When Gates announced the prices of UMPCs to be atound $500, we were having high hopes. When the actual first product (UMPC) from Samsung arrived it way too much at $1100. Then there was the TabletKiosk with the Via Chips that was less than a Grand starting at $900. Now comes the interesting part how about UMPCs that are around $700 or less - sounds great right… TMC Net reports that
After seeing the unsatisfactory debut of the world’s first Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) this spring, Samsung Electronics is planning to sell the next version of the mini PC at a bargain price, starting this fall.
The upcoming UMPC will hit the market around September at a price under 700,000 won, down from over 1.2 million for the initial Q1 model, a company insider said Friday.
To lower the price, Samsung will use CPUs made by AMD instead of expensive Intel chips, the Samsung official said on condition of anonymity. Also, subsidies from KT for its WiBro wireless Internet service contract may help drop the price further, he said [...]
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