07May2007
As we heard, Samsung is ready with its Q1 Ultra to ship this month. The best part comes from the pricing part of it. Samsung has always been the first in this game, Even when the first generation of UMPCs were announced a year back, they were the first to hit the store shelves and even this time.
The biggest compliant about the UMPCs were the price and Samsung seems to have hit the sweet spot. Yes starting just at $799 with the native resolution of 1024 X600.
GottaBeMobile has the full specs compared and the availability of these devices. Here is a sneak peak at it
- Entry — $799
Windows XP Tablet on a Intel Ultra Mobile Processor A100 at 600Mhz, 1GB Ram, 40GB HDD, 1024 x 600 native resolution + all the standard features including Wireless LAN and Bluetooth
- Better Consumer — $1199
Vista Home Premium on a Intel Ultra Mobile Processor A110 at 800 MHz, 1GB Ram, 60GB HDD, 1024 x 600 native resolution + all the standard features including Wireless LAN, Bluetooth and HSDPA.
- Better Commercial — $1499
Vista Business on a Intel Ultra Mobile Processor A110 at 800 MHz, 1GB Ram, 80GB HDD, 1024 x 600 native resolution + all the standard features including Wireless LAN, Bluetooth and HSDPA.
- Best — yet to be announced
Vista Business Premium on a Intel Ultra Mobile Processor A110 at 800 MHz, 1GB Ram, 32GB SSD, 1024 x 600 native resolution + all the standard features including Wireless LAN, Bluetooth and HSDPA.
all of these with more than 4.5 hours of battery life, which has been the next biggget issue in UMPCs so far.
Press Release | Specs & Price Compared [GottaBeMobile]
13Apr2007
Posted by Joe
in General and Videos.
You all will agree that the second generation of the UMPCs are much better than the first (the way it is supposed to be). So What do you think is the future of the UMPCs?
Take a look at this Video. I need one of these — any one out there ???
[Via GigaOM]
29Mar2007
Posted by Joe
in General.
We know its too late to ask this question, If you have been following various UMPC centric blogs, you know more.Vikram Madan, Software Development Manager at Microsoft, leading the development team that builds cool new experiences for the Windows Ultra-Mobile PC category started a blog.
Today the question is “what the @!#$ is a UMPC?” and he has summarized the UMPC to what we have been talking about for a long time.
…“Oy! So it’s just a smaller PC. What’s the big deal?” Wait. Don’t leave yet! J Yes, the Ultra-Mobile PC is a smaller PC. But this is a big deal – at least from the perspective of a deal you did not have before…
Get over there, and read all that he has to say, Not to mention the cartoons/ illustrations that accompany his postings are great too, like the one here.
What the #@#%$ is a UMPC? Orig-ins & outs… [Vikram's Blog]
28Feb2007
We first sighted this device as the “Arima” and later Medion announced it and this was supposed to be the first UMPC to ship with Vista and was scheduled for Jan 30. Steve has posted that it might get further delayed.
Gigabyte seems to be readying their UMPC dubbed the “Gigabyte U60″ which looks same as the Medion/Arima (if this is what the product will look like). They are planning to launch it at CeBIT 2007.
More details [via engadget]
16Feb2007
That’s exactly what these guys did, This could as well be done for the UMPC, may be it’s just a matter of time. Imagine having a laptop that is dual screen, no no not that Windows SideShow or dual screen thing. A real notebook/laptop that has only screens yes, 2 screens that you can touch, draw and type on. Won’t this be cool.
…its only sold in Italy and Australia, but if u can get your hands into one, you’ll never take them off. “Sketch pad, music score, graph paper: the Canova by is the redefinition of the tool for the creative mind. Dual display, dual touch-sensitive screens, an electronic pen and a dedicated hardware allowed us to bring this jewel to life.’
Canova Dual Touch Screen Laptop [via UberTablet]
