UMPC In the interview for TechRadar the Samsung official Jeongseon Euh said that so far the company has sold about 100,000 Q1 and the Q1 Ultra UMPCs, and that Samsung holds about 65% of the UMPC market. At the same time Euh said that the third generation of the Q1 should be ready for next year, probably first models at CES next year. via [TechRadar]
Gigabyte’s M700 IPTV is not your typical 7-inch touchscreen ultraportables. It runs on VIA’s 1.2GHz processor, VX800 chipset and it comes with a digital TV tuner and IPTV streamer. Other features of the M700 IPTV includes; memory card slot, audio/video inputs, IR port, optical drive, GPS, 1024×600 resolution touchscreen, 1GB RAM, 40GB hard drive, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. It’s up for release on Q3 but no price details available yet.
Meanwhile, Raon Digital has upgraded their Everun S32S Dic UMPC with a 32GB SSD, 568MHz AMD Geode LX900 processor, 512MB of RAM, 4.8″ LCD screen at 800×480 resolution, WiFi B/G, Bluetooth and the Saydic dictionary-text-to-speech support.
The maker of Classmate PC (aka 2GO PC) has came out with its own Eee PC rival called the IL1 Netbook. This is definitely different from the Classmate PC as this one is more powerful but only sports a 7″LCD, unlike the Classmate which has an 8″ LCD Display. And having a 7″ inch LED backlit LCD, the IL1 Netbook is up to challenge the Eee PC 701. It’s major advantage, aside from some superior features? - its price which is said to around less than $350. Yeah, I know the 2GB Surf model is still cheaper but the IL1 Netbook’s comparator is more of the 4GB Eee model. Here’s the full features and specifications of the CTL IL1 Netbook:
Via Gizmodo
Gigabyte’s M704 UMPC may well be on its way to the UK market (and possibly in other countries as well?). UMPCPortal gives us a brief historical background on the different names that Gigabyte’s M704 has taken related to its released in various countries. First, it was released in Russia as the Rover A704 with SRP of $1000, in the Israeli market for $910. Then it appeared in the Spanish market as Ahtec X70GT for an SRP of $1088. And it’s latest appearance came in UK with some stores offering the M704 for pre-ordering with yet an undisclosed price. If indeed the Gigabyte M704 UMPC is coming to the international market soon. Here’s what to expect from this 7″ UMPC:
Via [UMPCPortal] I’ve got to give credit to Liliputing for coming up with the comprehensive list of Ultraportables, right when we’re in the middle of compiling my own list for this graphical Round Up. That saves me a lot of time searching for past post coverage, each of the product’s sites to get the basic details of these tiny portables. So here goes a comprehensive list of 8 7-inch ultraportables which are either released or soon to be released in the market. Hope it helps you decide which one will give you value for your hard earned bucks. You may want to click on the thumbnail image to get a better view of the chart.
The Boy Genius Report is reporting that the Sharp Wilcom D4 UMPC will soon be hitting the US market by the end of June. Online store GeekStuff4U is already accepting pre-orders for the said UMPC device. And for how much? A whooping $1,526.33! That’s certainly a lot of dough for a small device such as the D4. If you are willing to spend that much money for a UMPC, here’s a review of what you’re going to get from the D4:
Via [The Boy Genius Report] Via [Liliputing]
It looks like BenQ’s soon to be released MID is becoming more and more like the Asus Eee PC. ITechnews is reporting that the BenQ MID which was previewed during the IDF in Shanghai would have:
Hmm, yeah. except for the voice command and the HSDPA support, the BenQ MID does seem like the Asus Eee PC after all. Via Slashgear
From out of nowhere, and without too much hype, Sharp and Willcom has unveiled a new UMPC that has the potential to make it big in the market. Welcome the Willcom D4 aka WSO16H. Akihabara news has got the scoop on the new UMPC. The Willcom D4 UMPC weighs only 470g and measures 84X188X25.9 mm. It’s got 1GB of RAM, 40GB of HDD, running on Centrino Atom Z520 (1.33 GHz), 5″ touch scree (1024×600) LCD with LED backlight, full keyboard, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, 2 mp video camera and has Windows Vista Home Premium for its OS. What more can you possible asked for? No information on pricing yet as well as when it’s going to be available in the market. For more pictures, check out Akihabara News. Asustek announced that it will be coming up with a new MID (mobile internet device) this coming June 2008. Dubbed as the Asus R50, the new MID will have a 5.6 inch lcd display and will be manufactured by Pegatron Technology. The device would run on both Linux and Windows Vista and is tentatively priced at $500. Come November, the Asus R50 will immediately get an upgrade with a new keyboard to boot. Asustek has not given out too many details about this new device as of yet. Probably because the company is still preparing for the launch of the 2nd generation Asus Eee PC as well as the recent launch of the Windows XP powered 7-inch Eee.
Charles Cooper over at Cnet has written an interesting column remarking on the development of mobile devices. With the Intel Developer Forum this week in Shanghai, China, he gets some feedback from Kevin Kahn, the director of the Communications Technology Lab at Intel. As Intel’s chipsets get smaller, and smaller, the race is on to create the ultimate mobile computing product, but meanwhile things screen size or button size still irk us (that right-hand shift key on Eee PC is still giving me trouble). Charles Cooper throws in the question of what the hell happened to having mobile devices easily interact with each other- like, for instance, wirelessly connecting to a larger display when you need to. Mobile computing has so much possibility, but they haven’t had time to even begin to scratch the surface yet. Intel’s Developer Forum will discuss and showcase a number of technologies they’re currently researching, including a multi-band, power-efficient, CMOS Transceiver. They’ll tackle topics ranging from Energy Efficiency to Biosensors to Gaming. The Asus Eee is powered by the Intel Celeron-M ULV 353 (future models of the 900 will include Intel’s ‘Atom’ processor) and its ultra-low-voltage is just the ticket for such a compact machine. Intel’s technology is just one of the building blocks, and from there Asustek has created a user-friendly computing experience that can easily go where you do. The Eee PC is a strong example of how consumer needs and bleeding-edge technology are finally coming together, bit by bit- even if the Eee has yet to adopt things like a touchscreen or GPS, those sorts of features could easily appear on the horizon. |
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