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Intel, Asus want laptop designs from you
Crave: The gadget blog —
... The two companies say consumers can become product designers at WePC, a Web site launched Wednesday. Participants can collaborate with each other and with Intel and Asus to "design innovative new products," the companies said. ...
So you think you can design a PC? Go to WePC [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network —
... We talk about a lot of PCs here on jkOnTheRun, from little bitty handheld PCs to laptops so big you can't actually carry them anywhere. One thing that is common to all our coverage of these varied PCs is how you readers never fail to have good ideas to make them better or change them in a significant way. Intel and Asus want to hear from you folks as they have created WePC, a site to solicit design ideas to build innovative and practical PCs for their markets. The site may be the first attempt to develop community designed PCs ...
So you think you can design a PC? Go to WePC
jkOnTheRun —
... We talk about a lot of PCs here on jkOnTheRun, from little bitty handheld PCs to laptops so big you can't actually carry them anywhere. One thing that is common to all our coverage of these varied PCs is how you readers never fail to have good ideas to make them better or change them in a significant way. Intel and Asus want to hear from you folks as they have created WePC, a site to solicit design ideas to build innovative and practical PCs for their markets. The site may be the first attempt to develop community designed PCs that fit what real people want to ...
WePC.com World’s First Community-Designed PCs
SolSie.com —
... Intel partners with Asus to create a Web site called WePC.com to solicit users to submit their ideas design. The site has community focus with discussion amongst members for idea sharing for their “dream PC” in 3 separate groups Netbooks (low-end), notebooks (mid-range), and gaming notebooks (high-end) So here is a great opportunity to express yourself what you ever wanted in a notebook! [image] [image] Leave a comment Name (required) E-mail (required) URI Your Comment Notify me of followup comments via e-mail
Share Your Thoughts And Build A New PC
The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP —
... is passionate about technology and full of ideas.
On WePC.com, the web’s most creative minds are blogging about what innovations they’d like to see in a PC, chatting with you about your ideas and fueling the community brainstorming session. Join them in creating the perfect PC!
So why don’t you give it a try and see what great ideas you can come up with.
Comments welcome.
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Intel breaks up Wintel through Asus WePC deal
Open Source —
Intel is growing increasingly serious about its divorce from the old Wintel arrangement, joining Asus to create WePC.
WePC doubles as an Asus sales site and a serious attempt to gain community input into the PC design process. (Here is one such idea, the waterproof PC.)
The site invites users to send their wish lists, describing potential configurations, then it invites others to vote on them, giving them a thumbs up or thumbs down.
The site has a little too much design bling for my taste (the home page needs a link to the ...
CES Video: Asus Netbookstravaganza, with Bamboo, Gold Lamé, and Lamborghini.
Boing Boing Gadgets —
... project, in which they're soliciting feature requests from the public, then sorting through those crowdsourced suggestions and figuring out what makes sense to implement in production. ...
CES Video: Asus Netbookstravaganza, with Bamboo, Gold Lam??, and Lamborghini.
Boing Boing Gadgets —
... project, in which they're soliciting feature requests from the public, then sorting through those crowdsourced suggestions and figuring out what makes sense to implement in production. ...
Boing Boing Gadgets at CES: Asus Netbookstravaganza with Bamboo, Gold Lamé, and Lamborghini.
Boing Boing —
... project, in which they're soliciting feature requests from the public, then sorting through those crowdsourced suggestions and figuring out what makes sense to implement in production. ...
