POINT OF VIEW LAUNCHES MOBII SLIM THIN AND LIGHT NOTEBOOK

Point of View is known for the graphics cards and other components they make. But of late the company has forayed into the mini-laptop market with a few good netbooks including a 10 inch model with Nvidia ION. Now they are entering the thin and light segment with an 11.6 inch notebook.

The Point of View Mibii Slim ULV has an 11.6 inch display with 1366 x 768 pixels. It is powered by a dual core 1.2 GHz Intel Celeron CULV processor with integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics. Other features include up to 2GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, Bluetooth, WiFi 802.11b/g/n and 1.3 mega pixel webcam. The 4-cell battery is rated at 4400mAh. The machine runs Windows 7 Home Premium.

Point of View Mobii ULV measures just 1.1 inch in thickness and weighs 3.3 pounds. It is now available in Germany for about 599 Euros or $875.

POINT OF VIEW RELEASES MOBII ION 230 NETBOOK

Point of View has released a Mobii ION 230 netbook based on Nvidia Ion platform. Unlike most other netbooks which are powered by N270/N280 processors, Mobii Ion 230 uses an Intel Atom 230 processor. The Atom 230 chip is more common in nettops than in netbooks.

Specifications
Display: 10.2 inch, 1024x600 native resolution
Graphics: Nvidia Ion GPU
Processor: Intel Atom 230 1.60 GHz Processor
Memory: 1 GB DDR2 Memory
HDD: 160GB
Standard OS: Linux

Ports and Slots
There are two USB 2.0 ports, audio ports, Wi-Fi b/g , Bluetooth 2.0, Gigabit Ethernet and HDMI. The machine supports the DirectX 10 standard.
Due to its powerful onboard graphics, Mobii Ion 230 can decode 1080p video content with minimal efforts. While gaming isn’t totally out of question, this notebook isn’t quite for gamers.

The 6 cell battery is expected to give more than 4 hours of runtime. Mobii Ion is available in three colors – lime, red and black. Prices start at $495.

Point of View Mobi ION 230

There is no need to debate that the Mobi ION 230 is in a class of its own. Although it’s a netbook, and carries some of the similar specs of many other netbooks it still manages to stand out in things such as design and power.

Under the hood the device is equipped with NVIDIA’s ION platform (as the name suggests as well as an Atom N230 CPU. You can find 1GB of RAM doing the memory business and the usual 160GB HDD. From what we know about ION we wouldn’t expect the best battery life from this thing but Point of View (the manufacturer) does promise flawless 1080p playback as well as DirectX 10 and Shader Model 4.0 support as well as HDMI out in exchange for the battery life.

The display has been put at 10.2 inches which packs a 1024x600 resolution. On the subject of price and availability, this little bad boy will be coming to the European markets in only a few weeks and the price is set at €349 ($495). No word on a US release date, and in case the device is too gaudy for you, you are welcome to a more conservative black color option.

So what do you say EU readers. Getting one or not?

EAGLETECH FLASH DRIVE....THE POINT?

Seriously EagleTec, what's the point here? We're all for small (except you know what....), but the 19x15x6mm dimensions and the mere three grams in weight is not the best if we are actually going to be storing real data on this thing.