VIA OpenBook is a laptop

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, announced in 2008. The laptop case design was released as

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. Windowsfordevices.com. May 27, 2008.

Specifications

Dimensions

*Dimensions: 24.0w x 17.5d x 3.62h cm (at battery), (9.45w x 6.89d x 1.43h in) *Weight: under 1 kg

Processor, memory

* Processor: 1.0 GHz

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ULV * Chipset: VIA VX800 unified * Memory: DDR2 SO-DIMM up to 2 GB *

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: 160GB or above

Networking, wireless

* Networking: 10/100/1000 Mbit/s Broadcom Giga NIC Ethernet * Wireless: 802.11b/g Broadcom or 802.16e GCT *

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Wi-Fi Wi-Fi () is a family of wireless network protocols, based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by radio wave ...

WiMAX Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) is a family of wireless broadband communication standards based on the IEEE 802.16 set of standards, which provide physical layer (PHY) and media access control (MAC) options. The WiMAX ...

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CDMA Code-division multiple access (CDMA) is a channel access method used by various radio communication technologies. CDMA is an example of multiple access, where several transmitters can send information simultaneously over a single communication ...

HSDPA High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) is an amalgamation of two mobile protocols—High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA)—that extends and improves the performance of existing 3G mobile telecommunicat ...

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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

Battery

* Battery: 4 cell

External links

VIA Unveils VIA OpenBook Mini-Note Reference Design
(Press Release)

References

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