Is the 7 inch screen in Sylvania g NetBook too small for you? Now, Sylvania has announced the Sylvania g NetBook MESO with a 8.9 inch screen at 1024×600 resolution. Not only that, the MESO also features the 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor, 80GB HDD and a choice of Windows XP or Ubuntu Netbook Remix. Here’s a […]

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VIA has published three programming guides that total 800 pages and cover their PadLock, CX700, and VX800/820 products. If you remember, VIA OpenBook Mini-Note Reference Design runs the VX800 chipset. From Phoronix:
PadLock is VIA’s hardware-based security engine embedded into their recent x86 processors (among them are the VIA Eden, C3, and C7 processors). The VIA […]

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Carphone Warehouse has recently lauched the Elonex Webbook. Selling at £249 (USD495) or free with a broadband plan, the webbook has the following specifications:
Processor: VIA C7-M 1.6Ghz
Memory: 512Mb RAM
Storage: 80Gb
Display: 10.2″ Widescreen @ 1024×600
Operating System: Genuine Microsoft® Windows Windows XP®
Battery Life: Up to 2.5hrs
USB Ports: 3
Weight: 1.3Kg
A review of the tiny laptop can be found here.

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In an exclusive interview with Tim Brown, International Marketing Manager at VIA, Fiona Gatt from VIA Arena raised questions about the future of the OpenBook and the Nano processor. Here’s a snippet of the interview.
Q (Fiona): I understand you can’t make any product announcements in an interview, but do VIA have any OpenBook design […]

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Just when you thought that US$349 is a good price for the Everex CloudBook CE1200V, Walmart has lowered its price to US$299. Check out the deal here.

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The Astone UMPC is now available in black color from TechHypermart in Malaysia. Specifications wise, the black Astone UMPC is similar to the silver model. HDD size remains at 60Gb while RAM size remains at 1Gb. Selling for RM1,599 (USD494), the VIA NanoBook from Astone ships to both Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysia Borneo.
Couldn’t decide on […]

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A video on the Sylvania G Netbook.

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Travel website, Nomad4ever, has crowned ECS G10IL as the uber gadget for travelers. A normal UMPC or Netbook itself is a great device for travelers. Nomad4ever listed the following advantages of a mini laptop:

It’s small, light and handy, not so bulky like a full-blown laptop
You can bring, create, store and upload your documents while you travel
Upload your pictures […]

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