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UMID mbook M1 gets full-sized USB port via crafty mod

Ran out of things to do with your literally pint-sized UMID M1? You might want to take a look at this new mod which a user over at the Pocketables forum has come up with. It involves opening up the case of the UMID M1, rearranging a few wires and sacrificing the built-in webcam as [...]

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Survey says interest in Apple iPad has fallen after initial announcement

Apple’s iPad. Everyone seems to be talking about it. But does anyone actually want it? A survey conducted by Retrevo shows us that 3% of their respondents have been waiting and wanting to buy Apple’s iPad even before the official announcement took place. The same survey tells us that 26% of respondents have heard about [...]

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7 inch Netbook Navigator to be released

We recently posted on the Netbook Navigator tablet, which features an 8.9 inch display, along with Windows 7, 32GB SSD and 2GB RAM. The company is now working with the manufacture to develop a smaller version of the 891A-NN. The sized down version, 701A-NN, will feature a 7 inch display instead but, still supporting multi [...]

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Shenzhen HT560 UMPC to run Windows XP with Via’s C7 CPU

Like netbooks, there seems to be plenty of UMPCs and MIDs to go around these days. And big-name PC manufacturers aren’t the only ones who contribute. Take this new 5.6-inch UMPC called the Shenzen HT560. Judging by its short list of specs, one can’t be faulted for thinking of it as ancient. It’s got a [...]

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Intel’s Dan Sakols shows Viliv S5 MID as light gaming and live videocasting device

If a Viliv X70 MID isn’t quite your thing, you might like its smaller counterpart–a Viliv S5 which works in about the same as it but comes with a smaller screen. In the above video, Intel’s Dan Sakols can be seen using it with a cool-looking lightweight “flight sim” game and with a program called [...]

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