Gigabyte has announced that their version of the UMPC will be ready in Taiwan starting May 22 with an initial shipment of 500 units. They are positive that the UMPC market will be successful estimating about 2 Million units by 2007.
The specifications of U60 are
- Genuine Microsoft®Windows®VISTA™Business or
Genuine Microsoft®Windows® VISTA™Home Premium or
Genuine Microsoft®Windows® VISTA™Home Basic - VIA® Esther Mobile Technology
- VIA Esther ULV C7-M (1.0GHz~1.5GHz, 400/800MHz, 128KB/128KB L2)
- VIA VX-700 UniChrome Pro II Graphics Integrated
- DDR2-533 512MB on board (Max.768MB)
- 6.5” TFT-LCD WXGA, 800×480, with LED backlight
- with 3G support
all of this at an estimated price of US $920 (according to Gigabyte) but DigiTimes states a price tag of NT$26,900 (US$808).
Press Release | Product Page [Gigabyte]
