The company, in the process of
being acquired by HP, introduced its first mobile thin client, the
m100, in October of 2006. That model is a 5.5-pound device that uses a
Via Eden processor to run Windows XP Embedded.
Like thin client notebooks from
AT Labs,
Devon IT,
Neoware,
Xeratus, and most recently
Wyse, the m100 lacks a hard drive but includes a Web browser plus a bevy of remote-access technologies. The result is greater security and, in the m100's case, a battery life claimed to be as long as six hours.
In its release, Neoware provided few details of the successor model, but promised "a full range of connectivity options, including wireless 802.11 b/g, wired Ethernet, and compatibility with wireless broadband cards." Like the m100, the m2000 will employ solid-state storage, but this time around its "computing speeds are also being enhanced through more advanced flash memory technology," the company said.
According to the company, the m2000 will be available in late 2007, priced comparably to the m100. This suggests that a configuration running Windows XP Embedded will cost $799, and a Linux version will cost approximately $760. Yet to be priced, but promised in the company's release, is the new Windows CE configuration.
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