I'm still not sure if it's a hardware or software problem, but I'm leaning on hardware since I can't boot a USB stick either.
Nice hardware - feels sturdy; has HDMI; two USB and an sdcard reader
Won't boot; Just goes to a black screen; Tried to boot an Ubuntu live USB to see if it was hardware or software, but any attempt to boot from USB just results in a reboot back to the Linpus bootloader, which then continues on to a black screen