by atticus ~ July 31, 2008
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 list of its specifications:
Processor: 1.6 GHz Intel Atom
Memory: 512MB /1GB
Battery Life: Up to 4 Hours
Storage: 80GB Hard Disk Drive
LCD: 8.9″ Backlit LED with 1024×600 resolution
Expansion Card Slots: Multi Card Reader
LAN: 10/100 Ethernet Port
WLAN: WiFi 802.11b/g
Graphics: Intel 945 Express Graphics chipset
I/O Ports: 1 x VGA port, 3 x USB port
Camera: Integrated Webcam
Audio: 1 x Headphone / Line out port, 1 x Microphone / Line in port, Stereo Speakers
Operating System: Windows XP or Ubuntu Netbook Remix
Colors: Onyx, Snow, Solar, Blossom
Optional Accessories: Mouse, Case, Cleaning Kit, CD Drive, DVD Drive
Dimensions: 9″ x 7′ x 1.25″ (L x W x H)
Sources: Crunchgear and Rossrubin
by atticus ~ July 31, 2008
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 PadLock provides a random number generator, advanced cryptography engine, and RSA algorithm computation. The VIA PadLock programming guide appears to cover all areas of this security engine.
The VX800 chipset was VIA’s first IGP (Integrated Graphics Processor) with Microsoft DirectX 9.0 support and contains a variety of other features and enhancements. The VIA VX800/VX820 documentation is 494 pages and it provides a register overview for both Northbridge and Southbridge functionality from shadow RAM controls and SATA links to power management. This documentation was last updated last month and still contains VIA’s confidential watermarks, even though this documentation is distributed freely with no Non-Disclosure Agreement. The CX700 documentation is similar to that of the VX800/820, but instead it covers VIA’s single-chip system media processor designed for the mobile market. The VIA CX700 uses the UniChrome Pro graphics processor and supports other features such as Serial ATA 2.0, DDR2, etc. This register reference guide is just over 200 pages.
You can download the documentations over here.
by atticus ~ July 26, 2008
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.
by atticus ~ July 23, 2008
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 wins in development yet?
A (Tim): Absolutely. All of the early indications point to the VIA OpenBook being even more successful than the VIA NanoBook reference design which is already presently available in 16 different iterations around the globe.
I’m really looking forward to seeing the first OpenBook in mass market. About the 16 iterations of NanoBooks, I wonder which are the missing models in this NanoBook listing.
by atticus ~ July 22, 2008
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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