Manufactured by Tsinghua TongFang, Co. Ltd., VIA announced the new 10.2-inch notebook called the S1 imini Mini-Note Series for the Chinese market. The lightweight ultra-portable consumes only 15 watts electricity when active; a consumption comparable to that of a light bulb.

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Way before all these new mini-notes sprung like mushrooms, CNET reported on Sony’s reluctance to join the low-cost notebook market. ” …don’t expect Sony to get into the low-end laptop race any time soon,” the Sony spokesman said. But if reports are to be believed, it seems that Sony is getting to swim right in using the VIA OpenBook Mini-Note Reference.

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Taiwan-based company, VIA Technologies, Inc, has unveiled the VIA OpenBook mini-note reference design, a new player in the booming mini-note market. The sub-notebook has an 8.9-inch screen and uses the new VIA Ultra Mobile Platform and VIA VX800 digital media IGP chipset.

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