If you have been looking through Astone website and looking for information on Astone UMPC, you might had a little hard time. After some digging, I found that product information for the mini laptop is actually available at the website of Astone’s parent company, Achieva Limited.
Detailed Production Description
The Astone UMPC has a 7 Inch (800×480) […]
Entries from April 2008
Astone UMPC Official Specifications
April 30, 2008
CNN Reviews MacBook Air, Sony VAIO & Everex Cloudbook
April 30, 2008
In what CNN Money calls a nanobooks face-off, Apple MacBook Air ($1,800 to $3,000), Everex Cloudbook ($399), and Sony VAIO Tz 298N ($3,700) were reviewed by Elizabeth Mateo. You might be wondering why MacBook Air and Sony VAIO were compared to a 7 inch, low-cost UMPC like Everex Cloudbook. But it all makes […]
More VIA Isaiah, Intel Atom & Intel Celeron Benchmarks
April 28, 2008
More information has become available with regards to the VIA Isaiah and Intel Atom benchmarks which was posted earlier. For comparison, the performance of Celeron-M 900MHz and Yonah 1.6GHz have been added to the benchmarks.
Eeepcnews.de stated that the Atom processor tested is a Diamondville but some claimed that it’s likely an Intel Silverthorne instead. Check […]
Everex Cloudbook CE1200J VS Eee PC 4G
April 25, 2008
Japanese review site, PC Watch (translated version), has compared the Everex Cloudbook CE1200J against Eee PC 4G. Cloudbook CE1200J is the touch screen version of Cloudbook CE1200V and currently only available in Japan.
We might not read Japanese and the translated version might be a little hard to understand, but we can still take a look at the […]
VIA Isaiah Beats Intel Atom in Benchmark
April 22, 2008
VIA’s Isaiah or Intel’s Atom for the next generation UMPC? From the benchmarks at Eeepcnews.de, it appears that Isaiah 1.6Ghz performs better than Atom 1.6Ghz, especially in the ALU score.
However, according to softpedia, Isaiah will take up 3.5W when operating at full load. Comparatively, Atom will take up 2.5W when running at full capacity. Since battery […]
Everex Cloudbook CE1200V Webcam Quality
April 19, 2008
Somehow, I stumbled across this photo taken with Everex Cloudbook CE1200V. I thought the quality of the webcam wasn’t too bad and it managed to show off the range of colours well. I hope the owner wouldn’t mind me publishing his photo here.
Astone UMPC - Touch Screen Nanobook for Australia, Philippines & Singapore
April 16, 2008
Another Via Nanobook has arrived in Australia, Philippines and Singapore. Named simply as the Astone UMPC, the ultra portable from Astone comes with touch screen display, modular VoIP handset (or webcam), 1Gb RAM and 30Gb HDD.
The mini laptop seems to come with different operating system in different countries. In Philippines, E-C Mix is selling it with “Open […]
Everex Cloudbook CE1200V Floats to Philippines
April 13, 2008
According to NoypEee, Everex Cloudbook CE1200V would be available in Philippines end of this month, at a SRP of US$482 (Php19,999). The distributor, Advance Microsystems Corp, has released the following:
Noticed www.everexcloudbook.com in the flyer? Is that a mistake?






















