April is over (has been for a few days, but I’ve been too busy). And that means the Liliputing Birthday Bash has drawn to a close. We gave away a number of great prizes, including a netbook touchscreen kit, universal notebook battery, USB DVD drive, and an HP Mini 1000 Mi Edition netbook. And we received a bit of outside attention for all our efforts over the past year. The Blog Herald published an interview with me about the site’s success yesterday.

I also got a chance to find out a bit more about what you all think about the netbook space. Here are the results of some of the polls that I ran as part of the contests:

What new netbook features are you most interested in?

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There are just a few days left to enter the final contest in the Liliputing Birthday Bash. To celebrate the site’s 1st birthday, we’ve been giving away prizes throughout the month of April. The final prize is a slightly used HP Mini 1000 Mi Edition netbook (the same unit I reviewed for the site a few months ago).

The contest ends Wednesday. You can find all the details on the official contest page. Or you can enter now by filling out the form after the page break.

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The final prize in the month-long Liliputing Birthday Bash is a slightly used HP Mini 1000 Mi Edition netbook. This is the netbook HP sent me for a review I posted in February, so the box has been opened and the hardware has been fiddled with a bit. But the netbook is still in excellent condition, and you can’t beat the price: It’s free for one lucky reader.

This particular netbook has a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 576 pixel display, 1GB of RAM, a 60GB hard drive, 802.11b/g WiFi and Bluetooth. It runs HP’s Mi Edition software, which is a custom version of Ubuntu Linux. You can read more about it in my review. The netbook is also capable of running Windows XP or other operating systems.

You can read more about the HP Mini 1000 in the Liliputing Product Database. Or you can purchase a similar model from HP.com for $435.

In order to enter, just read the fine print and enter your name and answer to a survey question after the break.

Fine Print: This contest is open to US residents only. Entries from outside the US will be discarded, as will be entries from close friends or family members of Brad Linder or employees of Hewlett Packard or BuzzCorps. If you’ve won another prize from Liliputng within the last 60 days, please sit this one out.

Please make sure to enter a valid email address, as I will use this to contact the winner. if the winner does not respond within 24 hours, another person will be chosen to receive the prize. This contest will run through Wednesday, April 29th. The winner will be selected and notified on Thursday, April 30th.

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If you haven’t entered the Liliputing/FidoHub netbook touchscreen kit giveaway yet, you’ve still got a few days to get your entries in. The contest concludes Wednesday night.

This contest is part of our month-long Liliputing Birthday Bash, and it’s open to entries from anywhere in the world. Kits are available for a number of netbooks from Asus, Acer, MSI, Dell, and Samsung. To see the complete list, plus rules for the contest, visit the official contest page. 

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FidoHub sells touchscreen kits for a number of popular netbooks with 9 and 10 inch displays. These solderless kits are easy to install and come with detailed instructions. FidoHub has agreed to give a touchscreen kit away to one lucky Liliputing reader as part of our month-long Birthday Bash. 

Kits are available for the following netbook models:

• Asus Eee PC 900, 901, 904, 1000, 1000H, or 1000HD
• Acer Aspire One
• Dell Inspiron Mini 9
• Samsung NC10
• MSI Wind U100

If you’ve got one of these netbooks and would like to install your own touchscreen, just fill out the entry form after the break. You can also buy the touchscreens and a number of other accessories from the FidoHub store on eBay or through FidoHub.com.

Fine Print: This contest is open to anyone in the world. Please make sure to enter a valid email address as I will use this to contact the winner. If the winner does not respond within 24 hours a new winner will be selected.

Employees of FidoHub and close personal friends and family members of Brad Linder are prohibited from entering the contest. If you’ve won another prize from Liliputing within the past 60 days, consider yourself disqualified as well. This contest will run through Wednesday, April 22nd. 

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Tired of waiting a whole week to find out whether you’ve won? Worry not. For today’s entry in the Liliputing Birthday Bash, we’re giving away a universal netbook carrying case from Ultimate Netbook. And we’re holding a lightning round. The contest runs from 12:00AM Wednesday morning through 10:00AM Eastern Thursday morning. We’ll have a new contest starting Thursday.

The shoulder bag is designed to hold pretty much any netbook with an 8.9 inch or 10.2 inch display. It’s made of sturdy nylon and has a number of pockets for storing all of your gear. There are 3 main compartments, including a padded compartment for your computer. And there are 2 pouch pockets, 2 mesh pockets, and slots for pens and memory cards.

For a chance to win, just enter your name, email address, and answer a quick survey question after the break. 

Fine Print: This contest is open to readers across the globe. Any local laws or restrictions regarding prizes apply. Employees of Ultimate Netbooks and close personal friends and family members of Brad Linder are not eligible to win. If you’ve won another prize from Liliputing within the past 60 days, you’re also disqualified.

Please enter a valid email address, as I will use this to contact the winner. If the winner doesn’t respond within 24 hours, a new winner will be randomly selected.

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