14Aug2006
Posted by Joe
in Hardware and Specs.
It’s all about the price and options, You’ll get the UMPC with a FREE flexible keyboard and the recent press release also notes that, a small adapter which will plugs into the base of the unit and is expected to cost less than twenty dollars when released later this month. So a Dock! or something like that for less thatn 20 bucks.
Guys how about adding some
colors, or say some faceplates
| Processor |
VIA C7M Processor 1GHZ BGA |
| Chipset |
- North Bridge: VIA VN800
- South Bridge: VT8237R
- VGA: Integrated on VN800
- Audio: VT1618 (AC97) |
| Memory |
512 MB (1 x SODIMM Slot DDR2) |
| BIOS |
Phoenix BIOS includes System & Video
- 4MB Flash
- Boot from USB
- Plug & Play
- APM 1.2
- ACPI BIOS
- System beeps for low battery
|
| Battery |
Removable/Rechargeable 26W Lithium Ion (cylindrical) Battery Pack |
| Hard Drive |
40GB Hard Drive |
| Video |
7″ 800×480 TFT as default (also 800×600 and 1024×768) |
| Audio |
- AC97 Codec
- Built-in 1W Speaker
- Headphone/Stereo MIC jack combo |
| I/O Devices |
- USB Interface Wireless 802.11b/g solution
- USB Bluetooth Mobile built-in
- 4 Wire Resistive Touch Screen
- Stick Cursor |
| I/O Port |
- 1 x DC IN jack
- 1 x Headphone/Stereo MIC Combo jack
- 2 x 4-pin USB 2.0 ports
- 1 x Stylus holder (bottom side)
- 1 x 36 pin cradle connector |
| Physical/Mechanical |
- Available in white
- Dimensions: 9″ x 5.75″ x 1″
- Weight: 1.87 pounds |
| Power |
- Miniature size adapter (20V/1.8A, 100~240V)
- AC 100~240V, 47 - 63 hz
- 36W, Constant voltage 2-pin AC Adaptor |
| Operating System |
Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition |
Product Page [agopc]
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14Aug2006
So Many UMPCs yet so few, Yes and today there is another company that will be selling the Amtek’s T700 based UMPC, but with a twist.
A GO PC - Yes agopc has the Amtek device shown below for one great price, $899 (40GB/ 512MB) thats $100 less than the Tabletkiosk eo for the same config. Wait they are giving away a FREE flexible keyboard for a limited time.
(Does any one have any clue why these guys have this crazy(!) branding not the “ago” thing but look at the colors - For some reason that looks so cheap with all those primary colors, wait a minute they have this bright RED, BLUE and GREEN)
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11Aug2006
We’ve seen & read the details of Vega. Steve at Carrypad has been following the story from the begining and has a lot of information on the device. The company that makes this device “raon digital” has put up more detailed information about the device. The good thing is that this nifty device is much smaller, has a screen size of 4.3″ and still supports a native resolution of 800X480 (which is the native resolution on all the UMPCs with 7″ screen) and has GPS built in.
Note that though Microsoft has this definition for Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC), Vega is marketed as Ultra Portable PC (UPPC). Interesting, Is it not?
Folks tell me if I’m wrong. For a device that has all these with no Keyboard, (yet) managed to squeez in the “Crtl+Alt+Del” in there -Why? Does it mean any device powered by Windows needs these keys no matter what?
Continue reading ‘Raon Digital Vega more info’
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11Aug2006
Posted by Joe
in Samsung and Software.
Kevin over at jkOnTheRun reports that Samsung has updated the firmware.
First up is the Samsung Battery Manager application. On my Q1, if I click Help, About in the Battery Manager application, Sammy shows me v.2.1.1.8. If you look on the Samsung Q1 download page, however, you see that v.2.2.0.0 is available. Realizing that I should have been a Hollywood Stuntman, I took the risk of downloading and installing the 2.2.0.0 version and sure enough, it’s upgraded on my Q1. Unfortunately typical of many companies that provide software, there’s no listing of features or fixes in this version. (And this is acceptable because…..?)
Samsung updates are out, Or are they? [jkOnTheRun]
Samsung Q1 Download Site [Samsung]
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08Aug2006
Posted by Joe
in Hardware.
Sweet - the name is cool. When we saw this device that showed up at Gizmodo, we thought this is something like Sony’s answer to Zune, but the fact it has only 1GB was kind of sad. Let’s see what they have.
- Built in Web browser (with zoom)
- Ofcourse WiFi
- Music Player - now supporting Mp3, ATRAC3 and WMA (both secure & unsecure)
- Photo Viewer
- Built in MPEG-4 Video Player
- Slide-out QWERTY keyboard
- Bundled with Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger & Skype
- … and more
So this does look attractive. As for the price, Sony has not announced anything. This nifty device falls in between a Zune and an UMPC. Had they thought about few more GIGs in it, things would have been much better (well you can add up to 4GB of Sony’s memory stick duo). cTitanic had also posted about this here.
mylo at Sonystyle [Sonystyle]
mylo Minisite [Sonystyle]
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