‘New MeePC Line Features 8.9″ Display, Intel Diamondville Platform, GPS Module and More’
You might not have heard of FIC but if I say, Cloudbook CE1200J, S.Book 1 or Nanobook, you might recognise something. First International Computer (FIC), a Taiwanese company, are the OED (original equipment designer) for the CE260 which is the device that all those devices above are based on. They also make the Packard Bell Easynote XS20 [video review] and Cloudbook CE1200v non-touchscreen variants.
If you check out their web page, you’ll find reference to 4 new devices in a CeBIT-related press release that I totally missed. The CW060, CE262, CE263 and CE2A0 are the four variants mentioned under the, somewhat copycat, MeePC brand. [more after the break…]
Starting with the CE262 there are no images to go on but the specification show much the same details as the CE260 / S.Book 1 with a 1.2Ghz VIA processor, 7″ touchscreen and module position but with the addition of a PCI-Express card slot. The sizing is exactly the same as the 260 too so I wouldn’t expect anything different in terms of design. Maybe its a ‘carrier’ version of the device targeted for bundling with a 3G module. The CE263 is again, much the same as the previous models but without the touchscreen and module position. I’m guessing this is the same design as the Cloudbook and Easynote XS20.
Click through for details on the existing FIC CE260 variants.
The CE2A0 is, again, based on the same VIA platform and includes the PCI Express card slot but instead of a 7″ screen, it’s got an 8.9″, 1280×768 screen. (non touchscreen.) The dimensions are as before so i’m expecting a Packard Bell XS20 with an 8.9″ screen.
Finally, FIC have a design based on an Intel Atom processor. The CW060 will use a Diamondville (up to 1.6Ghz) and the 945GSE chipset in place of the VIA processor in what appears to be, based on the dimensions again, exactly the same casing as with the other CE262.
…a new Intel Diamondville platform capable of up to 1.6 GHz performance. Based on the Intel 945GSE chipset, the model CW060 features a 7 inch WVGA screen, 802.11/b/g wireless LAN, 4-cell Lithium-Ion battery, digital video output, 4-in-1 media card reader and a 1.8 inch hard disk drive with up to 120GB of internal storage.
As soon as I get hold of an image of these devices, I’ll add them to the ultra mobile PC database.
