Aware Electronics

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Aware Electronics Inc.,Ltd was established in 2006[1] with the guidance and assistance of the Institute for Information Industry.

It produces the A-BOOK series, which includes the A-View[2] and AW-300 models[3] (2008). The earlier model AW-150[4] was sold in the USA as the MiTYBOOK.[1]

Contents

[edit] A-View

is described by Aware as An advanced digital photo frame with the features of a standard PC.

A sub-notebook similar to and probably the basis for the Elonex ONE. It seems to be a development of the similar AW-300 sub-notebook.

[edit] Hardware[2]

  • CPU: Aday5F 300 MHz X86
  • Memory:
    • 128/256 MB DDR2 SDRAM
    • 4 MB Flash ROM
    • 1 GB/2GB NAND FLASH
  • Display: 800x480 7” TFT LCD
  • Network interface:
  • Webcam 2.0M pixels (optional)
  • USB 2.0/1.1 port X 2
  • Audio jack: 3.5 mm in/out
  • Battery: 3 cells, 2200mAH/cell
  • Weight: 950g (with keyboard)
  • Dimension(WxLxH) 230 mm x 146 mm x 33 mm(with keyboard)

[edit] AW-300

A sub-notebook similar to the A-View. The Operating system is a proprietary LINOS 2.4.25.[5] It includes educational software, GQView, Sylpheed (email), Beaver (a text based editor), VNC and Tux Typing and games such as Xblock out, Xbomb, Xdigger, Xgalaga, Xscavenger.[5]

[edit] Hardware[3]

  • CPU: Aday5F 300 MHz X86
  • Memory:
    • 128MB DDR2 SDRAM
    • 4MB Flash ROM
    • 1 GB NAND Flash
  • Display: 800x480 7" TFT LCD monitor
  • Network:
  • USB 2.0 ports x 6
  • Audio Jack: 3.5 mm audio jack
  • Volume control: volume knob
  • Input: Keyboard, mouse
  • Storage: USB diskdrive,Card reader

[edit] AW-150

A sub-notebook similar to, and probably the basis for, the MiTYBOOK.[6][1]

[edit] Hardware[4]

  • CPU: 150 MHz X86 (possibly Aday5E)
  • Memory:
    • 64 MB SDRAM
    • 4MB Flash ROM
    • 1 GB NAND Flash
  • Display: 800x480 7-inch (180 mm) TFT LCD monitor
  • Network: 10/100 Mbit/s Ethernet
  • USB 2.0 port x 6
  • Audio Jack: 3.5 mm audio jack
  • Volume control: volume knob
  • Input:Keyboard, mouse
  • Storage:USB diskdrive,Card reader

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Aware Electronics history
  2. ^ a b The A-View
  3. ^ a b AW-300 A-Bag product detail
  4. ^ a b AW-150 A-bag product detail
  5. ^ a b Aware A-Book AW-300 review
  6. ^ MiTYBOOK