Still holding out on your UMPC or Netbook purchase? How about waiting a little longer for a VIA Nano-powered mini laptop? And unlike the VIA C7 processor, the new VIA Nano (previously known as Isaiah) processor actually packs a punch as the following comparison reviews show.
VIA Nano-based OpenBook vs. Intel Atom-based Asus Eee PC - […]

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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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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
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UMPC, Netbook, Mini-Note, Ultraportable and Subnotebook - Don’t they all mean the same thing? Gizmodo and UMPC Portal have written excellent articles explaining the minute differences between the terms. Personally, they all refer to the same tiny laptop segment to me.

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On the day VIA announced the Nano processors, Legit Reviews visited Centaur Technology, the x86 CPU design company which VIA bought over in 1999. At the tour, they were able to learn more about the manufacturing process of the Nano processors and in particular, how the CPUs were tested.
Legit Reviews has also taken a bunch […]

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