Specifications

Processor, memory

• Processor: 1.0 GHz VIA Nano
  VIA Nano
  The VIA Nano is a 64-bit CPU for personal computers. The VIA Nano was released by VIA Technologies in 2008 after five years of development by its CPU division, Centaur Technology...
  
   ULV
  Ultra low voltage
  Ultra-low-voltage processors are a class of microprocessor that are deliberately underclocked to use less power at the expense of performance. These processors are commonly used in subnotebooks, netbooks, ultraportables and embedded devices; where low power dissipation and long battery life are...
  
  
• Chipset: VIA VX800 unified
• Memory: DDR2
  DDR2 SDRAM
  DDR2 SDRAM is a double data rate synchronous dynamic random-access memory interface. It supersedes the original DDR SDRAM specification and has itself been superseded by DDR3 SDRAM...
  
   SO-DIMM up to 2 GB
• Hard disk: 160GB or above

Networking, wireless

• Networking: 10/100/1000 Mbit/s Broadcom Giga NIC Ethernet
• Wireless: 802.11b/g Broadcom or 802.16e GCT
• Bluetooth
  Bluetooth
  Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...
  
  , Wi-Fi
  Wi-Fi
  Wi-Fi or Wifi, is a mechanism for wirelessly connecting electronic devices. A device enabled with Wi-Fi, such as a personal computer, video game console, smartphone, or digital audio player, can connect to the Internet via a wireless network access point. An access point has a range of about 20...
  
  , WiMAX
  WiMAX
  WiMAX is a communication technology for wirelessly delivering high-speed Internet service to large geographical areas. The 2005 WiMAX revision provided bit rates up to 40 Mbit/s with the 2011 update up to 1 Gbit/s for fixed stations...
  
  , EV-DO /W-CDMA
  Code division multiple access
  Code division multiple access is a channel access method used by various radio communication technologies. It should not be confused with the mobile phone standards called cdmaOne, CDMA2000 and WCDMA , which are often referred to as simply CDMA, and use CDMA as an underlying channel access...
  
  , HSDPA
  High-Speed Downlink Packet Access
  High-Speed Downlink Packet Access is an enhanced 3G mobile telephony communications protocol in the High-Speed Packet Access family, also dubbed 3.5G, 3G+ or turbo 3G, which allows networks based on Universal Mobile Telecommunications System to have higher data transfer speeds and capacity...
  
  , GPS
  Global Positioning System
  The Global Positioning System is a space-based global navigation satellite system that provides location and time information in all weather, anywhere on or near the Earth, where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites...
  
  options.

Peripherals

• Screen: LED 8.9" WVGA 1024 x 600
• Graphics: VIA Chrome9 HC3 DX9 3D engine with shared system memory up to 256 MB
• Card reader: 4 in 1 embedded
• USB: 3 x (Ver. 2.0 Type A Port)
• Audio: Realtek HD audio codec, 2 speakers
• Audio jacks: 1 microphone-in, 1 headphone out
• Camera: CCD 2.01 megapixel, dual headed rotary

External links

• VIA Unveils VIA OpenBook Mini-Note Reference Design (Press Release)
• VIA OpenBook Mini-Note Platform Preview
• "Mini laptop has open-source case" LinuxDevices.com, May 27, 2008
• VIA OpenBook Gallery – An image gallery of the VIA OpenBook