DigitalReviews Network have been reporting on the Flybook from Dialogue over the last four years and have written several reviews on these ultra-connected and ultra-portable notebooks. 

You can find some of the reviews here and here as well as here. 

Today we are privileged to hear directly from the person in charge of marketing  from Dialogue, Mr Jack Lee. 

We asked him a few questions -- the sort of questions that you would ask if you had the opportunity and this is the result.

DigitalReviews Network (DRN):
The Flybook was a real head turner when it first came out because of its looks, its diminutive size and its connectivity.  Since then the Flybook has been emulated by many other manufacturers it seems, bringing out small notebooks and UMPCs.  Clearly small is beautiful.  Do you still see Dialogue as the forerunner in this field? And why?

DIALOGUE:

We treat ourselves the clear forerunner especially in new laptop design idea or concept which we believe the very crucial value to make any industry progress well. We believe that ‘information’ is alive to all people any time, anywhere, in the general trend of IT and more appropriate IT devices to offer such capability can be appreciated. New and better idea and designs that can add more such value are what Dialogue strives for, always.


DRN:
Since the launch of the original Flybook some four years ago we have seen various processor upgrades, culminating in the V33i and the V5 as well as the revolutionary VM with its unique hinge.  How successful has the VM with its larger screen been for Dialogue?

DIALOGUE:
We have quite big portion of overall sales comes from VM since Q2, 2007. Customers appreciate the new viewing experience VM has brought in very much. It is the only sleek laptop to give almost all angle and distance viewing in the world. And it is a rare breed among all laptops to have such unique features.


DRN:
How soon may we expect the Intel Penryn in your product line?

DIALOGUE:
It is underway. Models with Penryn in different voltage range are scheduled from late Q2 to end of 2008.


DRN:
The Flybook would be an ideal candidate to implement SSD technology as the notebooks can get quite warm.  Will we see solid-state drives in the Flybook range this year?

DIALOGUE:
There is no issue to have SSD on FlyBook. The only issue is the availability of SSD today, by this we mean how it can be in stable, mass production.


DRN:
What new product direction makes you the most excited to work for Dialogue?

DIALOGUE:
We see a lot of work to do now and in the coming future in our direction, new operation style, add on value on the unit and on server side as well, some device technologies we are doing, just to name a few. We think we are able to continuously bring in new idea and we are exciting about all these.


DRN:
The Flybook is very well represented in places such as Europe, particularly Italy and the Netherlands but less so in other parts of the world.  What plans do you have to expand your operations to Australia and further into North America for instance?

DIALOGUE:
We are establishing our office in the US now and we will be starting business in Australia in maybe a few months. And we are expanding our contacts in the European area at the same time. There are still some areas we are working on. We think we can have a good result in 2008.

DRN:

Thanks, Jack, for taking the time to reassure us that we can continue to expect some good news from Dialogue in the coming time.

We also look forward to having an in-depth look at the latest Flybook VM model that's being shipped now.