Haleron MIO Smartbook Launched – Runs Windows CE, with Windows XP as an option
12 Nov
Haleron technologies have launched MIO Smartbook Computer that runs Windows CE 6.0 OS. It comes with a VIA ARM CPU that runs at a mind-boggling speed of 266MHz. It has an 7″ display and 128MB RAM. For storage, you get 1GB flash (upto 4GB).
It comes with 3 USB ports and has built-in Wireless LAN (b/g) Weighing at just 700gm, it can you upto 6 hours of usage, 24 hours of standby. 3G can be added via USB module.
They also offer something called Swordfish USB flash memory which basically offers you more storage and has few operating systems on-board: Windows XP, Linux or Android.
How would you run XP on an ARM-architecture? Well, to do that you must undergo a $55 dollar processor upgrade.
If you wish to have Linux on-board instead of Windows CE, you will have to add $15 more to the total amount, $189
[Haleron]
