<![CDATA[Frenchies Release Petit Computeur - C'est Très Cheap - Gizmodo Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Frenchies Release Petit Computeur - C'est Très Cheap - Gizmodo Comments]]> http://gizmodo.com Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:53:11 EDT Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:53:11 EDT http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/frenchies-release-petit-computeur-+-cest-trs-cheap-249471.php <![CDATA[Frenchies Release Petit Computeur - C'est Très Cheap]]> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/frenchies-release-petit-computeur-+-cest-trs-cheap-249471.php#c1217527 LA bastille... it's so annoying when people use the wrong article =( I know, I know, you have no way of knowing, it just looks so... off.
And yeah, considering how huge minitels were (actually, it weirded me out that america had none when I moved here o.O those things are useful!) I can imagine this ought to work relatively well =)

Personally, I think it has a really cute box ^^

Lody

]]> 4:249471:c1217527 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:53:11 EDT <![CDATA[Frenchies Release Petit Computeur - C'est Très Cheap]]> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/frenchies-release-petit-computeur-+-cest-trs-cheap-249471.php#c1215425 Minitel pour le 21ème siècle!

But don't try to hack it. They'll toss your derrière in le bastille in a Parisian minute!

imajoebob

]]> 4:249471:c1215425 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:46:09 EDT <![CDATA[Frenchies Release Petit Computeur - C'est Très Cheap]]> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/frenchies-release-petit-computeur-+-cest-trs-cheap-249471.php#c1213730 A 512KB flash disk?

Perfect for image-free Word documents and playing The Fantastic Four on 5 1/4 floppies.

Chebwa

]]> 4:249471:c1213730 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:36:34 EDT <![CDATA[Frenchies Release Petit Computeur - C'est Très Cheap]]> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/frenchies-release-petit-computeur-+-cest-trs-cheap-249471.php#c1213231 Wait, only 75% of households here have computers? That's a lot of old/poor people.

Skylar

]]> 4:249471:c1213231 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:38:14 EDT <![CDATA[Frenchies Release Petit Computeur - C'est Très Cheap]]> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/frenchies-release-petit-computeur-+-cest-trs-cheap-249471.php#c1213201 USA! USA! #1! USA!

x23

]]> 4:249471:c1213201 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:35:36 EDT <![CDATA[Frenchies Release Petit Computeur - C'est Très Cheap]]> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/frenchies-release-petit-computeur-+-cest-trs-cheap-249471.php#c1211728 http://www.minitel.com/terminaux_public.htm Look at this! They're still lending terminals! Even compared to this Barbarella computer they look like merde.

hanswurst0815

]]> 4:249471:c1211728 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:54:32 EDT <![CDATA[Frenchies Release Petit Computeur - C'est Très Cheap]]> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/frenchies-release-petit-computeur-+-cest-trs-cheap-249471.php#c1211718 Minitel 2.0 :P

Spaceboy

]]> 4:249471:c1211718 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:52:56 EDT <![CDATA[Frenchies Release Petit Computeur - C'est Très Cheap]]> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/frenchies-release-petit-computeur-+-cest-trs-cheap-249471.php#c1211709 They're making this step mainly because of the large relevance of the online service "Minitel" in France. Many people there didn't want to buy a whole PC because the possibilities offered by a Minitel client seemed sufficient. Germany had something similar called "Bildschirmtext" or BTX, but it was far less common.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildschirmtext

hanswurst0815

]]> 4:249471:c1211709 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:49:54 EDT <![CDATA[Frenchies Release Petit Computeur - C'est Très Cheap]]> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/frenchies-release-petit-computeur-+-cest-trs-cheap-249471.php#c1211592 Yeah, but at the first hint of a port sniffer, the computer will make all of your usernames and passwords available & completely surrender to the h4x0r$.

AUA

]]> 4:249471:c1211592 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:11:12 EDT <![CDATA[Frenchies Release Petit Computeur - C'est Très Cheap]]> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/frenchies-release-petit-computeur-+-cest-trs-cheap-249471.php#c1211575 Hey M. Gizmodo 1$ is not 1€ fortunatelly for you american people ;)

Keep exporting i keep on buying i promise.

Weirdo

]]> 4:249471:c1211575 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:01:50 EDT <![CDATA[Frenchies Release Petit Computeur - C'est Très Cheap]]> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/frenchies-release-petit-computeur-+-cest-trs-cheap-249471.php#c1211552 Ad, when you read too much between the lines you get a story full of holes. This is a rental service. It costs €39.90 per month, minimum 1 year subscription and there's a €150 deposit.

Phlegmbert

]]> 4:249471:c1211552 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:52:33 EDT <![CDATA[Frenchies Release Petit Computeur - C'est Très Cheap]]> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/frenchies-release-petit-computeur-+-cest-trs-cheap-249471.php#c1211517 I'm more interested in that ZUI. I've looked everywhere for a zooming interface that actually looks better than crap.

gascan555

]]> 4:249471:c1211517 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:35:44 EDT <![CDATA[Frenchies Release Petit Computeur - C'est Très Cheap]]> http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/frenchies-release-petit-computeur-+-cest-trs-cheap-249471.php#c1211455 When are they going to bring one here?? Definitely has possibilities in terms of hacking, etc.

arcticmaniac

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