Medion’s RIM 1000 was expected to ship in February — the first to sport Vista and the Origami Experience pack. We heard about it being delayed and Gigabyte wanting to join the party. FCC has approved the device and it should be ready to ship soon in the US.
The initial specs did not have any GPS in it. Navigadget reports it has internal GPS module. Get the Medion RIM 1000 pdf manual here
Medion RIM 1000 UMPC has internal GPS module [via UMPC Portal]
Well these are Refurnished units but were / are sold as new for $1800. This is a great deal.
Specs:
Supplied Accessories
We’ve been hearing about HTC joining the UMPC party for a while. A while ago, we thought it was only the HTC Athena or the Ameo or the Advantage that they were talking about — NO. Engadget has done it again, they have some great news, HTC will soon be announcing the “Shift” the UMPC that we’ve all been waiting for.
…the Shift (codename Shangri-La), is officially announced today. We don’t yet have hard details on release date or price, but we do know it should be available in Q3 (we’d estimate for under $2,000). As for features, we know not to expect anything out of the ordinary (except lots of 3G)…
The specs of the device are
The design looks impressive, and the keyboard is very much the same as they have used it in their previous model. Hope the pricing will be as engadget puts it (under $2000) — that could mean $1999, but we’ll like it to be around a grand.
HTC Shift — the cellphone company finally goes UMPC [engadget] | Press Release [HTC]
This one looks really slick and nice, JKK has posted a video on youtube from CeBIT, Take a look
Via Origami Project
Though TabletKiosk has been selling UMPCs for the past year or so, this seems to be a new product that’s built for some sort of rugged usage.
eo TufTab™ v7112XT
As TabletKiosk’s first Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC) designed to endure physical stress and withstand harsher environmental conditions than a standard computer, the eo TufTab™ v7112XT is the ideal solution for field work, warehousing, mobile point of sale, data collection and other jobs in which a computer endure excess handling. Its rugged construction compliments the 7″ UMPC form factor when used for accessing touch screen applications, taking handwritten notes, entering data and communicating over a wireless network.
The eo TufTab™ v7112XT, available in either black or white, features 802.11 b/g wireless LAN, Bluetooth® 2.0, a sunlight viewable 7″ TFT LCD touch screen with LED backlighting, SD-IO slot and a PCMCIA Type II PC card slot for maximum connectivity and expandability. For enhanced security, the eo TufTab™ v7112XT also features an integrated biometric fingerprint reader.
Powered by a 1.2GHz VIA C7-M® ULV processor and preloaded with a choice of Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Business, Windows® XP Tablet Edition or SUSE Linux, the eo TufTab™ v7112XT was designed to deliver a productive and efficient mobile computing experience.
“VIA is excited to have the rugged TabletKiosk eo TufTab v7112XT join the elite group of ultra-mobile devices based on the VIA C7-M® ULV processor. Durable x86 devices like the eo TufTab™ are an incredible resource for industries demanding long battery life, rich connectivity, and wide application support,” said Bjorn Stromberg, International Product Marketing Manager for VIA Technologies…
