what was feasible for A-EON to finance relative for the production run. It is also possible that the Chinese manufacturer raised the pricing when we enquired. Based on the financials we evaluated, it was not commercially viable to proceed [...]."
http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=41275&forum=2&start=340#786305[ Edited by Andreas_Wolf 18.08.2016 - 03:36 ] 
