The Handii BC9 business tablet looks to be the perfect companion for the working man outside the office. I doubt if you can suggest anything that can match it when it comes to features. I mean, what other business tablet announced and released recently comes with a built-in Ethernet port? I’ll tell you what – nothing. The Dell Streak? Apple iPad? Asus EeePad? Those have got nothing on the Handii BC9 and its built-in Ethernet port. Nope. That aside, it also features VIA C7 -M 772 Esther processor clocked at 1.2GHz, 1GB memory, 32GB SSD, S3G UniChrome Pro II 128MB and an 8.9-inch touchscreen display. You will also find it has 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a webcam, 3G broadband modem, accelerometer, VGA-out port and 2 USB ports. What else would anyone need? It is currently being sold in the APAC region for $578 USD without 3G and $651 with 3G.

Via PCLaunches

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Netbook News’ editor-in-chief Sascha Pallenberg got a peek at this new system. The 1.2GHz Nano U3100 tested has VX900 built-in with HD Chromation 2.0. It can handle both streaming and local HD file playback.

Watch his hands-on video below:

source NetbookNews.de

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There are a lot of nettops out there but the more well known manufacturers like to keep them in more regular sized chassis, perfect for your home theatre but not so much for your car. VIA wants to change that with its ART-3000 mini-PC.

VIA ART-3000

• 1.3GHz VIA Nano
• up to 2GB RAM
• 2.5″ SATA drive bay
• CF card slot
• USB x 2, LAN x 2, COM and serial ports, VGA out, headphone and mic jacks

This unit is VESA mountable and is shock-resistant, provided you use SSD drives. It can run Windows Xp and 7 as well as various flavors of Linux. This small form factor computer looks pretty at home for mobile and industrial use and even for retail establishments that need a computer but has no space to spare for one.

No price and availability yet.

source Slashgear

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If you’re itching to get a smartbook but don’t have the cash or patience to wait for the release of those announced in CES 2010 (ahem, Skylight), Haleron might have a cure for you.

This is actually a netbook with a 7″ form factor but Haleron thought it fit to call it a smartbook, you know, to cash in on the trend. Here are some specs of this device.

Swordfish Mini Smartbook

• 7″ LCD screen
• 300MHz VIA ARM processor
• 128MB RAM
• 1GB flash storage
• Windows CE 6.0 (Windows XP/ Linux optional)
• 802.11b/g WiFi
• 3 x USB, card reader, audio jacks, LAN
• 3G module (optional)
• 8 hour battery life (24 hours standby)
• Weight: 0.7 kg

It’s available for the low, low price of US$149. Quite a bargain but the specs might not be to your taste unless you do really, really light computing.

source Haleron

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Cheap netbooks aren’t uncommon especially if you aren’t looking for something that’s too powerful. Another new entrant to this category is this cute little clamshell with a 400MHz VIA VT8500 CPU, 128MB RAM and 2GB SSD. The display is 7 inches but is at am 800 x 480 resolution running on Windows CE. It has the usual ports for mic and headphones, 2 USB ports, VGA out and a card reader. It seems to have a removeable battery as well. The weight is a mere 0.65 kg with a 3 hour battery life.

This should be a nice computer for the kids or those who just want a basic computer. Comes in white, pink and black and sells for 85 euro or around $120. Not sure about where and how you can get one though. A few more pics below.

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Like netbooks, there seems to be plenty of UMPCs and MIDs to go around these days. And big-name PC manufacturers aren’t the only ones who contribute. Take this new 5.6-inch UMPC called the Shenzen HT560. Judging by its short list of specs, one can’t be faulted for thinking of it as ancient.

It’s got a 1GHz Via C7 CPU, 1GB of RAM, a 16GB SSD, two USB 2.0 ports, an on-board 1.3MP camera, and its screen has a resolution of 800×480. It comes with a slew of wireless connectivity options including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS which will make it come off as modern, but it uses an ancient OS by comparison–Windows XP.

This will probably be quite wallet-friendly considering what you’re going to get, but it doesn’t look like it’ll be easy to get one outside of China. To make matters worse, a minimum order of 10 is required for every purchase. Oh well.

Via GadgetMix

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Shuttle has just announced two new small form factor PCs equipped with Via’s Nano processors. These are the Shuttle XS92 and XS29F, which are expected to be showcased next week during Computex in Taipei, Taiwan. The Shuttle XS92 SFF will feature VIA’s Nano L CPUs while the Shuttle XS29F SFF PC will have VIA’s Nano U line of CPUs to be more power efficient, not needing any internal fans because of low thermal output. Not much else have been revealed about these SFF PCs at the moment, but expect to learn more about them in June at Computex.

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VIA sources have indicated that they and Nvidia have suspended the deal that was set up in April this year, to work on a platform for netbooks and MID’s together.

This was to be a another ‘cooperation’ between the two companies that are already working together to build desktop PC components, that could have seen the VIA C7 and Nano processors paired with MCP79 IGP chipsets which could have seen the two companies become a bigger ‘player’ in the netbook phenomenon.

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VIA is trying to get back on the mini laptop market with new OpenBook model. This lappie features 8.9 inch screen with resolution, and based on VIA VX800 chipset running C7-M ULV processor, 2GB of RAM and a 2.5-inch HDD.

OpenBook also include WiMAX, HSDPA and EV-DA, three USB 2.0 ports, VGA out, a 4-in-1 card reader and front and back 2 MP web-cameras. You can easily run Windows Vista or your favorite Linux flavor.

A 4 cell battery will give you about 3 hours of work and the entire design is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 license.

Unfortunately there is no info about shipping and prices.

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