TangoX dances in to challenge Eee PC, CloudBook
VIA's NanoBook UMPC design appears again
Chip maker VIA's sub-notebook reference platform, the NanoBook, has made another appearance, this time as South Korean vendor Sungjut's TangoX. Does it look familiar? It should - it's virtually identical to Maxdata's Belinea s.book 1.
Sungjut's TangoX: Belinea s.book 1 rival
The resemblance runs right down to the Skype-friendly Bluetooth VoIP phone that slots into a space alongside the TangoX's 7in, 800 x 480 touch-sensitive display. The handset's a feature of the s.book missing from all other NanoBook-based machines, until now.
Like the others, the TangoX is based on a 1.2GHz VIA C7-M processor and 1GB of DDR 2 memory, website Akihabara News reports. The Sungjut machine likewise has a four-in-one card reader, Ethernet, 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi, two UBS 2.0 ports and a DVI connector.
Eee beater?
It comes with a choice of 40GB or 80GB of hard drive storage.
Other NanoBook offshoots include Packard Bell's EasyNote XS20 and Everex's Linux-loaded CloudBook.
Related Reviews
• Maxdata Belinea s.book 1 sub-notebook
• Asus Eee PC
• Toshiba Portégé R500 slimline laptop
COMMENTS
Peaches
Wonderful, but do all the micro laptops have to have stupid names?
People think I'm some sort of west country farmer who's just discovered this strange thing called technology. Arrrr, the eeeeeeeeeee pc.
where is my laptop?!!
14" OLED screen, 10+Gb solid state drive, full (laptop) size keyboard, <1kg. I want it. Why won't they make it? Practically all the parts are in place (I believe I'm still waiting for the screen. 2009?) The thing would run 6+ hours on the current size battery pack. I wants it. It's precious to me.
OLED screens will be very thin and light, and low power because they are emissive. Lifetime for the OLED won't be a problem because people update their laptops faster than even cell phones. Solid state disk will suck both weight and power out of the thing. Keyboard key travel will pretty much determine how thick the thing is. You'll be able to take it everywhere. Put it in your briefcase and you won't notice the weight or size.
Yeah, your eight pound laptop will have 500 gigs of disk and a built-in DVD player, but who cares. I can store two DVDs in 10 gigs and still have room for the OS (even bloated Windows). But you won't be able to carry your big laptop around like a clipboard, and it won't last all day on a charge.
God we're almost there.
Paris, because this laptop will be better than sex. (For those of you laptop owners who have not yet experienced sex, you'll have to trust me).
As for the OS
I'm going out on a limb here but the windows sticker suggests something to me.
I'd like to know the price though.
Green alien as it's probably why I've had such an odd day.
two most important pieces of info missing
two most important pieces of info missing
price and os?
(bias, happy with my eee pc)
Speak and spell
I'm all for ultra portables but with a screen resolution of 800x600 this will become painful to use in no time. Small hi-res screens please.
Bill, because we all love him really.
