VIA certainly seems to be attracting OEM attention with their
NanoBook Ultra Mobile Device reference design -- they've lined up Packard Bell in the Europe, Engadget Chinese
confirmed that Everex would be selling them here in the States, and now Taiwanese outfit iDOT Computers is showing off two variants of their own at Computex: the CE260 and CE261 (pictured). Specs for the CE260 are the same as all the others we've seen, but the CE261 ditches that goofy expansion bay next to the screen for a webcam, classes it up in black, and, uh, loses the touchpad. Seriously, it was small to begin with, but we don't see any kind of pointing device in that photo. Confirmation on that and the rumored internal 3G option will have to wait until we get our hands on one of these -- which could be a while, since there's no word on when and where iDOT is planning on selling these things.
Read - iDOT UMPC CE260
Read - iDOT UMPC CE261
posted Jun 8th 2007 7:32AM
Whats up with the 80's retro look? ... that is their intention, right?
Well, looking better, but no touchpad or anything? Hmm...
iDOT? Someone was sleeping in marketing class.
Ok, was I the only one that glanced over that text and read "iDiot"?
Who cares about a touchpad? They suck bigtime. USB mouse to the rescue
iDOT or iDiOT? what a crap name.
I am a dirty fucking spammer: rbuccicone@gmail.com
I would prefer they "classes it up" with more screen space than some crappy webcam. 10" screen would've been nice.
"...the CE261 ... classes it up in black, and ... "
That is the correct conjugation. Stop being a douchebag.
It's right. You're just using it wrong.
They "class" it up.
The CE261 (or it) "classes" it up.
Why do we need a touchpad or USB mouse when the device has a touchscreen?