Panasonic Toughbook CF-U1 rugged UMPC revealed

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Panasonic announces Intel Atom based Toughbook CF-U1 UMPC.

The Panasonic Toughbook CF-U1, the first ultra mobile PC (UMPC) to integrate the new low power Intel Atom processor in a rugged handheld computer for use in the field. Read more

Posted on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

HP Compaq 2133 UMPC

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Images and some details leaked about a new UMPC from HP dubbed HP Compaq 2133.

Update:
HP introduces the HP 2133 for under $500.

The HP Compaq features an 8.9 inch screen and full QWERTY keyboard and can run either Windows Vista or Linux
Other features include Wifi, integrated camera, and possibly SSD storage. Read more

Posted on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:54:19 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

LimePC M1 Linux UMPC Details

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We already reported about the FreeScale Motherboard-On-A-Chip Platform that will be the basis of a series of low-cost and tiny PCs. Now the Chinese hardware manufacturer of the LimePC released details about the LimePC M1 iPod nano-sized Linux UMPC.

Tsinghua Tongfang (THTF) calls the M1 the world's smallest handheld PC. Measurements of the LimePC M1 are 110 x 58 x 15.9mm and the weight is 130g.
Features of the M1 include touchscreen, up to 16GB of NAND flash memory, 802.11g WiFi, v2.1 EDR Bluetooth wireless, and 4-plus hours of Lithium Polymer battery power. Read more

Posted on Wed, 9 Jan 2008 13:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

LimePC, iPod nano sized UMPC to be the hottest Product at CES 2008?

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Freescale is possibly landing a major hit at the CES 2008 with their 'motherboard on-chip' processor, dubbed LimePC. We got a photo from I4U reader Jeff (Thanks!) showing the possibly called LimePC M1, which is apparently no bigger than an iPod nano.

The LimePC featuring Graphics, Audio cards, PCI, Ethernet, SATA, USB motherboard is smaller than the Apple iPod nano. Just imagine a full Linux PC inside a iPod nano - I would love to have one in my pocket!

The LimePC UMPC is running LimeOS, which is based on Linux or as my source says MorphOS. The korean press-release I found about LimePC says it is based on Debian Linux and full screen HTML based user interface and Web 2.0 applications. Read more

Posted on Mon, 7 Jan 2008 02:48:10 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG UMPC at CES 2008

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LG will show a new UMPC at the CES 2008. As far as I know this is LG's first foray into the UMPC market.

Apparently the LG UMPC has no name yet. LG just refers to it as LG UMPC.
The LG UMPC features a 4.8 inch touchscreen and a slide out QWERTY keyboard. It is based on the Intel Menlow platform and features 1GB of RAM, and a 40GB HDD. Read more

Posted on Sun, 6 Jan 2008 05:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

HTC Shift Vista UMPC delayed

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HTC has delayed the volume shipments of the HTC Shift UMPC, that was planned for December. The new delivery date for this Windows Vista UMPC is now January of 2008 according to Digitimes.

The real question is whether or not a lot of people are still waiting for the HTC Shift. The 7 inch Windows Vista UMPC is a nice piece of hardware, but it's price is around $1,500. The Asus Eee PC 8G is selling for 1/3 of that. You really have to ask yourself what more the HTC Shift is doing for you for the additional $1,000 that the Asus Eee is not doing. Additionally more low-cost Linux UMPCs will swamp the market in 2008.

Back in March when HTC announced the HTC Shift, the Asus Eee was not around. I am close to betting that the HTC Shift will be dead on arrival. Read more

Posted on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:32:18 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Korean PMP Looks more like UMPC

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Korean company UPOP has a giant sized PMP that looks more like a UMPC than a traditional PMP. The device has a 4.8-inch TFT screen and can be had with 30GB, 80GB, or 160GB HDD. Expansion via SD cards is possible as well.

The device runs windows CE 5.0 Pro and is compatible with MP3, WMA, MP4, ACC, AC3, Ogg and WAV. The player will also do video with AVI, WMV, MPG, DAT, and VOB compatibility. Read more

Posted on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:15:38 CST | by Shane McGlaun

WiBrain B1 UMPC on sale at Dynamsim

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Premier Japanese notebook exporter Dynamsim announces that they are the launch partner of Wibrain and their funky new B1 UMPC.

The WiBrain Bi is one of the first devices to utilize an impressive 1,024 x 600 resolution 4.8-inch WSVGA touchscreen.
Other features of the Windows XP running WiBrain B1 include VIA C7M 1.2GHz CPU, 60GB HDD, 5 hours battery life, WiFi, Bluetooth, touch pad, split keyboard, and camera. Read more

Posted on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:35:36 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Gigabyte M704 UMPC

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Gigabyte has an interesting new UMPC on their Taiwanese site with the M704.

The Gigabyte M704 features a slide-out keyboard and a 7 inch screen with a high 1,024x600px resolution. On top of that the screen is LED backlit.
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Posted on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Gigabyte U60 UMPC Hands-On

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Tweaktown got some hands-on time with the new Gigabyte U60 UMPC. GIGABYTE showed the U60 UMPC at CeBIT, and again at Computex earlier this year.

Quote from the review: "Now we’ve got our hands on one of the early production samples and this puppy is all set to take the world by storm, it definitely has the makings of an award winner and seems worthy of our coveted “BEST VALUE” award providing everything goes well. Read more

Posted on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

OQO Model 2 UMPC Updated

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OQO announced new Model 2 products today that have improved performance and a new price starting at $1299. The new improvements to the line include high-capacity storage options.

The largest storage option is a new 120GB HDD and the standard hard drive is now a 40GB unit in the entry level OQO and 80GB in the standard high-end configuration. A 32GB SSD is now being offered and provides a 50% faster boot time and quicker application launch as well. Read more

Posted on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:54:10 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Fujitsu LifeBook U810 UMPC Announced

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Fujitsu announced a new UMPC today called the LifeBook U810. This little computer has a 5.6” 1024 x 600 LCD display, an Intel A110 CPU, 1Gb of DDR2 RAM, a 40GB HDD and built-in wireless networking.

Bluetooth 2.0+EDR is built-in and the entire machine weighs a mere 1.56 pounds. Other features include a CF slot, SD slot, QWERTY keyboard and a fingerprint reader. The 5.6” display swivels and lays down in a tablet PC configuration. Read more

Posted on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:08:40 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

New Kohjinsha SH UMPCs run Intel A100

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In 2006 Japanese Kohjinsha introduced the Kohjinsha SA1F00A and SA1F00B UMPCs with the neat twistable screen design and full QWERTY keyboard. Now the company updated their UMPCs with several improvements.

The new Kohjinsha SH series is based on the Intel Ultra Mobile Platform 2007 and the Intel A100 CPU and runs Windows Vista.
New features include a digital TV receiver (wansegu) and a web camera. Other feature highlights of the Kohjinsha SH UMPCs are 7 inch TFT screen with 1024x600px resolution, 100GB HDD drive, 1GB RAM, VGA port, USB 2.0, Read more

Posted on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:20:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung Q1 Ultra UMPC Review

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XYZ Computing published a review of the latest Samsung UMPC Q1 Ultra.

Quote from the review:
"This review will be looking at the Samsung Q1 Ultra (Q1U), the second generation of what is said to have been the most popular of the UMPCs, though Sony's UX was probably the best received. In the Q1U Samsung has taken a page from Sony's play book and included a QWERTY keyboard, though this one cleverly fits on slate-style device with no mechanical action necessary to get to it. Read more

Posted on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Raon Everun UMPC available for Order

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Raon introduced the Everun UMPC on June 1st. Japanese gadget exporter Dynamism just informed us that they opened the pre-order for the Everun.

The Everun 6S-E with AMD LX800 500mhz, 6GB SSD, 256 MB RAM, WiFi+BT and Windows XP Embedded sells for $699.

The top model Everun 66SH features an AMD LX900 600mhz, 6GB SSD, 60GB HDD, 512MB RAM, WiFi+BT and Windows XP Home sells for $1,099. Read more

Posted on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Fujitsu FMV-U8240 UMPC Review

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Fujitsu introduced the FMV-U8240 UMPC about two weeks ago. The Fujitus FMV-U8240 Series is the world's smallest tablet-convertible UMPC, weighing only 580g and with a thickness of only 26.5mm.

AkihabaraNews had the chance to spend 3 days with the FMV-U8240 and the published a review and HD video about this cool UMPC.

Their test unit ran Windows XP, which performed smooth on the Intel A110 CPU. Their verdict is that they would choose the FMV-U8240 over the Sony VAIO UX. Read more

Posted on Sat, 2 Jun 2007 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Palm UMPC ''Hawk''

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Here we have another interesting and still very, very vague future product: A Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) coming from Palm. The community gave it the codename "Hawk" to pay tribute to Jeff Hawkins, one of Palm's founders.

That Palm would create a new device that is not a phone and not a PDA is a topic since years.

First more focused rumors of the Palm Hawk sprung up in March on the Palm Forums. Brighthand (via Gizmodo) reiterated the rumor yesterday with some predictions what the Hawk is supposed to be. Read more

Posted on Thu, 24 May 2007 03:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Fujitsu FMV-U8240 UMPC

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Fujitsu announces the FMV-U8240 Vista UMPC. The U Series is the world's smallest tablet-convertible UMPC, weighing only 580g and with a thickness of only 26.5mm.

The Fujitsu FMV-U8240 is based on new Intel Ultra Mobile Platform 2007.
Features of the FMV-U8240 include 5.6 inch screen with 1,024x600px resolution, QWERTY keyboard, 512MB/1GB RAM, Intel A110 800Mhz CPU, 20GB HDD and 8 hour battery life. Read more

Posted on Wed, 16 May 2007 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung Q1 Ultra UMPC Arrives

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Samsung ships the updated UMPC Q1 Ultra in the United States. Samsung announced the Q1 Ultra in March at the CeBit in Germany.

The Samsung Q1 Ultra features integrated thumb buttons, smaller form factor than the Q1 and lighter weight. The screen is now featuring LED backlit and 1024x600px resolution. There are several configurations available featuring HSDPA, up to 80GB disk, 600/800MHz Intel Ultra Mobile CPU, WiFi, Bluetooth and runs Vista Home Premium or XP. Read more

Posted on Tue, 8 May 2007 02:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

I4U Gadget Flyer: iPhone Accessories : Intel UMPC : Rinspeed eXasis

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Last week in review:
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