http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/ Engadget Comments for VIA intros NanoBook Ultra Mobile Device - $600 ultraportable laptop http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/Jun 6th 2007 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/Jun 5th 2007 2:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/Jun 5th 2007 3:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/Sounds like the perfect living-room laptop for mucking around on teh interwebs...
£300? sign me up... (I'll even import)]]>Jun 5th 2007 3:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/Jun 5th 2007 4:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/Jun 5th 2007 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/Jun 5th 2007 3:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/
Why taking off such a big part of the screen of an ultra portable. The screen would already be that small.

I'd say you have to wait for a Macbook nano...]]>Jun 5th 2007 4:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/It would be nice if you would use your GSM/ipod for it (via BT) Or maybe one day the iPhone :-P]]>Jun 5th 2007 4:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/Jun 5th 2007 3:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/Jun 5th 2007 3:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/
http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/review/psion_revo_review]]>Jun 5th 2007 3:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/Jun 5th 2007 3:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/Jun 5th 2007 4:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/Jun 5th 2007 4:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/Jun 5th 2007 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/Jun 5th 2007 5:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/
(Oh, and no thanks I don't want Windows. Foleo still has the advantage there.)
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never mind, but I wouldn't mind one..]]>Jun 5th 2007 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-PictureBook-Notebook-Crusoe-TM5800/dp/B00006J3JY

It was small, powerful enough to run xp, easy enough to use holding in one hand and working with the other, the screen was good enough to watch movies on, it was expandable, around 2 lbs, and it was actually a good quality build. So one would figure that manufacturers could bring down the price 8 years later. So why not? Where's Sony on this mini computing?
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http://www.idot.com.tw/en/products/umpc-ce260/]]>Jun 5th 2007 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/
My real complaint about these ultra portables is that people lose them far too easily. In my department in the last year we had 3 Dell full size laptops, 5 Palms and a Sony VAIO UX390 lost or stolen. I don't remember any one ever forgetting their Osborne 1 or the original Compaq Portable!
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Put everything else aside, Palm are about making machines that are extremely simple to use (compare Windows Mobile to Garnet). They differentiate themselves by having their own OS which focuses on elegance and speed. If Palm can make the Foleo live up to these philosophies, the Foleo will be something I can hand to my mother to use, which I could never do with this.]]>Jun 5th 2007 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/
Oh, and that's no full-size keyboard either.]]>Jun 5th 2007 9:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/Jun 5th 2007 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/Jun 5th 2007 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/Jun 5th 2007 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/
They probably could've centered the screen and junked the widget, but it's a reference design - of course VIA's gonna play up some proprietary interconnect that it's trying to license to third parties to make and sell all sorts of interchangable accessories.

but that doesn't mean the OEMs are gonna use it.
]]>Jun 5th 2007 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/ Uh...Vista on a 1.2ghz machine?

It better have 5 hours of battery life...it'll need it just to boot up.

Seriously though, I think it looks pretty good. The $600 price tag makes up for a lot of fugly. But I'd be happier if the lcd display were just a smidge more advanced. If it were say 320x240 or so, even if it was only grayscale it would be a lot more useful. say for playing MP3s w/out having to power the whole thing up or something...
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Sure, you can't sit and work at it for 4 hours. But for working on the bus, restaurant at lunch, those kinds of scenarios, it's great. This is what the Foleo could have been.]]>Jun 5th 2007 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/Jun 5th 2007 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/
On the other hand, the Palm platform has been kind of a mess lately, and I don't think Windows Mobile offers much better, so maybe what we *really* need is a platform actually worth building a UMPC around.]]>Jun 5th 2007 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/Jun 5th 2007 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/Jun 5th 2007 10:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/
Seriously, should all of Palm Executives be fired?]]>Jun 6th 2007 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/At the end they say, "All Your Foleos Are Belong To Nobody!" HAHAAHHAHAHHAH That's too good!
http://nanobook.info/nanobook-punches-palm-in-the-faceo]]>Jun 6th 2007 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/Jun 6th 2007 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/Jun 7th 2007 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/Jul 14th 2007 1:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/Jul 14th 2007 1:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/
It is supposed to be a mobile PC, like the OQO or Sony Vaio, not something you can send texts on or play the latest 3D games.

Our company wants something that is ultra portable which can be used in a business mobile support role, for on-call IT professionals in call out situations. This is where I believe VIA have pitched their target audience.

For the features and money, it's well worth it.
When is it on sale in the UK?]]>Jul 17th 2007 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/05/via-intros-nanobook-ultra-mobile-device-600-ultraportable-lap/It doesn't matter where the shift key is, frankly.
Shame it's Windows and not Mac though, which rules it out for me. Linux I could put up with I suppose.
I'll keep waiting for that one-pound mini! Being a photographer, I am already lugging 20 pounds of stuff around and don't need another 6 pounds, of the iBook say, when I'm running for underground trains, charging up escalators, and so on.

Alex Mac
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