French punters offered petite Eee PC rival
Vive La Révolution?
French online retailer Surcouf has become the latest purveyor of sub-notebooks based on chip maker VIA's Nanobook reference design.
Surcouf calls the machine La Révolution Mobile PC, but it's standard Nanobook fare, comprising a 1.2GHz VIA C7-M processor, 1GB of DDR 2 memory and a 60GB hard drive. It comes with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless connectivity.
Surcouf's Révolution: webcam module included
The Révolution has a 7in, 800 x 480 display, and like other Nanobook designs there's space alongside it for add-in modules. Surcouf.com is offering the first 200 buyers a free webcam module to slot in, but the retailer's site suggests other modules will be offered, including a 3G connectivity unit, a GPS pick-up and a phone module.
Gold, apparently
That said, there's no indication when such modules might become available, or how much they'll cost when they do.
The Révolution itself is priced at €399 ($624/£314), though Surcouf is adding a €0.33 donation to eco-oriented causes.
The laptop will be available in a choice of white- or gold-coloured cases. The former ships in June, but the gold model will go on sale in May.
Hard drive capacity and memory complement aside, the Révolution is essentially the same machine as Germany's Belinea offered earlier this year as the s.book 1. You can read Register Hardware's review of that machine here.
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COMMENTS
I rather like its look
It's got a nice retro feel to it. And the Module bay just screams "Hack me!" But 800x600? way to low a resolution! That plus the lack of SSD and the price (WAY too high!!) means if I ever get one, it'll be off a bargain rack a couple of years from now.
@Anonymous Coward (keyboard)
Usual here... they're generally too lazy to take pictures of the localized versions for their ads, so they use stock pictures from the manufacturer and you get to see the US keyboard on pictures. Unfortunately (I'm French but I *hate* AZERTY) what's in the box has a french keyboard, no way to order a QWERTY.
More likely explanation : by the time they are finalizing the ads, the first unit with a french keyboard hasn't been delivered yet.
Would by this box at 399 Eur (I told you, no Euro sign on my keyboard :-) when discount retailers have decent 15" regular notebooks from Acer at 388 Eur ? (saw one recently)
Point is being missed
>the nasty "module" thingy to the side of the screen
Isnt it just perfect for an add on 'HAL' module ?
Red glowing lens that says 'Im sorry Dave, I cant do that'
So what OS does it come with?
So what OS does it come with?
Mandriva?
