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Via shows 11.6-inch, Nano-powered netbook
The Tech Report: News —
... 4:49 PM on January 5, 2009 Although Via's Nano has been strikingly absent from netbooks so far, the processor should make its way into a sleek 11.6" laptop next month. The folks at Engadget got a sneak preview of the machine from a Via executive, and they say it's "surprisingly stylish and lightweight." Rather than coming from a major PC vendor, the machine will be offered by Dr. Mobilea Taiwanese firm that also produces Mini-ITX motherboards and other, ...
VIA shows off Nano-powered Dr. Mobile Freestyle Mini
Engadget —
... , you know that Taiwan's Dr. Mobile is our new favorite fly-by-night Asian netbook vendor, and VIA's showing off its Nano-powered Freestyle Mini here at CES in a darkened restaurant. (Seriously!) Internally, it's basically a smaller version of the 11.6-inch Freestyle we played with a few days ago, but it's in a more traditional netbook package with an 8.9-inch screen. We were pretty blunt in asking the VIA rep why the Nano's basically been a no-show during 2008's Atom explosion, and while we didn't get a straight answer, it sounds like 2009 might be the year the battle for ...
11.6-inch Dr. Mobile FreeStyle netbook makes its video debut
Engadget —
... , and we've already gotten a glimpse of VIA's 11.6-inch FreeStyle prototype, but the VIA-sponsored How To Be Mobile site is now showing off Dr. Mobile's own version of the larger thin and light netbook which, as you can see above, comes in many flavors. Expectedly, the specs are pretty much in line with VIA's prototype, and include a 1.3GHz Nano processor, a 1366 x 768 resolution on that 11.6-inch screen, up to 4GB of RAM, your choice of SSD or standard hard drives, and a 1.3 megapixel webcam, among other standard features. With the Dr. Mobile name, however, comes a ...
