It must be give-a-way Friday. Not content with letting Engadget grab all the give-a-way glory today, Steve “Chippy” Paine is offering up a WiBrain B1E from Mobilx. Head over to UMPCPortal for all the details and how to enter. And just to make things more fun, the GBM Staff conferenced this morning and decided that we [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Looks like Acer is also catching ULCPC fever and is planning on rolling out a few mobile minded devices for the second half of 2008. According to DigjTimes, Acer will be debuting both a 8.9 inch screen model (the Aspire) and a 12.1 inch screen model (the Slim Gemstone Aspire) with a top price of [...]
Steve “Chippy” Paine picked up some news from the IDF (Intel Developer’s Forum) that the 3rd generation of Intel’s Classmate PC, due in late 2008, will offer touch capabilities. Running Intel’s Atom platform, we’re looking at prices in the $300–$450 range. I’m curious how the evolution of these ultra-portables seems to be occuring. First they [...]
If you’re looking to pick up an Asus Eee PC running Windows XP you might want to pay a visit to Best Buy. If you read he specs the 7 inch screen model (the next generation will have a larger screen) is not only available on the web, but also for select store pickup, and the [...]
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 [...]
Look out. The Asus Eee PC has turned the ultra-portable and ultra-mobile market on its ear already, and with reports that the Windows XP version will hit Best Buy around April 9, I imagine we’ll be seeing some more head turning soon. Price point for the 4G version? $399. Via Gizmodo Tags: Asus+Eee+PC
The SSD market is getting a new player, and one with some weight and money to throw around. Intel is joining Samsung, Toshiba, and SanDisk in producing SSD storage drives. According to an interview posted on CNet, Intel will offer 1.8″ and 2.5″ SSDs with a capacity of 80-160GB in the second quarter of this [...]
Some times a picture speaks volumes, sometimes it says it all. Loren Heiny recently posted this sketch in a post titled Imagine how different the world would be. Tags: Haiku, Microsoft
If you’ve been thinking about picking up a Nokia N810 Internet Tablet, now might be the time. They’ve just droppe the price $90 to $389. Of course speculation is rampant that this kind of price drop usually means something new is coming soon. Via Engadget UPDATE: Round and round we go. The $90 price drop [...]
It certainly looks like there were quite a few UMPCs and mobile devices on hand at the UMPC Meetup at CeBit, sponsored by VIA Technologies. And it certainly looks like Steve “Chippy” Paine was in his element, surrounded by about 40 attendees as well as all those devices. Read more about it on UMPCPortal. [...]
Ultra-portables are trying to breeze into the market following the little cyclone called the Asus Eee PC that has kicked up so much dust. MSI is now showing off a prototype that, from what I’ve read, is a bit more configurable at purchase and maybe a tad larger than the Eee PC. The MSI Wind [...]
According to Bjorn Stromberg, the Gecko UMPC, which is priced at $300 is targeted at the developing world and is designed by Norhtec, some of the same folks who came up with the OLPC. It will run Linpus Lite. Running VIA’s C7–M CPU at 1.0GHz it comes with a 40GB HD and up to 1GB [...]
Wish your Cloudbook at a touch screen? Well, you knew someone would pull a jkkmobile and mod the device to include one. Cloudbooker has done just that, along with a USB hub and GPS. Via Gizmodo Tags: Cloudbook
jkkmobile and Steve “Chippy” Paine teamed up at CeBit to check out the MID and UMPC news and have been feeding the world some reports. They are promising more to come and if this tag team approach is any indication, we should find out what “new” news there was (I really didn’t see a tremendous [...]
Intriguing. Very intriguing. The Samsung Anycall SPH P9200 has caught many an eye is the last 9 months or so, and now we’ve got some pretty good video to examine it with thanks to Bjorn Stromberg at Ultramobilelife.com. I have to say as a convergence device that includes a phone, and with that foldable keyboard this [...]
jkkmobile finally got his hands on the Asus Eee PC 900, with the larger screen and higher res (1024 x 600) and has posted this video. Tags: Asus+Eee+PC+900
A lot of folks today are getting excited about the Asus Eee PC 900 which comes with a larger 8.9 inch screen in the same size form factor as the original Eee PC. According toSteve Paine at UMPCPortal they also improved the touchpad. How many versions of the Eee PC are we going to eventually [...]
Well, I guess that’s confidence. HP must think they’ve got a winner on their hands, and I’m surely hoping they do. According to reports from DigiTimes they’ve ordered up 2 million of the yet to be released Compaq 2133 UMPCs that we and everybody have been following. As Engadget points out, that’s 10% of HP’s [...]
Lenovo created quite a stir the past several weeks with the ultra-thin, 2.9 lb X300 notebook. After visiting the Apple store last week, I would have purchased the MacBook Air had I had the money. I’m glad I waited until I got my hands on the X300. WOW!! I’m amazed every time I pick up [...]
I arrived home today from our St. Louis trip to find a nice surprise – an evaluation Lenovo X300 Ultra-Portable Notebook. Being the true geek that I am, I stopped dead in my tracks to take pictures, comparing it to the Lenovo X61 Tablet PC. You can expect a lot more over the coming weeks [...]
As the final installment in this series, I’ll take a look at the target markets, availability, and my first impressions of the Celio REDFLY usage concept. Target Market As previously mentioned, the REDFLY is not being initially targeted at consumers. The targets are vertical markets and businesses. Considering the price point of $499, this target [...]
I got the opportunity to meet with Kirt Bailey, President and CEO of Celio Corporation, and Brad Warnock, VP of Marketing, to discuss the new REDFLY Mobile Companion. I came across this intriguing device at CES and I’ve been following it closely. I got so much good information from talking to Kirt and Brad that [...]
You may remember a short video that Matt and Warner did at CES on the NoahPad UMPC. This highly unusual UMPC has a screen that flips backwards so that you can type on the keys on the underside. (Not great unless you are a very good touch typist!) NoahPad has apparently taken the videos that [...]
WOW – Talk about a "Blue Light Special" The FlipStart is now the owner of half the price tag. The unit was just at $1499.00 the other day and is now selling for $699.00. Is this a sign of the FlipStart going under? It looks to me like it is about the price we all [...]
Apparently the Chinese newspaper Commercial Times has reported that Acer will follow in ASUS’ footsteps and release a small system with 8"-9" screen, sometime in late Q1 or early Q2. Of course, this is about the same time that the rumored Eee update will be made available. Acer will outsource the production of its low-cost [...]
Steve quoted it as the world’s thinnest notebook. Their target competition was the Sony TZ: 3 lbs, .8-1.2 inches, 11 or 12" display, miniature keyboard, and slower processor. MacRumorsLive: MacBook Air is 0.16" to 0.76". The thickest part of the MacBook Air is thinner than the thinnest part of the Sony. It fits inside a [...]
When Warner and I were at the Sands Convention Center we stopped over at the NoahPad Ultra Portable Computer booth. We have a great video showing the unit on all sides, the keyboard in action and at look at how it’s used as a mouse pad. It’s really interesting how it works. The ‘keyboard’ is [...]
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