17Nov2006
Posted by Joe
in Averatec and Hardware.
This is great news, Averatec has been really silent with their AHI. (more details of Averac AHI). I just found that they have updated the site. The fun part they have a new section called the “Ultra Mobile Computing” which states
The innovation continues! See what’s coming up in Ultra Mobile Computing!
Sweet, Keep your eyes open, we’ll have more details coming very soon. Interesting to see how Averatec calls it - Ultra Mobile Computing and then UMPC Handhelds.
Product Page [Averatec] - As of Nov 17, 2006 5PM PST it says coming soon
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17Nov2006
Posted by Joe
in Samsung.
Oh well, may be after this show the girls kinda crashed in to something, that landed those Q1s in refurb then on to Woot (who knows!)
More Pictures @ Aving [via Engadget]
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15Nov2006
Taiwan based HTC has done some great windows powered phones. They are bing branded by different companies. Their design is really cool too.
In an interview with Seattle Times, Peter Chou states
“The market for them doesn’t exist today, but they are tentatively labeled ultramobile PCs and could be sold as early as next year”
Low-profile HTC is a powerhouse [via engadget ]
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15Nov2006
Posted by Joe
in Samsung and Shopping.
So if you are still shopping around and waiting for a good deal on a UMPC, this is the right time, Grab one at Woot.com they are refurbished Samsung Q1 for just $749 + $5 shipping (thats a $250 to $350 less than what you’d pay depending on where you are buying it from)
Deal page @ woot Nov 15, 2006 [via jkOnTheRun]
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13Nov2006
There has been a lot of people asking about this. I managed to get it working. Here are the simple steps!
- Make sure you have at least the Vista Rc1 installed. A lot of drivers might have been installed when Vista does the automatic updates.
- For the rest of the drivers you could just use the driver backup CD from Asus
- Now for th wireless. Use the backup CD or download it from here and install the “Wireless Lan Driver and Application” Yes, it might install and will refuse to work.
- The easy fix. Restart, you’ll be prompted with an error about the “Wireless Lan Driver and Application” - Don’t worry
- Go to your Device Center and choose the wireless card and say “update driver” … and browse for the directory that you installed the application. (default being “Program Files > ASUS > WLAN Card Utilities”) Now assuming that you have the original xp untouched, you can browse the directory out there too.
- You’ll find a directory within named “Driver”. Choose that and say “OK”
- Tada… you have it working.
- Now go ahead and uninstall the application (WLAN Card Utilities), you really don’t need it, you can use Windows network manager.
Or the super duper easy way. Download the driver files from here (this is same as the one mentioned above) and get it going. If at all you run in to issues do post them here. I wonder why Asus has bundled the driver in an application.
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