12Oct2006
It’s UMPCs turn, remember while a lot of car manufacturers boasted that they would have the ipod docking capability in theie models. Yes now its UMPC. Volkswagen seems to be the first in the game.
…Volkswagen engineers fashioned a form-fitting docking cradle inside the glovebox of the Passat. After docking, navigation screens and media are streamed from the computer to a 9″ touchscreen LCD headunit. Eric Jensen, Volkswagen’s Project Engineer for Connectivity and Computing gave us a detailed demonstration of the UMPC’s features.Most drivers will primarily use the UMPC for navigation. Using GPS and a WWAN Internet connection, the car can show real-time location and can give direct-to point of interest navigation. Navigation can be shown as a top-down overlay or on satellite imagery from the web. The car can also display traffic incident information, but Jensen admitted that navigation instruction and traffic cannot be shown at the same time. “In the future, we are looking to combine navigation and traffic, along with providing dynamic rerouting around accidents,” said Jensen.
While navigation is important, media playback is where the UMPC really shines. The car can playback MP3s and videos in various formats to the two backseat monitors. For safety reasons, Volkswagen won’t allow videos to be played on the front headunit. Music can be streamed from the Internet or played off the UMPC’s drive. Drivers can also synchronize and playback podcasts. Jensen plans on adding a Slingbox feature to stream television from the driver’s home [...]
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31Aug2006
Now these are news from sources other than Asus, so we are not 100% sure on the exact details. Steve over at carrypad found a news that says the price in UK would be £799. John from Ultranauts says “the R2H has entered manufacturing and packaging and will ’ship’ in November“
This sounds kinda cool. With the price tag of £799 and shipping in November Asus should be able to catch up with the other UMPCs. As we all know, UMPCs are not availalbe in places you want it to be. Hopefully Asus will announce better availability.
Asus Pricing [via Carrypad]
Asus Availability [Ultranauts]
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25Aug2006
After long time, Finally Asus announced the R2H with the following spec, thought this is kind of different from the one that we heard of
- Intel® Celeron® M ULV Processor (900MHz)
- Genuine Windows® XP Tablet PC Edition
- Onboard 256MB, DDRII 533, 1x SoDimm socket for expansion up to 768MB DDRII 667 DRAM support
- 7″ WXGA touch screen LCD, ASUS Splendid Video Intelligent Engine
- PATA 1.8″ HDD 4200PRM 20/30/40/60 GB
- Bluetooth® V2.0 + EDR, 3x USB, 1x SD Card-Reader, 1x GPS, 1x Finger Print Reader
- 23.4 x 13.3 x 2.8cm, 830 kg (update: Carrypad calls this a HEAVY BEAST and still asus has not corrected it)
Official Press release [ASUS]
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22Aug2006
Q1 was there and we have had dozens of reviews. Let’s welcome the Q1b which might be in some ways better configured than the Q1.
The Q1b will be powered by a VIA VX700 integrated chipset, which might give some better battery performance. Upto 1GB of Ram and 60 GB Hard drive. Other than that there is no much difference between the two.
Q1b Manual here - pdf [Via Carrypad]
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02Aug2006
Tabletkiosk today announced the 7200 series of eo’s, These will be running on Intel.
| |
7210 |
7209 |
| CPU |
Intel Pentium® M 1.0GHz w/ 2MB L2 cache |
Intel Celeron ® M 900MHz w/ 512KB L2 cache |
| System Memory |
1 x SODIMM DDR2 Slot with 1024MB |
1 x SODIMM DDR2 Slot with 512MB |
| Hard Drive |
1.8″ 60GB, 4,200 rpm |
1.8″ 30GB, 4,200 rpm |
| VGA Chipset |
Intel 915GMS with Embedded 3D Engine
DirectX 9 Compliant
Supports Dual-Display Option with Cradle |
Intel 915GMS with Embedded 3D Engine
DirectX 9 Compliant
Supports Dual-Display Option with Cradle |
| VGA Resolution |
800×480 Native
Zoom mode to display 800×600, 1024×600 |
800×480 Native
Zoom mode to display 800×600, 1024×600 |
| Display |
Ultra Slim 7 ” TFT-LCD Resistive Touch |
Ultra Slim 7 ” TFT-LCD Resistive Touch |
| Input Device |
Resistive Touch Screen with stylus pen
and Synaptic Stick Cursor |
Resistive Touch Screen with stylus pen
and Synaptic Stick Cursor |
| Wireless Networking |
802.11b/g and Bluetooth v1.2 |
802.11b/g and Bluetooth v1.2 |
| Operating System |
MS Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 |
MS Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 |
| Shipping |
By the end of August 2006 |
By the end of August 2006 |
More details & Pre-Order at Tabletkiosk
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