We also have a device linking feature so you can link up your litl webbooks and each user will see the same channels. And a sharing feature that means you can very easily share all your pics with remote relatives. No downloading from email Granny will see the shared pics almost immediately.

Furthermore, ours is a premium netbook, not one of these plastic budget things. We have the best screen on the market for its size – incredible brightness and a huge viewing angle. You can watch our device outside in bright sunshine, and inside from almost anywhere in the room. We have a quality keyboard and a string sturdy casing. And the whole thing was designed by the best industrial designers in the US.

But the long term vision is about our software. Most interfaces had their birth in the 1990s before the web was ubiquitous. We want to get rid of the claptrap that gets between you and the web experience and streaming data that most users actually want.

Keep your other old interface “desktop replacement” laptop for the things you use that for. We’re not trying to replace that. The netbook space is already overcrowded with boring mini laptops. Our device is meant for leisure around your home and it’s meant to look good in your home (not in your office). It’s unashamedly a designer item, and it looks great.

Easel mode is more than navigating with the wheel or remote: our device bends back on itself with a unique hinge so it can stand in an inverted-V, thus putting the screen in a tv-like configuration and reducing the footprint. You can put your webbook in easel mode on your kitchen bench, on your bedside table etc

The litl webbook is much more than a “glorified browser”. We:

Built the interface to allow integration of webapps and services via our unique “channel” apps. We have a whole slew of these coming down the pipeline. Instead of having multiple learning curves for all these useful web applications and data streams, you’ll only have one