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Flybook’s V5 Tablet PC equiped with mobile broadband

Flybook showcased its small size V5 Tablet PC during CeBIT 2007. It’s a swivel type. The V5 tablet PC comes with Intel Core Duo ULV 1.06 GHz processor, 1GB DDR RAM, upgradable to maximum of 2GB and 1.8″ 40GB hard disk drive. It has a screen display of 8.9″/16:9 wide-view color LTPS TFT LCD. The LCD is a overlaid touch panel type, which can be operated in dual mode – landscape and portrait.

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Samsung’s new gen UMPC and also with cheaper version

The second generation of Samsung’s UMPC, Q1 was unveiled during CeBIT 2007, it’s called UMPC “Ultra Q1“. This new generation UMPC offers improved battery life and QWERTY keyboard and is lighter and more portable as the weight has been reduced from 760g to 690g. It runs on Windows Vista Premium OS and MS Origamy pack. The price for the Ultra Q1 has not been decided yet but we should expect it has similar price with the current Q1, which retails for around $1,300.

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BenQ’s first UMPC will be in 4Q

I’ve been a bit slack catching up with UMPC lately. To me, its buzz should have subsided now, and no more debates around if it’s a UMPC or just a look-alike. Let’s have a look what the Asian computer manufacturer, BenQ, will do for the UMPC . According to DigiTimes, BenQ is getting its first UMPC ready to be launched in the fourth quarter of this year. So BenQ will join the line of Sony, Samsung and Asus, which already have couple of UMPCs out there.

Via [Gizmodo]

UMPC,BenQ’s first UMPC

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Vista SideShow handbag!

I really wanna express my praise to Microsoft, its Vista SideShow technology has triggered the production of a handful of innovative accessories for the Vista-capable boxes.

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OQO’s UMPC, model 02, appeared at Gate’s CES 2007

OQO, the company that makes small computers. Its model 02 appeared at CES 2007. This little device is a UMPC, an ultra compact full computer that capable of running all your Windows apps.

The model 02, which incorporates VIA’s recently released C7M ultramobile processor, is defined by OQO in the UMPC Pro category. It is because of its size is small enough to be pocketable (palm-sized, you even can call it “palmtop”) and with enterprise features and functionality! It’s Vista-capable!

Available at OQO’s store, starting at $1499.00 (Available with 3 options, for different OS, such as XP home, XP pro, different memory size, 512MB/1GB, different hard disk size, 30GB/60GB etc)

[Via UltraMobileLife] [Via MSNBC] [Via BroadCastNewsRoom]

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Defination of UMPC, what do you know about it?

UMPC, it’s hot now in the market! There are lots of manufacturers in the competition of producing it. Perhaps, this is partly due to in early 2006, a website was launched with a misterious flash presentation that had puzzled the world for couple of weeks. Still remember? The Microsoft’s Origami Project!

If you’ve followed up with the UMPC blog/news site, you’d have found that there are quite a number of debates out there about if a device produced by some manufacturers are UMPC-compliant? Some of the devices by some manufacturers although thier size can fit into the UMPC category but its OS (e.g Windows Mobile 5) does NOT fullfill the real defination of UMPC by Microsoft.

Well, what is the real defination of UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC)? Just by its title, it shall be small and compact enough and it must fullfill the requirement i.e it’s able to run full Windows OS, i.e either Windows XP or Windows Vista. It means that any Windows applications can run on this small and compact personal computer. It’s a full computer with ultra compact size and you can do everything on it!

Technorati: UMPC, Microsoft, TabletPC, Origami

Another UMPC, Tatung has joined the race

Tatung has joined the race, making its own UPMC, but it runs Windows Mobile instead of the Tablet PC OS (Windows XP with mobile-ready technologies) defined by Microsoft.

Adtecsys, Via SlashGear

HTC Athena, Ultra Mobile PC

What’s hot in the mobile or portable device industry? Various manufacturers are in competition producing UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) or UMPC-like devices! Here is the HTC (A Taiwanese company, High Tech Computer) Athena, featuring as follows:

*Samsung 400Mhz processor
*3.5-inch QVGA touch-screen with stylus
*Detachable keyboard
*UMTS 2100 with tri-band GSM/GPRS radio
*Bluetooth, 802.11b/g WiFi
*256MB ROM / 64MB RAM
*2-megapixel camera
*SD expansion, and USB 1.1 interface.

Via Engadget

Kohjinsha’s ultra-compact laptop, SA1F00A, on eBay

Kohjinsha’s SA1F00A, one of the contestants for world’s smallest laptop. It features a rotating 7-inch display, 500MHz AMD Geode LX800 processor, up to 1GB of memory, a 40GB hard drive, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 and Ethernet. It also comes two USB ports, speakers and an SD card slot.

It’s on eBay, $839.00