Headlines - VIA unveils OpenBook mini-note reference design

[HEXUS]

VIA Technologies today unveiled its OpenBook reference design, could it be a serious contender to the low-cost portable market?

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[nichomach]

Probably not, due to the following coffin-nail: "...based on the VIA C7-M ULV processor..."

[TheAnimus]

HSPDA support and Wimax, if the model actually has just either one, at a good price point (<&#163;250) i'd buy it.

Slow CPU asside, that would be a very useful feature.

[nichomach]

Hell, if ANY sub-notebook does those at &#163;250, it could be a good deal, true, but there comes a point where you're giving SO much away in the way of performance that the machine becomes a balky pain in the neck to use, right? Where it'd be more sensible to use a smartphone, or spend an extra &#163;50 for the same feature-set but with a better base spec.?

[Tarinder]

Probably makes more sense if used with the recently-announced VIA Nano processor.