This is a great thing for the community. Three fantastic resources on ultra mobile computing, UMPCPortal, jkkmobile, and Liliputing are teaming up to help provide us with more information on what is going on in the wacky world of mobile computing. We’ve always tried to keep up with all the UMPC, MID and netbook products [...]
With everyone from the new Commdore getting into the fray, It wouldn’t be a new day without new Netbook announcements or pictures. jkkmobile links to pictures from Aving of Samsung’s entry into the wackiest market since someone got the idea to great novelty USB keys. This looks like a 10 incher. jkOnTheRun links to other [...]
Call it the Willcom D4 or call it the Sharp WSO16SH. Either way call it interesting. Jenn at Pocketables has put together a nice review of this Atom device running Windows Vista. This device has attracted a lot of attention due to its small size and supposed power. Jenn actually thinks it runs Vista satsifactorily [...]
Several weeks ago I conducted an experiment. I wanted to see if it was possible to buy a used notebook computer that was comparable or better than the current netbooks on the market. It is possible to buy a netbook, an ultraportable laptop computer that is designed primarily for light functions and web browsing, for [...]
PCAuthority has the goods on Toshiba’s entry in to the ultra low cost space – a prototype handheld touch device sporting a 5.6″ screen, running Vista on an Intel Atom processor. Looks like a UMPC / Origami to me. Strangely, Toshiba had this to say about the device: “We don’t think this [prototype] is commercially [...]
Daewoo Lucom’s Lukid has entered the UMPC arena with a mini notebook, this time geared towards the education market . Although the Lukid isn’t marked for US release, its use of Intel’s Classmate platform provides movement within the lower-cost, lower-powered education sector where educational integration of technology is on the rise. The 9″ screened device [...]
Love them or hate them, netbooks are becoming blazingly popular and promise to become even cheaper than they currently are. A netbook is typically described as a smaller laptop that offers less performance but small form factor and reasonable price. They came about largely because of the One Laptop Per Child project which attempted to [...]
Looks like Microsoft is listening to feedback regarding XP and ULCPCs, allowing XP Home to be installed on devices up to 14.1″ and those sporting touch screens. This is a change from their previous policy of not allowing touch screens, and limiting the screens to 10.2 inches. They also increased the diskspace requirement from 80 [...]
HP announced today a large scale deployment of the HP 2133 Mini-Note to the Fresno (Calif) United School District. The 7,000 Mini-Notes are going to kids in K-12. ““The HP Mini-Note is a powerful laptop that is small enough to fit on students’ desks along with their textbooks and papers, allowing them access to the [...]
Jenn at Pocketables is running a contest to give away an MSI Wind. She’s starting up the Pocketables Forum to compliment her already excellent blog and to get in on the contest all you need to is register and participate in the forums. Here’s a link to the guidelines. The contest runs through July 1. [...]
Looks like Dell had press event in Austin and unfurled much more about the Dell Mini-Note that caused quite a storm at the D6 conference last week. Here is what APC Mag is reporting on what Dell was showing off at the press event: The mini-note will likely be an Atom processor likely run XP [...]
Remember the NoahPad from CES? We haven’t seen much about this curious device with the curious keyboard since. But it looks like they are still plugging ahead. An evolved version is being shown at Computex that inlcudes larger keys and and also multi-touch. I’m still not convinced about this concept, but as I said, E-Lead [...]
What’s a nettop you ask? According to Microsoft it is an ultra-low cost desktop computer originally targeted at that same student and first timer in emerging market group as the netbooks. Microsoft had already announced an extension of the life cycle for XP for those portable devices, with some restrictions, and now is giving the [...]
I can’t say I blame the folks at Gizmodo. They are trying to make sense out of the mobile scene this days what with UMPCs, ULCPCs, mini-notebooks, ultraportables, subnotebooks, and netbooks, all floating around out there and no one really sure which is what when it comes to naming and branding. They offer a primer [...]
Some folks are getting their hands on the MSI Wind and we’re seeing some early reports. Crave has put up a pretty thorough first look. Their opinion is that this could offers a signficant challenge to the Asus Eee PC. Intriguingly they can’t talk about the CPU yet, although they tell us it can be overclocked [...]
Yesterday it was Michael Dell himself unveiling a brief glimpse of Dell’s mini-notebook. Today we get to see some pics of Acer’s Aspire entry into the ultra-portable class, called the Aspire One. No real specs yet, and word is we’ll probably see more info on this at Computex. Via UMPCPortal Tags: Acer+Aspire+One
Interesting. Looks like the differences between black and white models of the Asus Eee PC aren’t just black and white. Apparently the keyboards and keys are also a little different. Via Endgadget Tags: Asus+Eee+PC
Call them mini-notebooks, call them ULCPCs, call them ultra-portables, it doesn’t make much difference. The new wave, sparked by the introduction of the Asus Eee PC continues to breed more and more entrants. Case in point, the MSI Wind looks to be heading to the U.S. in June, although interestingly enough only the 10 inch [...]
Interesting reading from PC World / IDG News on Microsoft’s ULCPC program, and their decision to exclude touch screens from the ULCPC effort. It is quite puzzling to me why Microsoft would exclude touch screens from the ULCPC area. JKKMobile offers up his own commentary. Here is a snippet from PC World. Microsoft is launching [...]
If you’ve been interested in the HP 2133 Mini-Note but have been waiting for pricing on a version with XP pre-installed, some pricing is now available, although some of what you’ll find in this post may change. Remember this is mini-notebook from HP can be had with a range of options depending on what you [...]
DailyTech is reporting that Intel will face a shortage of the Atom chipset possibly extending into Q3 of 2008. Apparently demand from Asus with their Eee PC line and the “I want to be like Asus” club is quite heavy. Asus’ CEO is quoted in the article as saying, “Unlike our competitors, we use both Intel [...]
jkkmobile has turned the camera on the Asus Eee PC 900 and given it a once over. He says he has lots more to say coming up. In other Asus Eee PC news it looks like Asus is going to spin off the Eee PC line turning it into its own brand. That only makes [...]
jkkmobile has his hands on the Asus Eee PC 900 and has put together an unboxing video of Asus’ newest. (Well at least it is the newest this week.) > Tags: Asus+Eee+PC+900
Later today the pre-production evaluation HP 2133 Mini-Note gets packed up and returned to HP, thus ending my evaluation of this intriguing little entry into the ultra-portable or ultra-low cost PC market. Here are some final thoughts I’ve gathered. Keep in mind, I’m evaluating a pre-production model, so some of my experiences may be different [...]
UMPCPortal is linking to a Linux Wizard article and offers up info on a marriage between Airis and Telefonica in Spain that offers users a subsidized price of 99 Euro price point on the 299 Euro VIA-based Airis Kira. That initial price point will cost you 40 Euro a month for connectivity charges. It will be interesting [...]
Gail Levy of TabletKiosk has blogged some thoughts on the new Ultra-Low-Cost PC platform from a UMPC OEMs perspective and it is quite a good read. She lays out TablketKiosk’s UMPC goals and options and says she finds it disappointing that Microsoft is “embracing these new devices by extending the life of XP without considering some [...]
Another video for everyone this morning. This time it’s of the new Asus’ EeePC 900. There have been a quite a few pictures and other news of this new (and larger screen) EeePC, but this is the first one that I have seen that demonstrates the ‘multitouch’ trackpad. If you want to skip over everything [...]
Rob and I are doing some comparisons and look-sees at the various Tablet PCs and mobile devices we brought along to the Microsoft MVP Summit. See if you can tell us what we have displayed in this picture. Click on the picture for a larger view. Tags: MVP+Summit, Tablet+PC
Steve “Chippy” Paine and jkkmobile continue to do some podcasting about UMPCs and other mobile devices and there stuff is always a good listen, with more than a nuggest or two surfacing each time they hit the microphones. If you haven’t checked them out yet, you should. The recent edition features a chat on Atom, [...]
Crave is running an interesting piece that offers some insight (some clear, some that raises more questions) on HP’s decision to use the VIA C7–M chipset for the new HP 2133 Mini-Note. The quote from notebook product marketing manager Robert Baker is this: Via gave us that right mix of performance and price for the type [...]
When my wife, Thomasin, got her hands on the Asus Eee PC back in December, she had some reservations about the tiny little ultra-portable that shook the mobile space. But she seems to have overcome those as it is now difficult to pry the Eee PC out of her hands. So, I was very anxious [...]
James Kendrick raises an interesting discussion topic in his post this morning about the premium Tablet PC users pay for Tablet functionality, especially now as the move to Ultra-Low-Cost PCs (ULCPC) is in full swing. JK describes himself as an unusual Tablet PC owner in that he is dependent on taking notes all day. I [...]
According to this story at RegHardware, Dell is preparing to go head to head with Asus and HP by releasing an Ultra Low-Cost PC in the June timeframe, which raises the possibility of Intel Atom chipset. Other specs are unknown RegHardware’s source, an executive at Compal, which is Dell’s manufacturing partner in Taiwan, says Compal [...]
We upated the HP 2133 Mini-Note review and Inkshow post mid-morning when we found a link to the product page for the HP Mini-Note 2133 and at the time there were a variety of prices (all the way up to $849–which was new news) and starting at $499. I was going to make this post [...]
Microsoft announced today that June 30 is indeed the final cut-off for manufacturers to make Windows XP a pre-load option on PCs, with an exception being made for those now popular low cost portables, like the Asus Eee, Intel Classmate, and others. Those low cost portables will still be allowed to ship with Windows XP [...]
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