for (what I imagine is) the same or similar price point, I'd much prefer the nanobook. does the foleo have touchscreen like the via device does?

and naturally the asus eee pc is the best price with some sacrifice of features.

I think ARM is perfect for smaller things like the n770/800 (via may disagree here, even) but for something larger I'm more comfortable with good old 686 as a user platform not to mention developer platform.

The nanobook doesn't look bad, but I would rather ditch the LCD info display to the right of the screen to get more screen real estate. There can never be enough, really..

I agree the modular lcd/plugin area is rather ugly but I do understand why it's there: the nanobook (likewise asus' eee pc) has to be a certain size chassis for fitting keyboard(and guts), and the 7" main display is a very standard ubiquitous lcd that you see in tons of automotive dvd player screens, portable dvd players, etc. i.e. it is cheap and readily available.

asus chose to center their screen since the added modular dealie would drive the price up. via is selling at a higher price class and wanted to fill the space with something (and that something to me seems gimmicky, but may turn out to have interesting uses)

sexier screen would drive the price up. 600-700 for the nanobook and 200-300 for the asus are pretty darn attractive prices. the user is definitely making some sacrifices (esp in the eee pc) but the level of functionality for the alleged prices is quite amazing and worth the sacrifices (to me at least, and no doubt more than a few other peoples ^_^ )