Eee PC

Both MSI and Gigabyte are planning on releasing their ultra-portables in the second quarter of this year. While a fair amount of info on the MSI Wind UMPC has been released since CeBIT, very little is known about the Gigabyte – it is a surprise contender, and it’s appearing that we won’t know the specs [...]

An intriguing ‘laptop’ has appeared on the web today, and it is anything but standard. This new machine, lacking specs or the makers name, is made of a couple pen-shaped devices. The machine operates via a couple of thin ‘pens’ that are Bluetooth enabled. These devices project the screen and keyboard onto any flat surfaces. [...]

The Rock, a 12.1″ laptop, is hardly the size of an ultra-portable mobile machine. It only weighs 1.2kg, however. The thing that makes this interesting is the architecture it is based on – that of the now-popular netbooks. It has a 6-hour battery life, and is low power at 1.6Ghz. This machine is intended to [...]

Asus’ R50 UMPC, the little brother to the highly-touted R70, was ignored after CES at the beginning of the year, where everyone focused on the R70. News has finally surfaced on the little gadget, with Asus being frustratingly vague. The device, which sports a 5.6″ screen, will be released sometime before June, and will come [...]

A promotional video for Lenovo’s Ideapad U8 has been released on their official blog – the video is available on YouTube. The Ideapad is a small UMPC from Lenovo that is designed to be powerful and fast. The device sports a 4.8″ touchscreen and supports one-handed web surfing via EDGE or 3G. It also features [...]