Loading ...Via Unveils ‘Nanobook’ Tiny Modular PC
Via Technology announced a “NanoBook” reference design with a partner, FIC, that uses plug-in USB modules – about the size of an iPod nano – to add additional features.
If it sounds like yet another twist on ultramobile computing, you’re right. The NanoBook runs Windows XP and even Vista Basic, but allows users to use a close-to-full-size keyboard while keeping the rest of the system compact and low power.
Eventually, the device will come to market in the United States, priced at about $600, said Richard Brown, the vice president of marketing for Via. However, the company has yet to name (or decide upon) a partner, he said in an interview. For now, the device will be sold through European partner Packard Bell, he said, as the basis for the forthcoming EasyNote XS.
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