This is a compensated review by BlogHer and Intel.
EDITED TO ADD: The giveaway has ended! Congratulations to Mindy!
A few months ago, I called Jeff and said, “I think I would like to have a laptop. A little laptop.” I went on to explain that although I really love the iPod Touch he gave me a few years back, it’s just too small (in my opinion) to really accomplish anything other than listening to music and shooting up quick Twitter updates.
Last week, this box came in the mail.
The Viliv S5 is a 4.8″ touchscreen media-on-the go device powered by the Intel® Atom™ processor. (Intel builds processors, or the “brains” of your PC. The Intel® Atom™ processor has been designed to be smaller and more power efficient, enabling you to get pocket-sized devices with full PC functionality.) Because of the small size (it’s larger than an iPhone, but much smaller than the average laptop—it’s like the super-awesome Jan Brady of portable PCs!) the Viliv S5 allows you to take your music, HD movies, work stuff, digital photos and more with you wherever you go. Because of the 3G or WiFi connectivity options, the Viliv S5 gives you a full internet computing experience and a long battery life. (In other words: It weighs less than a pound, it’s totally cute, and bang! It’s a fully functioning PC that is now available at Amazon for $499+!)
Okay. May I confess a few things to you? My computer knowledge is very limited, as you could probably guess after reading the highly cut and pasted previous paragraph. In fact, whenever I have to call any sort of tech hotline for support (which is rare, thank God), I always start off the conversation by saying, “Hi. My name is Angela, and I need you to talk to me like I’m in the first grade. My (insert gadget name here) isn’t working, and I’m three inches away from crying.” Because of my limited knowledge and my general lack of time, I need equipment that will turn on and work with absolutely no fiddly action from me.
On the No Fiddly Action from Me scale, I rate the Viliv S5 an 8 out of 10. When I turn it on, Windows XP pops up, and I can immediately access the internet. Best of all, the connection is Whoosh! super fast. Obviously, you need to be at a place where WiFi is available, but I predict the universe will have WiFi before too much longer. (I say this because I was able to sit in the parking lot at Dairy Queen and access the internet on Miss Viliv as I went nuts on a Chocolate Covered Cherry Blizzard. The world keeps getting better and better, doesn’t it?)
The Viliv S5 holds a GPS antenna, meaning you can install mapping software and transform the pocket PC into a fully functioning GPS unit with touch screen capabilities. And some of the online videos showcasing this function are pretty amazing.
When you look at the Viliv, you might notice that it doesn’t have a keyboard. But wait! It does!
It’s a haptic-feedback onscreen keyboard, which is a fancy way of telling you that the unit vibrates a bit when you touch the keys. The touchscreen is super-responsive and the keyboard is very easy to use—even if you have larger-than-average fingers. When a key is pressed, it turns blue and lifts up. Excellent. AND, because of the bluetooth capabilities, if you aren’t thrilled with the haptic-feedback keyboard, you can easily use a bluetooth wireless keyboard. (I’m starting to sound fancy, aren’t I? High five!)
Last night I took Miss Viliv to the local coffee joint so I could browse the internet, create a Christmas card list, and listen to Christmas music. Mission accomplished. PLUS, I was approached by three latte swilling cool kids who found Miss Viliv to be quite fetching.
Did I just hear you say that you want a Viliv S5, too? Well, let’s see what we can do about that! Leave a comment telling me how you could use mobile technology like the Viliv S5 during the holiday season. (Be sure to leave a working e-mail address!) On December 30th, I’ll let the random number generator choose one lucky person to win a Viliv S5! Isn’t this exciting?! Yes. It is.
EDITED TO ADD: The giveaway has ended! Congratulations to Mindy!
Click this link! You have eight chances to win!
Rules:
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* You may receive an additional entry by blogging about this contest and leaving a link in the comments.
* This giveaway is open to US-Residents, aged 18 and over
* Winners will be selected via random draw, and will notified by e-mail.
* You have 48 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected.
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352 responses so far ↓
1 Mami2jcn // Dec 8, 2009 at 2:36 pm
This would be oh so helpful in keeping track of Christmas gift lists and checking for the best store prices while on the go.
2 Mami2jcn // Dec 8, 2009 at 2:37 pm
I blogged about this:
http://grand-giveaways.blogspot.com/2009/12/intel-giveaways.html
3 kimmie // Dec 8, 2009 at 3:15 pm
I’m the only person I know who doesn’t have web-browsing on my phone, and won’t be getting it anytime soon (we’re downgrading after our 2-year agreement expires next year to pre-paid phones to save money).. so having a portable PC would be perfect! I’d use it to stay updated when I’m on the go… since I can’t otherwise! :)
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
4 Cyber74 // Dec 8, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Nice toy. Perfect Christmas gift for me. :0)
5 Elizabeth // Dec 8, 2009 at 5:44 pm
I have a desktop PC, and my phone doesn’t have web browsing capabilities, so when I’m out I feel lost! When I go away for Christmas I’ll be at the mercy of others to share their devices. This would make my life so much easier!
6 Elizabeth // Dec 8, 2009 at 5:47 pm
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7 Annette D // Dec 8, 2009 at 6:46 pm
This would be so wonderful for me to be able to keep up with my family that lives 1100 miles away, during the holidays. I would love it!
8 Janet // Dec 8, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Well, I’d use the device to work on my law school studies, but I would totally do it with a eggnog latte at my local coffee shop (which is how law students celebrate the holiday season).
9 Mindy // Dec 8, 2009 at 11:30 pm
I’d use this to take Christmas music with me wherever I go and I’d use the GPS to take a nice holiday vacation! :o) Sounds like a plan!
10 Suebob // Dec 9, 2009 at 1:17 am
Hmmmm…maybe I could use it to look for a job this holiday season – since my gift-buying will be rather modest!
11 tricia // Dec 9, 2009 at 7:01 am
I’d give this to my hardworking on the go daughter, so could keep in touch!
12 Jocelyn // Dec 9, 2009 at 8:48 am
We are a young family (us and two boys) trying to break the cycle of debt by putting any and all extra money onto our student loans. Needless to say, our stockings are going to be a little limp this year.
My husband works two jobs and goes to school nights to make this possible and I would love the chance to show my gratitude for all of his sacrifice by putting this little beauty in his stocking. It would rock his world!
13 Jocelyn // Dec 9, 2009 at 9:10 am
I blogged about it!
14 Melinda // Dec 9, 2009 at 9:49 am
i would be thrilled beyond belief. I travel a lot on wknds, and this would be so helpful to log on when I’m out of town!
mjf926 at gmail dot com
15 Melinda // Dec 9, 2009 at 9:50 am
I linked to MID on twitter
melindajoy926
mjf926 at gmail dot com
16 Matt // Dec 9, 2009 at 10:27 am
I’d love to have this for holiday travel. I love having a laptop with me all the time, but sometimes a regular laptop is too bulky to stuff into our car. Yes, we pack for a week long stay with the family, so the car is pretty packed. I’d use this to keep up with blog and email reading mostly!
mattschmunk at hotmail dot com
17 JennaG // Dec 9, 2009 at 11:10 am
I could use it to keep track of all the many things a mom must keep track of during the holidays such as: menus, parties, gift giving, card mailing, etc. I would love to win!
18 MommyNamedApril // Dec 9, 2009 at 12:06 pm
I could use it to keep track of all the family appointments we have to attend during the holiday season… oh, and um… keep myself entertained in the car while hubs is driving :-)
thanks for the awesome contest!
aprilwoodscary at gmail.com
19 MommyNamedApril // Dec 9, 2009 at 12:07 pm
tweet: http://twitter.com/MommyNamedApril/status/6502005837
aprilwoodscary at gmail.com
20 Christi Roeger // Dec 9, 2009 at 12:21 pm
What a wonderful little idea! As a working mommy blogger, this would be the perfect way to stay on task! I ? it!
Happy Holidays!
Christi
roeger {at} cox {dot} net
21 Heather Z. // Dec 9, 2009 at 12:46 pm
I would give it to my wonderful husband. We don’t really have extra money for grown-up gifts this year. He would absolutely love this!
22 Betsy // Dec 9, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Want it! Oh my goodness, this is just what I need when I visit my inlaws. If I break out my laptop, they always, ALWAYS want to see what I’m doing and sometimes even sit down and watch me as I and read over my shoulder, you know, read blogs and see what Bai Ling’s wearing and all of that stuff I might do as a little break from 5 solid days of in-law socializing. (I love them! I do!) But I feel like this is small enough that it might discourage that kind of team-blogreading. Plus, I’m always working from coffee shops since I have an office w/o a window, and my shoulder would be very grateful. Whew!
23 Victoria Hoffman // Dec 9, 2009 at 1:00 pm
I could sooo use this for pretty much everything. It would be so much easier than dragging my heavy laptop around with me. :)
victoriahoffman [at] gmail [dot] com
http://www.twitter.com/victoriah
24 Ziemendorf // Dec 9, 2009 at 1:00 pm
This would be a nice gift for my mom, who confesses limited knowledge of computers, but manages to post daily updates on what my dad eats anyway on a google doc for us kids to see.
25 Angella // Dec 9, 2009 at 1:03 pm
I think I’d give it to the kids to play with to give me and my hubby some alone time. Ahem.
26 S // Dec 9, 2009 at 1:03 pm
What a neat gadget! I get lost a lot — having GPS capability would help! And who doesn’t need Google at their fingertips at all times? I know I do—and obviously not just during the holiday season. :)
27 Alison Melanson // Dec 9, 2009 at 1:05 pm
First, why are all those girls wearing crop tops to sell a computer? Nevermind!
I would get TOTALLY organized with my little Assistant! ROCKIN it!
28 E. // Dec 9, 2009 at 1:06 pm
That is the most adorable computer ever.
29 parsingtime // Dec 9, 2009 at 1:08 pm
It would be a great gift for my sister who is a medical resident…hopefully it would encourage her to dash off a quick email or two letting us know she is still alive after a week of the night shift.
30 Ashley // Dec 9, 2009 at 1:16 pm
I don’t have an internet browser on my phone, so I would love to be able get directions or search for the right spot to get all the gifts I need to buy during the holidays!
beck.ashley AT gmail DOT com
31 Ani // Dec 9, 2009 at 1:16 pm
The grandparents are in another state, my niece is my godchild and in Kansas (ie far away), and I will be away from home on the day of my husband’s 40th birthday. He would so love this as a gift!
32 AmyDoubleYou // Dec 9, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Computers are pretty much all about the baby pictures for us these days.
33 Allyson McCombs // Dec 9, 2009 at 1:28 pm
I would love to give this to my husband who has been drooling over it. That is now I would use technology..to make my husband happy…
34 Don // Dec 9, 2009 at 1:31 pm
I could really use this as a gift for my wonderful wife as I have noooo money!!!
35 Carroll // Dec 9, 2009 at 1:35 pm
What? Advanced technology?? But I barely even know how to retrieve messages on my cel phone…if I remember to have it turned on at all, that is.
Easy, you say?
Feh! Not likely!!
It would take me at least a month, instruction manual in one hand, to figure out even the most basic features on something like that, so using it during *these* holidays would be out of the question.
But next year?
Let me count the ways…
By then I could have all the lists from 43 years’ worth of annual tree trimming parties well-organized and up-dated for shopping and prep-process efficiency.
I would not get lost driving to remote destinations for my annual post-party cookie plate drop-offs.
But most appealing of all…the ability to whip out such amazingly advanced technology in the presence of my two mom-skeptic tech-savvy sons and say knowledgeably “Here, let me just look that up real quick on my spiffy little viliv!”?
Priceless!
36 Stephanie // Dec 9, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Boy! I’d love to use that to make an awesome Christmas card that doesn’t require a hot glue gun. I tend to go overboard on the card assembly, but feel like I could make a great digital one if only I had a laptop,some wireless internet, a cup of coffee, and time away from my toddler.
37 Kelly // Dec 9, 2009 at 1:41 pm
It’s so cute and little! I want one!
38 Joy // Dec 9, 2009 at 1:42 pm
This would be wonderful in helping me get with the times (I’m definitely not techie savvy).
39 Neena // Dec 9, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Great giveaway! I want one!
40 Matt // Dec 9, 2009 at 1:49 pm
This would be so great to play with! I’m testing out a Dell Latitude 2100 mini-pc right now. Maybe I could hook both of them up to the computer version of a monster truck sled pulling thing and see who wins? BTW – The 2100 has one of them Atom processors in it, too. For the record, I don’t like the name. Atom. Sounds wimpy.
41 Deb on the Rocks // Dec 9, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Wow. I think you’ve got the right idea, use it to help one have cougar appeal with the young pups in coffee shops. That and not losing my mind at boring business parties by hiding under the coats with it.
42 stephanie // Dec 9, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Very cool! They keep coming up with new stuff all the time. I would LOVE something like that.
43 Marianne // Dec 9, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Oh my goodness. We don’t have a laptop, so I would use this a TON travelling to see family over the holidays. I would use it to send pictures of our little girl’s first Christmas to family members that can’t be with us as well.
44 Danielle // Dec 9, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Oh man! Cute towne! I would use it to send e-cards to family because I am LAZY and my real at home computer is broken, so if I don’t get it nobody gets holiday greetings. And would you really want to be responsible for that?
45 Emily J // Dec 9, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Oh man. This would be awesome for holiday travels, since we head out of town to visit family at various locations every year (I’ve gotten good at booking multiple destination itineraries!) I usually cave and end up dragging along a laptop, but then have trouble getting online (in-laws are still on dialup, for example) and it’s too big to stick in my purse and have handy when we hit a coffee shop with wifi.
46 Corinne // Dec 9, 2009 at 2:15 pm
I would use it to stay in touch with my best girlfriends!
47 joaaanna // Dec 9, 2009 at 2:16 pm
My husband just bought “US” a laptop. I haven’t seen it since he took it out of the box. I’d like one just for ME!
48 Sara // Dec 9, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Me me, pick me!
49 melanie // Dec 9, 2009 at 2:28 pm
i feel like i always have something i need to do on the computer but i am limited to when i am at home, sitting at the desk. it would be nice to have something mobile like this to take with me when i know i’m going to be sitting around waiting for my kids to finish something or other…
50 Melinda // Dec 9, 2009 at 2:29 pm
I would use a device like this to keep my son busy when we travel, and also it would be great for communications since I don’t have a smart phone.
51 Jill // Dec 9, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Ooh, how cool! We will be traveling with our 3-year-old for her first-ever Christmas with her Scottish grandparents, and my family would love to get some pictures on Christmas day of their only granddaughter! Plus it’s just really, really cool, and I could hide it from my husband so he wouldn’t steal it. :-) Fingers crossed!
52 Truman // Dec 9, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Just think of the black Friday potential… In line at best buy at 5 am while shopping Amazon. I want one
53 dr. dave // Dec 9, 2009 at 2:42 pm
How would I use it? I spend 4 hours on a train each day. I would try to have it surgically implanted if at all possible!
54 Jane // Dec 9, 2009 at 2:54 pm
I really wanted to get a laptop to replace the almost 10 year-0ld computer, but the dh decided that we still need a desktop. Razzen-frazzen, grrr. Maybe, just maybe, I’d get some stuff done having portability (walking away from the internet, granted, would help, too.).
55 Camels & Chocolate // Dec 9, 2009 at 3:07 pm
I’d be able to meet my deadlines! As a freelancer, I’m always under an enormous amount of work, and as someone who travels seven months a year, it’s often hard to get this work done! I NEED THIS.
56 Mary // Dec 9, 2009 at 3:08 pm
What an awesome giveaway! This nifty little gadget would make my life easier at work! On slooow days (I work in the car business.), I could instead be looking at and editing pictures of my 14 month old son I’m missing so much! Thanks for the giveaway and Happy Holidays!
57 Candace // Dec 9, 2009 at 3:15 pm
I would spend hours trying to figure out how this works. I’m sure my 10 year old will help.
58 Angela // Dec 9, 2009 at 3:22 pm
That looks fantastic…I have been waffling between an iTouch and a netbook, should I ever have money to purchase either one!
59 Suzan // Dec 9, 2009 at 3:31 pm
I’d use this little bad boy the same way I use any computer, just more… FESTIVELY!
60 Christina // Dec 9, 2009 at 4:13 pm
i would bring it with me EVERYWHERE!
61 julie // Dec 9, 2009 at 4:14 pm
I would use it for the GPS, and to shop for Christmas gifts on the go.
62 Tobie // Dec 9, 2009 at 5:01 pm
This would be great for keep track of my hectic holiday schedule!
63 Miranda // Dec 9, 2009 at 5:13 pm
I’d use it to do all my shopping online! I’ll also be on leave from work for a while around the holidays and imagine this would be a great way to check in the office from time to time.
64 Lori // Dec 9, 2009 at 5:27 pm
I would love this little gizmo! And I would use it for Christmas songs over the holidays. I’m sure my wireless speaker system would do the job to fill my home with the Christmas spirit, in a joyful, musical kind of way. I also think my high school class of yearbook students would LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!
65 Gail // Dec 9, 2009 at 5:29 pm
I would love a Viliv. I can imagine now sitting in the living room with my knitting and thinking of something to add to my Christmas shopping list and being able to check Amazon right then instead of trying to remember what it was when I finally get out to the computer.
I’ve been hoping to get away from my desktop computer but spending the money on a laptop or netbook is just out of the question right now and paying the extra to get internet on my phone is also not going to happen.
66 Shera // Dec 9, 2009 at 5:42 pm
I would use it as a laptop when off visiting family, since we’re not up-to-date enough to even own a regular sized laptop!
67 Kristen // Dec 9, 2009 at 5:42 pm
What a great after Christmas gift!
68 beyond // Dec 9, 2009 at 5:50 pm
it would be great to do everything i usually do with a laptop without having to lug an actual laptop around.
69 Karina // Dec 9, 2009 at 6:02 pm
This is so cute and a great stocking stuffer
karina@ussery.net
70 Greg // Dec 9, 2009 at 6:03 pm
My wife would just love this
71 yvanka // Dec 9, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Oh lordy, can I even tell you. I am in grad school fulltime, and I work two jobs. Being able to take my work with me all ’round the world would allow me to work from home AND get my things done – I could proofread my group’s essay on the flaws inherent to economic policy analysis while I was waiting in line at Target to buy gift wrap and cheese sticks!
72 Liz // Dec 9, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Maybe I could stop calling my mom when I get lost going somewhere and have to have her look up the directions again for me.
73 bec // Dec 9, 2009 at 6:31 pm
I’m having to start traveling for work more often, leaving my 11 month old with dad. We have one laptop we use to Skype with grandparents, but I need it for work, so what to do when I’m out of town? This would be the perfect solution! I can keep in touch with boy and daddy, and this and will keep the grandparents from coming after us with pitchforks for not being able to see the baby!
74 erika // Dec 9, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Ooh, how fun! I’ve been thinking that a tiny laptop is just what was missing from my life. I picture myself bringing it to my parents’ house for Christmas and using it to fact-check my tall-tale husband’s stories. ;)
75 Mary // Dec 9, 2009 at 6:37 pm
The last “new” technology I had was a used HP ipaq. the wireless card didn’t work and that nearly broke my heart. It was still the BEST for obsessive listmaking and keeping track of life. When it suddenly died for no reason, I nearly did too. I can’t even how this thing would change my life. Maybe I wouldn’t get lost just trying to get across town?
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76 Wendy // Dec 9, 2009 at 6:42 pm
I would use it to distract myself every time I think about all the money I am hemorrhaging!
77 Susan C // Dec 9, 2009 at 6:47 pm
When I leave the house I feel disconnected and disenfranchised without my laptop. Please help me stay connected without lugging the MacBook everywhere.
78 Alli // Dec 9, 2009 at 6:47 pm
Pick me! Pick me! All my techie friends might actually be impressed with me.
79 Nicole // Dec 9, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Wow! This would be wonderful to have! As a teacher it gets tiresome lugging a laptop from class to class and home every day. This would certainly lighten my load.
80 mj // Dec 9, 2009 at 7:10 pm
I’d use it for comparison shopping while out and about- I could find the best deals whether online or across town!
81 Heather // Dec 9, 2009 at 7:14 pm
I’d like to use that little computer so that I can keep track of all those nasty calories I’m consuming over the holidays. Although it might make my butt look big….
Egg nog and cookies,
Heather
82 Jessie Mae // Dec 9, 2009 at 7:15 pm
It sure would make waiting around in airports more fun!
83 Amy // Dec 9, 2009 at 7:20 pm
I know this is totally a first world problem, but I have a hard time pulling out the big laptop with a baby at home. You’d think it would be easy: pull out of case, plug in, turn on, type with two hands. Yeah, not so much with a six month old. As a matter of fact, the only reason I’m able to type this comment is because she’s having a very rare moment of not flailing. She definitely wants me to win this thing. It would make checking email, doing internetish things much easier. :)
84 Katherine W // Dec 9, 2009 at 7:26 pm
I would be so thrilled to win this! My laptop is malfunctioning big time and I’d love to have something tiny and easy to use to replace it. I would use it to keep up with friends and family and share pictures of our holiday celebrations.
85 Gordon L // Dec 9, 2009 at 7:36 pm
It give speed so i wouldn’t have to use my dinosaur of a laptop.
86 Nichole // Dec 9, 2009 at 7:42 pm
This would be helpful because I can’t take my decrepit old desktop computer along with me on our holiday journeys.
87 Nikki // Dec 9, 2009 at 7:45 pm
We are flying to Arizona to stay in my MIL’s 1000 square foot house– there will be four adults, one three-year-old, six cats, and a large, ill-behaved, dog. My daughter is highly allergic to cats. I’m highly allergic to my sister-in-law. This would save. my. sanity.
88 CrazyMomTats! // Dec 9, 2009 at 7:51 pm
I need this to help me find the best price for something when I’m out and about – also to help me make lists while I’m commuting on the train. Pick me!!!
89 mjb // Dec 9, 2009 at 7:59 pm
I’d love it for staying connected while we’re traveling over Christmas! So much better than lugging along a laptop.
90 Sandy // Dec 9, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Oooh, more technology I don’t understand yet don’t want to live without! Yes, please!
91 Kendra // Dec 9, 2009 at 9:02 pm
I would email my students and tell them that their grade is their own responsibility (not mine) and that I am probably NOT ruining their lives (although I concede I may be ruining their Christmas break).
92 amy // Dec 9, 2009 at 9:08 pm
hell yeah!
93 Kylene // Dec 9, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Oh, my gosh! I want! I’m such a computer geek and having this would be SO COOL! Plus, I do all my calendar and contacts and everything on the computer and this way I could have it with me all the time! AND I’m trying to get my professional organizing business going and this would be SUCH a great asset to have for that.
Please pick me, random number generator!!
94 Annette D // Dec 9, 2009 at 9:51 pm
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95 Maren Madsen // Dec 9, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Awesome. Yes. It. Is.
96 No Minimom // Dec 9, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Oooh, count me in! But the real question is: Will using this product turn me into a cute Asian girl (like the box cover)? Because that would totally rock.
97 Kiki Smith // Dec 9, 2009 at 11:24 pm
I would use it to check email while traveling to visit family in another state. I would also use it to send pictures of my infant son to friends and family (like they need more pics of him)…fun!
98 NGS // Dec 9, 2009 at 11:30 pm
See, I am a bus commuter. Two hours each day. I would love to have something more entertaining than the latest paperback to do on that bus ride! Please, please, please!!
99 Kayla // Dec 10, 2009 at 12:03 am
I’d use it to keep in touch with my family while I’m in Hawaii for two weeks over Christmas (I know, woe is me, right?)
100 Arlene Mobley // Dec 10, 2009 at 12:26 am
I’d use it to keep track of my kids while I am out running around shopping. Email, twitter and facebook would also be at my finger tips.
arlene
arlene9999@earthlink.net
101 Jennifer/Unconditional Mom // Dec 10, 2009 at 2:21 am
First & foremost… I love your writing; so catchy!
Okay, on to the good stuff: I am a modern mom on the go, but dragging the laptop around isn’t precisely the best way to keep up-to-date. I would love one of these things. I’m not only the mom who drives my daughter to karate, tap, ballet, jazz, gymnastics and swimming, but I’m also a mom blogger & karate event coordinator… this would help me be better organized (and look a bit more hip, too!)
Let’s face it… Blackberry’s are good, but this thing? Even better. I would love the opportunity to win it and be proud to put it to good use!
102 simon // Dec 10, 2009 at 2:27 am
I need this little baby to stay portable and productive between job sites.
103 Nicki // Dec 10, 2009 at 7:25 am
As a single mother of a teen and a tween, I would love any gizmo or gadget that promises to make my life easier. We spend LOADS of time out and about, the library, etc. And it would make my life so special to not have to carry my laptop EVERYWHERE. I don’t think it was meant to be an accessory. And my shoulder agrees with me.
104 Jenny // Dec 10, 2009 at 8:20 am
Hmm, let’s see. I’d use it to make sure my husband doesn’t book his office Christmas party on the same day and time his son’s flight is scheduled to arrive, perform my mother’s many requests to please e-mail my sister and tell her blah blah blah, and to keep track of the hundreds of extra, piddly-ass projects my boss seems to think I have time for on top of everything else I have to do. While I’m at it, I might just use this handy little device to research ways to torture my teenage stepchildren … cause a girl needs some stress relief once in a while.
105 Betsy // Dec 10, 2009 at 8:21 am
Very cool! We’re dinosaurs with only a desktop computer. I’d use this out and about…grocery lists, shopping lists, gps, surfing the web…and at home…snuggled up in bed after a long day of running the world for my 5 boys. (4 little, 1 big ;) )
106 Anne // Dec 10, 2009 at 8:56 am
Wow, how cool!
I would love to have a pocket PC for GPS and for shopping lists and such. My lazy-self would also like to surf the web from the couch, without having to get up and walk ALL THE WAY TO THE COMPUTER.
107 Meghank // Dec 10, 2009 at 8:58 am
I would def. keep up on my holiday lists and plans for 2010. It would be great for the GPS alone….my husband could def. use that!
108 Kaitlin // Dec 10, 2009 at 9:00 am
I’d be able to price check and comparison shop WHILE being out shopping! Half the time, I’m standing in the middle of a store calling my husband to look something up online for me :)
109 Denita // Dec 10, 2009 at 9:23 am
I would use the fun little device for checking prices and finding stores around town that actually have the product in-stock since that seems to be an on-going problem for me. Then when the holiday spirit had left me, I would look up something funny on U-tube and laugh and laugh and laugh and go on my merry little way.
110 Lisa Montgomery // Dec 10, 2009 at 9:28 am
I could use it to keep track of my Christmas budget as I actually deplete that budget. Oh, and it would be great to use for grocery shopping lists for all those dinner parties I will be hosting! I always write out a list and forget to bring it into the store. I wouldn’t forget this little gem!
111 Angela // Dec 10, 2009 at 10:34 am
Oh.my.goodness. What I wouldn’t give for this one. Oh how it would make it so much easier to work on my business (internet based) anywhere, anytime. Gonna tweet and blog about this one :)
112 Rebecca // Dec 10, 2009 at 10:40 am
This would certainly help with Christmas shopping on the go!! Would love, love, love to win one!!
113 amber // Dec 10, 2009 at 10:42 am
This would be AMAZING. For my job, I constantly need to be online. So when I travel, like for the holidays, I have to lug my big heavy laptop with me. That’s sort of a vacation-kill, ya know? Yet using the internet on my cellphone doesn’t work either, because I can’t access files and the screen is far too small. So this would be awesome for me!! I would love to take this with me to my mom’s this Christmas, that way I have email, internet, and files all within reach and don’t have to clunk my laptop around with me. I love the sleek style of this Viliv too, it’s cute and practical. Thanks so much for the chance!!
114 Angela // Dec 10, 2009 at 10:43 am
Tweet-a-leet
http://twitter.com/nashygal/status/6534537189
115 amber // Dec 10, 2009 at 10:44 am
I tweeted the giveaway too: http://twitter.com/lipstickncandy/status/6534686295
116 Jenn // Dec 10, 2009 at 10:59 am
wow how cool is that!
117 SK // Dec 10, 2009 at 11:00 am
Love it!
118 Tina Altum // Dec 10, 2009 at 11:01 am
I am also one of those poor souls that does not have web browsing on my phone. How I can even get out of bed is as surprising to me as it is to you. I would love to have the ability to get online and get myself out of the many binds I manage to get myself into!
119 Jenn // Dec 10, 2009 at 11:03 am
I tweeted it too. twitter.com/vegjenn
120 Tina Altum // Dec 10, 2009 at 11:05 am
I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/samsmom06
121 Teri // Dec 10, 2009 at 11:16 am
I would just like it, so I could be like the cool kids. Thanks.
122 Alyce // Dec 10, 2009 at 11:35 am
She’s so pretty . . . I think we could be very good friends.
123 Mitzi // Dec 10, 2009 at 11:55 am
I am anti-cellphone, but I am NOT anti-cute little computer!
124 Sakina // Dec 10, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Oh, please, please, please, please, pretty please pick me. I want a friend I can put in my pocket. I promise to pet, water, feed and charge her whenever she needs it. I would even be willing to croon lullabies to her and post mock-worthy video of myself doing so on you tube while doing so if that might help my chances. My phone doesn’t have access to the interwebs, and I’m not really in a position to buy a new phone–I also have no sense of direction and need to keep my life organized. Also, if this helps, I NEED this to keep my business life organized and can’t afford a crackberry. I work for a company that provides in home nursing care to medically fragile infants. You can’t be providing better service than that, now can you? Please, please, pretty please? Oh, and Merry Christmas!
125 Sakina // Dec 10, 2009 at 12:25 pm
P.S. Did you look as happy as the adorable Asian girls in the picture while you were using it? We’re not questioning your adorability factor here, just whether or not you were grinning with glee….
126 April // Dec 10, 2009 at 12:32 pm
It would be awesome to keep track of my crazy schedule, with work, school, and maintaining any semblance of a decent social life during the holiday season. I could also order gifts online while waiting for my third peppermint mocha martini to arrive while out with friends. :)
127 Kelly // Dec 10, 2009 at 1:04 pm
I would love to have this & it would help in my quest to start my own engineering design/drafting freelance business!
128 Nina // Dec 10, 2009 at 1:19 pm
I would use this thing to look up holiday recipes and craft ideas. And send an e-mail to Santa.
129 mattie // Dec 10, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Oh, I want to win this for my twin sister. She has had a rough year and is disconnected from the world a lot of the time. This would keep her little chin up!
130 Shelley // Dec 10, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Wow! This looks fascinating! I could really use this to stay connected with my family during the holiday mayhem. I just sent out an email to the family of our times and places in which we will be on Christmas; 9-12 MIL’s house, 12-4:30 my grandparents house and 5-? my aunt’s house! When I complain about having to go so many places my aunt says to be thankful I have so many people to spend Christmas with! Merry Christmas to you and yours!
131 Meagan // Dec 10, 2009 at 1:51 pm
I would use this to save babies and end world hunger! No really, I would. I bet you think I would just be all facebook and fluidpudding, but NO! I would SAVE THINGS. And fluidpudding.
132 kimblahg // Dec 10, 2009 at 2:50 pm
I would use it to let my fourth grader check his online spelling lists so I don’t have to let him use my laptop!
133 Alyce // Dec 10, 2009 at 2:54 pm
I would give this to my mom for xmas. Honest to blog, I would. She lost her job last June and lost her work-provided laptop then, too.
If she had this she could show off pics of the grandkids (my nieces and nephews) to all of her line dance buddies.
134 Deb Sawyer // Dec 10, 2009 at 3:09 pm
I travel a lot, especially at Holiday times. So…I would definitely take this wonderful, little gadget along with me.
135 Joy // Dec 10, 2009 at 3:20 pm
I would feel lucky
I would use this when I’m on the road
mjharvey26 at yahoo dot com
136 Sarah' // Dec 10, 2009 at 3:55 pm
I would use this during the holidays to write and check my email in the few minute breaks I get in the craziness that is my parent’s house (10 people, 11 dogs)
137 Lisa Ault // Dec 10, 2009 at 3:55 pm
I would love to give this to my husband.
138 sruble // Dec 10, 2009 at 4:02 pm
It would be great to keep in contact with DH as we get our shopping done, be able to do a little bit of writing while I’m out, and get in touch with friends online!
139 Christy // Dec 10, 2009 at 4:31 pm
I would love to give this to me.
140 Jane // Dec 10, 2009 at 4:38 pm
This would be awesome for keeping track of all the things I would have to do this holiday season. I have a huge family so that is a feat!
141 mere // Dec 10, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Being able to have the gift list and directions at the same time at all times?! Super awesome!
142 Amy in StL // Dec 10, 2009 at 5:41 pm
I’d be the coolest kid at the office Xmas party uploading photos of my workmates performing stupid human tricks to facebook.
143 Kimberly/Mom in the City // Dec 10, 2009 at 5:52 pm
I would use it to connect with friends and family when I’m “on the run”!
144 Chrissy // Dec 10, 2009 at 5:59 pm
Email on the run! That would be my fav!
145 sara // Dec 10, 2009 at 6:32 pm
here i weave you a sad tale that, i swan (southerners you hear me?) it’s truth and i’m not trying to cheat random generator into picking my big brown teared up eyes. my computer died. a slow, tragic death. it was ASSAULTED by a 2 year old – flinging it (yes, on more than one occasion, no, i never learn a lesson) to our floor. well, at least that was SOME of it. anyway. so now, yeah – i have no real christmas reason to long for this. but OH! how i long for it! just because i can?
(pickmepickmepickmeplease)
146 Margay // Dec 10, 2009 at 7:09 pm
I could use this device to keep up with family members that can’t be with me during the holidays and to keep them informed of the developments with my daughters, one of whom is in college and the other who is due to have surgery soon.
Margay
147 Carrie // Dec 10, 2009 at 7:49 pm
It would make the very long swim meets I sit through more endurable. I would be able to do some work, stay connected and check live result updates. This weekend I will be at a pool for at least twenty seven hours. No exaggeration! I could do my Christmas shopping from the meet!
148 kimberly/tippytoes // Dec 10, 2009 at 8:43 pm
I’ve been thinking about one of these tiny guys because my fingers are too fat for iPhone typing.
149 Laura Harris // Dec 10, 2009 at 9:06 pm
I would LOVE this. I am a stressed out teacher who works all the time. This would go a long way to reducing the stress.
laurleeharris@gmail.com
150 DLG in Mich // Dec 10, 2009 at 9:24 pm
Our office is upstairs, so something like this would be perfect downstairs in the kitchen for quick emails and Facebook updates!
151 elismsue // Dec 10, 2009 at 10:49 pm
What could be better? Into my purse and always available….Love it.
152 Kelsey Kim // Dec 10, 2009 at 11:49 pm
So I could shop and drive at the same time, of course!! (just kidding, I’d pull over).
153 Sarah B. // Dec 11, 2009 at 12:00 am
I’d use this awesome tiny powerhouse to blog about my first vacation in five years and my first vacation alone, ever! I’m spending a week in Savannah, Georgia all by myself. I know no one. So I’d love to have this slick sucker along to help me find the best things to do and maybe find some fun people to do it with via the “innertubes.”
154 Nicole // Dec 11, 2009 at 12:04 am
I would use this to keep in touch with my long-distance boyfriend over the hols while I’m in America and he’s in Ireland!
155 Linda Carson // Dec 11, 2009 at 12:42 am
How would I use this…let me count the ways…
1. to teach with
2.to do research
3. to plan lessons
4. to communicate with students and parents
5. to communicate with my daughter
6.to shop
7.to facebook
8. to learn more about this blogging thing
9. to add more to this list of things that I would do if I won this wonderful tiny thing.
156 Jocelyn // Dec 11, 2009 at 1:44 am
My family and friends are scattered across several continents right now. I’d love to use something like this to keep in touch with them all!
157 Jocelyn // Dec 11, 2009 at 1:45 am
And, twitter: https://twitter.com/writersxxblock/status/6559452390
158 Helen // Dec 11, 2009 at 9:15 am
Seriously? I’d be able to keep track of my THREE TEENAGERS! That, and a bottle of tequila should do it!
159 Kerry // Dec 11, 2009 at 10:15 am
I’ll be traveling a lot, but I’ll also need to be getting some work done. A small device like this would make my life SO. MUCH. EASIER.
160 Laura // Dec 11, 2009 at 10:40 am
I would use it for work while at meetings instead of lugging my laptop all over the place.
161 Kate // Dec 11, 2009 at 11:45 am
Have you ever been to a swim meet? Hours of boredom could be avoided with a device like this!
162 Susan // Dec 11, 2009 at 11:47 am
Oh how wonderful it would be to take my computer with me when I go out and about. I could blog from Barnes & Noble, or from the local ice cream parlor, or from Harris Teeter, or from the front yard while the children are playing. It would add an entirely new dimension to my blogging. What a blessing that would be!!!
163 Robyn // Dec 11, 2009 at 12:54 pm
I wouldn’t have to beg to borrow! I have a desktop and my phone doesn’t have web!?! This gadget is amazing!
164 Gina // Dec 11, 2009 at 1:04 pm
I’m drooling. This would come in handy for shopping lists, directions, a christmas letter or letters, taking notes! Everybody at my house would be fighting over it.
165 emily // Dec 11, 2009 at 1:41 pm
I think my first cell phone was larger than this computer. Love it.
166 Sherri // Dec 11, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Easy! I’d use it for grandbaby viewing. We’re miles and miles away so it would be used happily and often!
167 Krista // Dec 11, 2009 at 3:30 pm
I am about to purchase three christmas laptops for my niece and nephews for Christmas – winning one of these would REALLY help!!!
168 xtina // Dec 11, 2009 at 4:49 pm
So you mean I could take the kids to the park and use the library’s wifi to check out my Google Reader? What? Awesome!
169 Tiffany // Dec 11, 2009 at 5:29 pm
I would use this to help keep track of gifts, sent and received, cards, and other appointments. What a fun and awesome giveaway.
170 gwen // Dec 11, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Pick me! Pick me! Could I use it for transcription? I think I could. Transcription on a tiny computer in the carpool ine! Does that sound boring to you? Not to me!
171 Kelly O'Keefe // Dec 11, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Looks neat-o! Will my meaty fingers be too big for the keyboard? Thanks!
172 tuesday // Dec 11, 2009 at 7:11 pm
I would love to let the kids watch Hulu on it while we drove for 4 hours!
It would be a Christmas miracle!
tuesdayef at aol dot com
173 Heather // Dec 11, 2009 at 8:08 pm
During the holiday season I could track my Ebay auctions and packages, not to mention Twitter, and staying up with my favorite blogs. So much fun stuff!
174 Heather // Dec 11, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Tweeted – http://twitter.com/GiveAwayChick/statuses/6585203292
175 Laur // Dec 11, 2009 at 10:23 pm
Ohhh, ohhh! my hubby totally *needs* one of these. Pick me! pick me!
176 Sarah // Dec 11, 2009 at 11:49 pm
I own virtually nothing technological, my phone I don’t even know how to text with and my camera is a discarded one from my husband. That is it. No MP3, no GPS, no video. I could use this to find my way to a store, not overload on mall stimuli by listening to the soothing soundtrack of the Charlie Brown Christmas, and then ignore my children on the flight to their grandparents’ house by watching Pride and Prejudice (what doesn’t Mr. Darcy improve?) Oh, then I could get organized afterward.
177 marie // Dec 12, 2009 at 12:21 am
Hi,
I would use this to look up recipes at the grocery store….always floundering around and forgetting my list! Hmm…it says duplicate comment detected, but I have never commented before!!!????
178 Milcah // Dec 12, 2009 at 1:05 am
I have travel plans and this would be a great source of entertainment for my family on the go!
179 Valerie // Dec 12, 2009 at 5:08 am
I would use it in the car rider pick up line. I also like the idea of the first commenter to use it to check prices while out shopping.
thecitygirl74@gmail.com
180 Jennifer // Dec 12, 2009 at 8:47 am
FTW!
I’d love this little bad boy to be mine, it’d make life so much simpler. I’d get to replace my dying computer without have to save up the funds AND I’d replace it with a cool little gadget that does everything I need (internet access and video capabilities)
Pick me, Pick me, Pick me!
181 Jennifer // Dec 12, 2009 at 9:02 am
Oh man, I could totally ignore all the crazy dance moms during my little girl’s dance class. How precious it is! I could even have time to blog myself!! :)
josiebruce@gmail.com
182 April G. // Dec 12, 2009 at 9:39 am
This is so cool! I’m a PhD student in English, and it would be so nice to be able to read articles online, or look up things on the OED or at the library, without having to drag my laptop out.
183 rachel // Dec 12, 2009 at 11:26 am
since i won’t be getting a smart phone any time soon this would be oh so perfect- also, hauling around a school bag, diaper bag, grocery bags, etc makes it that much less likely i’ll haul my lap top too.
184 DG // Dec 12, 2009 at 1:20 pm
I would use it to skype with my friends who live far away! :)
185 DG // Dec 12, 2009 at 1:20 pm
tweeted http://twitter.com/DeeGee13/status/6605378165
186 DG // Dec 12, 2009 at 1:21 pm
http://the-prestigiator.xanga.com/718154098/viliv-x70/
blogged
187 Lori L // Dec 12, 2009 at 2:19 pm
I would use it to help run our small business! It would be great for traveling and especially handy to have around the holidays when things are so hectic but business still needs to be taken care of.
188 Michelle // Dec 12, 2009 at 4:27 pm
This would be perfect for work and Grad school. Plus, all the holiday traveling!
189 patricia // Dec 12, 2009 at 4:47 pm
i could give it to my son for a late xmas present and then when he’s not looking, take it over for myself, yeah
190 Liz // Dec 13, 2009 at 11:06 am
Oh, the coolness! I’d keep it for my greedy little self but I’d share with Bean!
191 Patty V // Dec 13, 2009 at 1:34 pm
I would love to have this little baby to use while the rest of my family is hogging all the old fashioned technology. Bwa ha ha ha.
192 Denise // Dec 13, 2009 at 3:48 pm
This would be wonderful for just about everything. I have 2 small children, sitting at the computer at home w/o distractions isn’t very easy, but this can be taken on the go and used when I get a free moment.
193 Mindy // Dec 13, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Blogged!
http://mindymerenghi.blogspot.com/2009/12/blogher-special-offers.html
mdmerenghi@gmail.com
194 Shawna OBrien // Dec 13, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Well as a mom with a full time job, I’m always on the go, so I would use this for a multitude of things both personal and work related such as keeping track of appointments, taking notes, to do lists and accessing the internet. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway.
ShawnaMichelle@ymail.com
195 Shawna OBrien // Dec 13, 2009 at 4:45 pm
I tweeted about this giveaway
http://twitter.com/ShawnaMichelle2/status/6640725309
ShawnaMichelle@ymail.com
196 John Melendrez // Dec 13, 2009 at 4:51 pm
I’m in the process of working on opening my own landscape business, so I would use this to keep track of business contacts and job proposals and finding my way to potential customers.
Melendrez@mail.com
197 John Melendrez // Dec 13, 2009 at 4:53 pm
Tweeted http://twitter.com/BustedupDaddy/status/6640918010
Melendrez@mail.com
198 Annette D // Dec 13, 2009 at 6:37 pm
blogged http://abdoggett1.blogspot.com/2009/12/win-viliv-s5-from-fluid-pudding.html
199 Tayor Goodwin // Dec 13, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Well since my laptop is slowly dying as I type I would use it for all my day to day computer uses, e-mail, facebook, blog reading! And since I could take it with me too work I would never have to worry about forgetting that important e-mail at home any more!
200 Suzanna P // Dec 13, 2009 at 8:12 pm
I would love one of these to help keep myself organized! I can use all the help I can get. :-)
201 MsCellania // Dec 13, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Quite simply? I NEED this since my laptop has turned into a desktop with the death of its second battery.
Thanks!
202 Lynn @ human, being // Dec 13, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Cute! And since I spilled OJ on my hubby’s laptop and STILL can’t afford to replace it, well, this would make an excellent Xmas (or get me out of trouble) replacement gift.
:)
Lynn
203 Katie // Dec 14, 2009 at 12:01 am
I would use it to entertain my toddler while traveling!
204 elizabeth // Dec 14, 2009 at 12:06 am
I’m a law student, so I’ll use it to start briefing cases for next semester over break. Not really! I’ll use it to watch entire seasons of The Wire, savoring every moment of freedom until class starts again.
Elizabeth
ebenki at gmail dot com
205 Susan // Dec 14, 2009 at 10:29 am
Wow, I love technology! This would be an awesome way to keep track of things like my address book (I can’t stand the paper version and the desktop is a little inconvenient for that).
206 Caitlin // Dec 14, 2009 at 12:29 pm
This would be perfect for keeping track of my gift lists and tracking all the online orders we usually make!
207 Milissa Burdette // Dec 14, 2009 at 2:07 pm
I always have to compare prices when I am shopping. If I am at a store, usually I will just call another store to see if they have the item that I want for less. But that takes a lot of time and hassle. It would be so much easier with a little laptop to be able to just look up the price online (with mobile internet) and comare prices to get the best deal.
208 M. Webster // Dec 14, 2009 at 2:10 pm
The laptop would be great for storing all of my holiday recipes. My kitchen cupboards are getting too cluttered with cookbooks and recipe cards all over. I would have an organized, clutter-free way to easily look up recipes when I need them!
209 Anne Marie // Dec 14, 2009 at 4:04 pm
That device just might change my life. I would use it to finally step into this century. And also, for my grocery list.
210 Jenn // Dec 14, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Just being able to keep up with my friends and family by email while I am away from home would be a great thing during the holidays!
211 Jenn // Dec 14, 2009 at 6:27 pm
I tweeted about this contest too :)
http://twitter.com/clarity0207
212 elismsue // Dec 14, 2009 at 8:17 pm
I would use this in the car, in the mall, at work and in my bed!!! It would never be without me!
Sue
213 Beth // Dec 14, 2009 at 11:22 pm
I would love to find this in my stocking. I have been wanting one to download e-books to and to keep in touch with friends and family far away. Not to mention keep a watch on my Face book page.
214 Suzanne // Dec 15, 2009 at 8:52 am
It’s perfect! It would make a great gift for my husband too!
215 Genevieve // Dec 15, 2009 at 10:29 am
I could stop sneaking home the company laptop so that I can surf the web, read your blog and twitter from the comfort of my sofa!
Have a great holiday!
216 Genevieve // Dec 15, 2009 at 10:32 am
And I twittered about your contest!
http://twitter.com/thinktink
But I still want it so I can lay around on the sofa and be connected to the web.
217 birdie // Dec 15, 2009 at 11:46 am
omg that looks rad.
218 beyond // Dec 15, 2009 at 7:29 pm
i would use it to keep track of things and as a toy.
219 jenn // Dec 15, 2009 at 9:09 pm
I typed a comment about my recently shattered laptop screen and my defection from Twitter-land (right before it became super cool) and how I really would love to win this thing, even more than anything on my lame-o Christmas list prepared under duress. It self destructed. This is the Cliff’s Notes version. (Yeah, I talk a lot!)
Please, random number picker thingy, pick me! :)
220 Becca // Dec 15, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Hmm, I believe this would be very convenient for hiding in the guest room if family time gets to be a bit much.
221 Franca Bollo // Dec 15, 2009 at 10:04 pm
Santa baby, slip a Viliv X70 under the tree, for me …
222 Blue Girl // Dec 15, 2009 at 10:28 pm
I would feel super happy!
I would use it everywhere!!!
bluegirl1423@gmail.com
223 Silvia // Dec 15, 2009 at 10:58 pm
this is awesome! I would use it to keep in touch with my family overseas, tweetering, emailing and chatting. Thanks for the opportunity
224 Beth // Dec 16, 2009 at 6:05 am
I would use it to taunt the latte-swilling teenagers at the local coffeeshop. Wait a minute. That’s not the right spirit. Let’s start over, shall we? I would use it to spread peace,love, and joy throughout the holiday season and all year long.
225 Helloheather // Dec 16, 2009 at 9:40 am
A machine this teeny and cute would fit great in my purse or diaper bag, and let me keep up with my Christmas shopping list on Google Docs. I share the list with my husband, who does his share of the shopping on his lunch breaks. It would be great to keep each other up to date so easily!
226 Leah // Dec 16, 2009 at 2:05 pm
I’d use this to store photos, so I could take them around to my grandparents’ houses at Christmas and allow them to see how much my son has grown while they’ve been busy NOT seeing pictures of him on their non-existant computers.
227 Christie // Dec 16, 2009 at 2:13 pm
I’d use it to either keep track of the gifts for each kid, or to give to the oldest as a really cool gift.
228 Denise // Dec 16, 2009 at 3:49 pm
I would love this! Life is always so crazy and on the go and oh how this would help stay connected! And it is just too cute! Hope to win!
229 Tracy // Dec 16, 2009 at 3:49 pm
I also think the iPod Touch is just a little too small. But I don’t want a full size laptop, just something I can put in my purse and go.
We’re also taking a roadtrip this month, and the GPS would be awesome.
230 Denise // Dec 16, 2009 at 3:51 pm
I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/Denise0480/status/6741643823
231 em-jay // Dec 16, 2009 at 11:44 pm
I would use this to stay connected without always carrying a laptop (is it sad that we now think of laptops as bulky and hard to carry around?) and to keep myself better organized. Thanks for the chance to win!
232 Jessi // Dec 17, 2009 at 12:59 am
I would use it to shop online…I have yet to start my Xmas shopping!
233 Milcah // Dec 17, 2009 at 1:49 am
T-Tweeted it: http://twitter.com/comefollowme/status/6757114807
234 Milcah // Dec 17, 2009 at 1:51 am
B-Blogged for it http://humanchristian.blogspot.com/2009/12/win-viliv-s5.html
235 Cheryl W // Dec 17, 2009 at 2:42 am
I would use it this holiday season to help save me some bucks by price comparison shopping.
236 Cheryl W // Dec 17, 2009 at 2:44 am
Tweeted this giveaway
http://twitter.com/HeartnSoulmom/status/6758003906
237 Don // Dec 17, 2009 at 7:39 am
Ugh. “Marketing” is destroying the world.
238 jami // Dec 17, 2009 at 8:28 am
Ok, I’d love this – it would easily take the place of the old, rather cumbersome, occasionally really cantankerous laptop, which I use for everything. So, how would I use this? Email, shopping, facebooking, limited games use for the boy – everything I already use the decrepit laptop for now!
239 Michelle // Dec 17, 2009 at 9:25 am
Oh, the uses…mobile, organized and effective Christmas list (instead of my current crazy post-it notes system, which of course get lost and stuck to things they shouldn’t and therefore leave me feeling disorganized and batty) and holiday card addresses are at the top of MY list.
240 Colleen // Dec 17, 2009 at 11:23 am
This would be perfect to give to my husband so he would stop hogging my laptop! Or, maybe, he can have the laptop and I’ll take this baby!
241 jenny b // Dec 17, 2009 at 2:14 pm
we travel a lot during the holidays and it would be great to have on those long road trips!
242 Joan Berntson // Dec 17, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Well,I too am technicaly challenged and don’t even have a phone that plays music or surfs the web or anything even close to all of this wonderfulness.
243 Margy // Dec 17, 2009 at 9:23 pm
How would I use thee? Let me count the ways:
1 – SCHOOLWORK! (Come on, you can’t beat that.)
2 – FACEBOOK!
3 – TWITTER!
4 – To read your blog! ^-^
244 Jeremy // Dec 17, 2009 at 11:49 pm
I could use it to keep track of my parents!
245 barbara // Dec 18, 2009 at 12:11 am
I’d take it to my local coffee shop and order an espresso and sit there, a hulking hulking woman with a teeny cup and a teeeeeeny laptop. I am Gulliver!
I might also use it during my lunch break at work (but never during the workday, hiding in a bathroom stall to update my Facebook status, because that would be weird, and also shhh), and to tweet about how I am hiding in a bathroom stall at work.
246 Rebecca B. // Dec 18, 2009 at 9:55 am
I would totally use this for the GPS capabilities. I don’t want to get lost going to see family during the holidays! :)
Rebecca B.
shadesofpink812@yahoo.com
247 Rebecca B. // Dec 18, 2009 at 9:56 am
I blogged about this, too! :)
http://rebeccaandallan.blogspot.com/2009/12/how-cool-is-this.html
Rebecca B.
shadesofpink812@yahoo.com
248 Elizabeth H // Dec 18, 2009 at 12:44 pm
During the holidays I would use this to help entertain my almost five year old. Our family demographic skews rather geriatric right now and he gets overwhelmed by all the adults at times (he is the only kid on either side with the exception of his baby sister but she is too little to be of help right now)! He would love a chance to go hide for a bit and play PBS kids (after Christmas it would be mine, all mine mwah ha ha).
249 Jeanette Huston // Dec 18, 2009 at 12:54 pm
I would use this piece of technology to travel home for the holidays. I need something to access my email and information online. This would be so wonderfully handy.
250 Jeanette Huston // Dec 18, 2009 at 12:55 pm
I blogged this giveaway here
http://mommyblessingsinsmallbundles.blogspot.com/2009/12/win-1-of-8-gadgets-this-holiday-season.html
251 Jeanette Huston // Dec 18, 2009 at 12:57 pm
I tweeted this giveaway here
http://twitter.com/gijeanie/status/6803371066
252 Mellissa C // Dec 18, 2009 at 2:18 pm
I’d give this to my hardworking and wonderful mother!
253 Karly // Dec 18, 2009 at 6:21 pm
This would be perfect for shopping around for the lowest price on gifts!
254 JP // Dec 19, 2009 at 3:34 pm
This would be great for getting my work done while i am on the go!
255 erin // Dec 19, 2009 at 7:13 pm
OH, I could use that thingie. I would use it to write down all the flipping FUNNY things my four-year-old says about what he wants for Christmas. Because by the time I get to my computer, they are all forgotten.
256 kilowatthour // Dec 20, 2009 at 9:19 am
you know how i could use this? i could use it to be actually reachable while at the hospital, where my cellphone declines to function.
257 Carolyn G // Dec 20, 2009 at 9:27 pm
This would be great when traveling to parties becausee I could get directions to the homes. It is also great to have when shopping.
258 Carolyn G // Dec 20, 2009 at 9:27 pm
tweeted http://twitter.com/carogonza/status/6879666127
259 Carolyn G // Dec 20, 2009 at 9:28 pm
Blogged http://theartofrandomwillynillyness.blogspot.com/2009/12/blogher-and-intel-giveaway.html
260 Luv2CUSmile // Dec 20, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Oh wow1 With the Viliv S5 I could organize all my customers and friends to send cards to. Keeping them in separate categories and such. I could also organize my Christmas gift exchange lists and Christmas gifts for family and friends list. Best of all I could use the GPS to get us to our destinations during the holidays and the keyboard to type up a journal of our travels. & then, let my son use it to get his research paper done. No excuse on why he couldn’t do research! What a great tech gadget! So many ways to stay connected!
LuvMoeDog2@ aol dot com
261 Luv2CUSmile // Dec 20, 2009 at 9:39 pm
My Tweet
http://twitter.com/Luv2CUSmyle/statuses/6879991822
LuvMoeDog2@ aol dot com
My Twitter is Luv2CUSmyle
262 Chacoy // Dec 20, 2009 at 10:39 pm
WOW! What couldn’t I don with this? I would really like to be able to keep “in the know” with my family:} My son and I live hundreds of miles from my family and so we could keep in touch:} I am also in school full time getting my masters in nursing so I could really use it for school. I was recently diagnosed with cancer and I could take this portable little jewel with me to my treatments and do school work or blog, or talk to my family;}
Thank you for the opprotunity!
263 Chacoy // Dec 20, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Tweeted!
http://twitter.com/Ma21cuteboy/status/6881708316
264 Ashley P // Dec 20, 2009 at 11:12 pm
This would absolutely mean the world to me to win. Im going back to school & trying to travel more. I’m also a single mom so this would be so helpful to me!
265 Deb Anderson // Dec 20, 2009 at 11:12 pm
I don’t do any wireless anything on my cell phone because frankly the screen is just too tiny. And the laptop is just too bulky to carry around all the time. This is the perfect solution – I can see using this in many different ways, especially when waiting like in the doctor’s office. Love the apps and features!
266 Deb Anderson // Dec 20, 2009 at 11:13 pm
tweet here
http://twitter.com/tnshadylady/status/6882605400
267 dee // Dec 20, 2009 at 11:48 pm
I’m sorry. I’ve sat here trying and trying to come up with something non-perv to say about the small yet satisfying piece of computer gadgetry you’ve got there. And there I went.
How would I use the Viliv S5 during the holiday season? Tweetin’ around the Christmas tree. Hark the herald angels blog.
268 cassandra aubut // Dec 21, 2009 at 12:40 am
I would definately use this for our real estate business! This would be great on the road!
269 Khrys // Dec 21, 2009 at 12:55 am
This would be great to have around the holidays, especially when travelling. I wouldn’t need to bring my full-size laptop anymore!
270 Khrys // Dec 21, 2009 at 12:57 am
tweeted
http://twitter.com/momof3dolls/status/6885088947
271 Dinghy S // Dec 21, 2009 at 7:48 am
Since my parents live overseas, I can use this to talk to them via Skype! It will also be so handy in planning get-together parties and being organized for the holidays.
272 claire // Dec 21, 2009 at 3:32 pm
I am trying hard to de-clutter my home and live better with less stuff. Something like this would allow my family to get rid of our rarely used desktop PC, which is barely functional and circa 1999. I would love to have something this efficient and it would save so much room in our living room! I could use that space for healthy things, like yoga and meditation and drinking.
Thanks for the fun blog! You’re on my daily reading list. Merry Christmas to you and best wishes for a happy 2010.
273 Deanna // Dec 21, 2009 at 4:15 pm
I could use mobile technology like the Viliv S5 during the holiday season to keep up with all of my computer activities when I’m “forced” to go outside with my kids during their Winter Break. ;)
274 Deanna // Dec 21, 2009 at 4:20 pm
I tweeted – http://twitter.com/deanna_j/status/6903389442
275 Deanna // Dec 21, 2009 at 4:25 pm
I blogged about the contest – http://www.winwithdeanna.com/blog-contests/win-a-viliv-s5-tablet-pc-at-fluid-pudding
276 Lise // Dec 21, 2009 at 8:01 pm
I would to use it to look up where stores are so I get lost less.
277 barbetti // Dec 22, 2009 at 12:58 am
This would be perfect for us, as our PC is dying a slow, miserable death and just turning it on is a hassle for us sometimes (blue screen of death!).
278 Tracey // Dec 22, 2009 at 10:23 am
Definitely would be installing the GPS software, ’cause I have a sense I will be making a lot of returns after Christmas!
279 Lynn Matthews // Dec 22, 2009 at 11:37 am
I could use it to blog from anywhere and on trips we go on to see the in-laws!
lynnnjoe@hotmail.com
280 Lynn Matthews // Dec 22, 2009 at 11:38 am
tweet~
http://twitter.com/LynnAnnMatthews/status/6933880383
lynnnjoe@hotmail.com
281 Beachcomber // Dec 22, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Sweet. I would be able to blog, facebook and I could use a GPS.
282 Khrystina // Dec 22, 2009 at 11:13 pm
blog entry
http://momof3dolls.blogspot.com/2009/12/mini-intel-anyone.html
283 LLLwithLeslie // Dec 23, 2009 at 12:07 am
I would use this to keep in touch with family in Michigan!
Thanks!
livelovelaughwithleslieblog at gmail dot com
284 LLLwithLeslie // Dec 23, 2009 at 12:08 am
Tweeted!
http://twitter.com/laughwithleslie/status/6954806343
285 LLLwithLeslie // Dec 23, 2009 at 12:11 am
Blogged!
http://livelovelaughwithlesliegiveaways.blogspot.com/2009/12/viliv-s5-giveaway.html
286 heather // Dec 23, 2009 at 8:47 am
I work as a photographer for real estate agents and mortgage companies so I am always on the go and this would be PERFECT for me. This would be such a great present my husband would be off the hook for Christmas presents for years to come!
287 Linda // Dec 23, 2009 at 2:26 pm
would gift to my husband..he would LOVE this!
288 CTO // Dec 23, 2009 at 4:34 pm
My laptop is over 3 yrs old. Need something new to help with schoolwork.
Tweet – http://twitter.com/ztosmom/status/6977258039
289 Jacqueline // Dec 23, 2009 at 7:50 pm
This would be awesome – it would give me something to do when I am stuck in traffic (which seems to be happening more and more as the week goes on!!).
290 Elizabeth // Dec 23, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Let me count the ways I could use this little baby! I’m practically a Tech Luddite with a basic cell phone and desk top. I would use it for everything! Kiddo’s school activities, errands, scheduling, social stuff like Twitter, & especially while traveling. We’re headed back to Africa and this would be perfect for airports, etc.
291 Elizabeth // Dec 23, 2009 at 8:58 pm
I tweeted! @texasebeth ….blogging about it is next!
292 Katie // Dec 23, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Wow! This looks awesome!! I would definitely give this a good, loving home. :)
293 Elizabeth // Dec 23, 2009 at 9:02 pm
here is my Blog link to your ubercool giveaway!
http://texasebeth.blogspot.com/2009/12/super-cool-pocket-pc-giveway.html
294 Gasoline Hobo // Dec 23, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Hmmm. I’m afraid that I would need to use the Viliv S5 for Nefarious Purposes.
Say, for example, that I was in a Radio Shack at the mall. If that Radio Shack was playing christmas music that I disagreed with, I would first check to see if any of their computers was NOT properly secured, via WiFi and Bluetooth (both of which the swanky Viliv S5 supports).
If one (or more) of the computers was not properly secured, it would be quite simple to transfer a copy of Black Sabbath’s “Crazy Train” to the computer(s) and start it playing.
“Crazy Train” is far more festive than “Jingle Bell Rock” anyway.
295 Gasoline Hobo // Dec 23, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Also, I done tweeted. Twittered? Twote?
http://twitter.com/GasolineHobo/status/6984635457
296 RzDrms // Dec 23, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Random generator, peas pick mmmeee!
I’d use this for various and sundry things, all of which contain variety and…sunny things. I’d surf, and buy, and tweet, and cry.
And it’d make me feel so much less alone, since #momspotting is for such a very select group. And my #singlespotting never did catch on….
And I’m about to tweet twitterific things about this at http://www.twitter.com/rzdrms
297 Gigirose // Dec 23, 2009 at 9:47 pm
This would be so great to take out in the field when I’m collecting data for my dissertation!
298 Deanna // Dec 23, 2009 at 10:30 pm
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299 Linda Kish // Dec 23, 2009 at 10:56 pm
I could actually use it away from home! I could give my son and his wife a big case of envy.
lkish77123 at gmail dot com
300 Adrienne // Dec 24, 2009 at 12:46 am
I would give this to my sister who needs a job and a new computer so that she could feel good about something.
301 kujen // Dec 24, 2009 at 2:25 am
The holidays are busy and it would be nice to have a truly mobile device that I could take anywhere
302 Karen // Dec 24, 2009 at 7:47 am
I would love this device! It’d be so nice to use it while I was out and about to look up things on the internet.
303 Joanna // Dec 24, 2009 at 11:55 am
I would love something so small to take anywhere. It would be small enough to use for shopping lists and on the go blogging.
Happy Holidays!
304 Nancy // Dec 24, 2009 at 4:57 pm
I would use it to stay connected to the internet and emails while we are out of town over the holidays.
305 Jessie C. // Dec 25, 2009 at 11:02 pm
I could definitely use mobile technology like the Viliv S5 to access the internet, especially checking my 1001 daily emails during the holiday season!
306 Jessie C. // Dec 25, 2009 at 11:03 pm
tweet.http://twitter.com/tcarolinep/status/7051520076
307 Jessie C. // Dec 25, 2009 at 11:05 pm
blogged.http://tcarolinep.blogspot.com/2009/12/giveaway-fluid-pudding.html
308 TheAngelForever // Dec 26, 2009 at 6:17 pm
I could have used this during the holidays to blog on the fly. So many times I am out and about and something happens with the kids and I forget it later on. This would be so wonderful to have in those instances.
309 Aimee W. // Dec 26, 2009 at 8:27 pm
I would LOVE to win this great little gadget! It would be so handy to keep in my purse while shopping. In the car, in between stops, I could check my local stores for the best deals. Thanks!
310 Aimee W. // Dec 26, 2009 at 8:27 pm
* Tweet *
http://twitter.com/Nelsby/status/7073562135
Thanks!
311 Velma // Dec 26, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Oooooh, shiny! I’d like one of those dealios, too!
312 Heather // Dec 26, 2009 at 11:09 pm
I would use it to entertain myself at dr offices and practices or while shopping… or my husband is shopping and I am usually so bored during those times! Plus I’d have a cooler gadget than him! I love that it comes in pink too!
313 Kate // Dec 27, 2009 at 12:27 am
We’d look up song lyrics and sing in the car during our holiday travels.
314 Jenny // Dec 27, 2009 at 1:09 pm
I love the GPS feature.
315 Alicia // Dec 27, 2009 at 2:08 pm
I don’t have web browsing on my phone and I get lost constantly so I would love to have one of these! Atleast then I wouldn’t have call my husband and let him know I got lost, again!
316 MelanieL // Dec 27, 2009 at 8:32 pm
This would be so handy to check emails when away from my computer.
317 Trisha // Dec 28, 2009 at 11:00 am
The Gps would be great for me I am ALWAYS getting lost!!
318 Trisha // Dec 28, 2009 at 11:00 am
I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/Haydensmommy05/statuses/7126157308
319 Shirley Westenskow // Dec 28, 2009 at 12:36 pm
I am a writer, a mother of 13 assorted bio-, step- and foster- children and hoards of grands and greats. Boy would this little gadget help me stay better connected to the clan AND not stress my arthritic elbows packing it around as my lifesize laptop does!
320 Krista // Dec 28, 2009 at 12:41 pm
How super FUN!!! What a great giveaway!
321 Caroline // Dec 28, 2009 at 8:49 pm
I would use it to firm up my New Year’s Resolution List!
322 Anne G // Dec 29, 2009 at 10:20 am
I could use this to check my email on the go, make to-do lists and even Christmas card lists. This would be perfect for all the down time while I wait for piano and ballet lessons to be over.
323 Anne G // Dec 29, 2009 at 10:20 am
I blogged
http://lunaj1456.blogspot.com/2009/12/electronics-giveaway-from-intel-and.html
324 Anne G // Dec 29, 2009 at 10:22 am
I tweeted
http://twitter.com/lunaj1456/status/7161711899
325 April // Dec 29, 2009 at 10:07 pm
This would have saved my butt several times over the Holiday.
Like, not having to visit the mall to shop, but rather doing it online on my lunch break (read: under my desk when the boss wasn’t around), keeping track of the lists I was buying off of, and for sure that one time I tried to go to the mall a few cities away to get my mom a wallet (that I could have ordered online on my lunch!) but had nothing but a MapQuest and took a wrong turn and had no internetty GPS thing and had to ask the weird gas station lady. I would have really liked it then.
326 Wendy // Dec 29, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Seriously the coolest thing ever and now I feel like a fool for covering the iPod Touch all holiday season! No lie, I’m pretty sure I’d just use it to keep myself sane around the holidays when visiting the hometown. The lack of WiFi in the town of 20,000 might be a problem, but I think I’d manage!
327 Amelia // Dec 29, 2009 at 11:38 pm
So, here’s the deal. I’m a birth doula and a traditional midwifery student. The idea of having a handy dandy little pal like this with me at births to look things up instead of having to page through books is beyond exciting for me. And over the holidays it would have been particularly handy to have access to my email while I was celebrating the holiday with my family. I was waiting on a client to go into labor and decided to stay home so that I could be easily reached. With this little handy dandy gadget, I totally could have taken my methods of contact with me!
328 Angela Gaffke // Dec 30, 2009 at 3:27 am
I would use it for everything from browsing the internet to checking my e-mail to using is as a day planner. I would love to have this to help me stay organized too. I could make all of my to do lists on it instead of slips of paper. There are endless uses!
329 Angela Gaffke // Dec 30, 2009 at 3:28 am
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/ag1414/status/7190440512
330 Kittenish // Dec 30, 2009 at 3:28 am
I would use this to keep track of everything and stay organized. It’d be so handy!
331 Kittenish // Dec 30, 2009 at 3:30 am
I tweeted this giveaway.
http://twitter.com/kittenishcutie/status/7190478562
332 Kittenish // Dec 30, 2009 at 3:35 am
I blogged about this giveaway.
http://kittenishcutie.blogspot.com/2009/12/fun-giveaways.html
333 Amy L // Dec 30, 2009 at 8:22 am
We take lots of holidays pictures, so this could help me organize & keep them handy.
334 Amy L // Dec 30, 2009 at 8:23 am
Tweet:
http://twitter.com/amylou61/status/7195584877
335 Susan // Dec 30, 2009 at 8:24 am
Oh, this would be a great way to relieve the boredom of waiting in lines to return items at the mall! :)
336 Little Dutch Girl // Dec 30, 2009 at 8:43 am
This would be excellent to help me organize my recipes, so I can actually read them and find them next year!
337 WendyB // Dec 30, 2009 at 10:34 am
Was hoping and not hoping atthe same time for a Kindle for Christmas. I think something like this that can do multiple things is way more productive/smart/usuable/non dust collecting. Happy New year!
338 Amber C // Dec 30, 2009 at 11:00 am
I would use it to stay in touch with family that live far away!
339 Amber C // Dec 30, 2009 at 11:01 am
tweeted! http://www.twitter.com/wendybird25
340 Amber C // Dec 30, 2009 at 11:17 am
I blogged! awendybird.blogspot.com
341 Rachel // Dec 30, 2009 at 11:29 am
I would keep knitting patterns on it, of course. :)
342 Sherry // Dec 30, 2009 at 11:52 am
My iBook’s screen went kaput and I don’t have the cash to replace it.
I would keep my recipes on it!
343 NYCrystal // Dec 30, 2009 at 12:33 pm
I would LOVE a laptop too, but just think they’re too big for my internet uses…this seems PERFECT…Pick me, pick me!
344 Martha // Dec 30, 2009 at 12:42 pm
This looks great! Sign me up. I didn’t even know this thing, or its sisters, existed. So handy-looking.
345 Cheryl F. {The Lucky Ladybug} // Dec 30, 2009 at 4:17 pm
I would use mobile technology like the Viliv S5 to broadcast, communicate, and keep in touch with friends and family when I’m out and about and away from my desktop computer. I’d use it as a GPS device to keep from getting lost wherever I might be going … I’d keep myself entertained playing games on it while waiting for appointments, and the list goes on. There are so many possibilities for a nifty gadget like this :) *Thanks* for the giveaway!
346 Cheryl F. {The Lucky Ladybug} // Dec 30, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Tweeted
347 Cheryl F. {The Lucky Ladybug} // Dec 30, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Blogged
348 Lydia // Dec 30, 2009 at 6:56 pm
What a wonderful little thing, I can carry it around in my tote bag! I always feel unproductive & lazy on my bus commute but I could use this to check my emails and pay bills before my work day really starts! I could also avoid uncomfortable conversations at holiday parties that are getting a little boring by pretending I have some serious work to do. :)
349 Lydia // Dec 30, 2009 at 6:57 pm
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/princessla66/status/7213567401
350 Carmie // Dec 30, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Well, since I don’t have a cell phone this would be my little window into technology!!! I would be able to pay my bills, check my email and stay connected with friends!!
351 Renee Richardson // Dec 30, 2009 at 9:50 pm
During the holiday season I would use it to look at sales websites as well as watch downloaded Holiday specials. Thanks for the great contest and Happy Holidays :)
352 Tara // Dec 30, 2009 at 10:19 pm
I could totally do all of my Christmas shopping while sitting in Starbucks sipping hot cocoa! Very cool product.
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