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New UMPC from Inventec

Expect these UMPCs to be announced in Q1 07. Our source has confirmed that this is made by the Taiwan based Inventec. This device showed up along with the Yahoo Intel UMPC devices.

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Some of the details about the device:

  • Named the “U1” from Inventec
  • Targeted at the students community
  • Powered by Intel
  • Designed by taiwan based DEM Inc
  • 7″ touchscreen, 40GB HDD, WiFi…etc

If you happen to know more about the device, please let us know :)

New UMPC on its way

Medion, the company known in Germany for making cost effective laptops is working on its UMPC called the MD RIM 1000.

According to sources, the device is believed to have

  • a 6.5″ TFT touch screen
  • Slide out keyboard (love that)
  • WiFi
  • Bluetooth
  • GPS
  • DMV / TV Tuner

The config looks awesome, the pricing is not relvealed yet. BTW this delice looks very similar to the Averatec AHI, may be because both feature the slide-out keyboards.

Medion’s new UMPC MD RIM 1000 [via Engadget]




Asus R2H Price and Availability

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]

What is an UMPC worth?

According to an article on CNN, the domain name UMPC.cn along with UMPC.com.cn fetched a whopping US $49,000.00 Not bad for a domain name (wait that a lot for a domain name) So is the UMPC fire catching on? Well if not in the US the Chinese seem to think it has all it needs to become a success story.

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They also have this “apple table” – well we’ve had enough rumors about it and We’ll leave the rest to you.

Chinese domain name sells for $160,000 [CNN]
Apple Tablet News at UMPC.cn

Vega Exposed

Remember the speculated AMD powered UMPC for under $700, Yes details emerge that this is windows XP powered toy with 4.3″ Screen with 30GB/256 MB and WiFI capable with built in support for GPS. Cool all this for less than $700. In any case we’ll know more details about the product in a weeks time.


More Photos at Aving Korea | [Via Carrypad]