Disappointing but not unexpected news. Steve “Chippy” Paine of UMPCPortal got his hands on the Viliv S10 Blade and does a quick unboxing and tour of the device. I’m not sure why I was hoping for better but as the video shows, the Blade doesn’t cut it if you want to use the stylus for [...]
Sascha Pallenberg at Netbooknews.com (known as the Netbook King) sits down with three of the newer netbooks on the market and checks them out. In the video he’s look at the Gigabyte T1000, Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t, and Viliv S10 Blade all of which have touchscreens. It’s a quick look at each, but Sascha knows his [...]
The multi-touch convertible Viliv S10 Blade, which I got to handle at CES, is coming to the U.S. from Dynamism. Featuring a 10.1″ HD LCD (1366×768) and Intel Atom processor up to 2.0GHz, it’s a compact but potent package with options for built-in HSPA 3G and 64GB SSD.
So I guess I owe Rob an apology for making fun of his crushing paper boats in his Microsoft Touch Pack demo. Amy and I gave it a go on the Viliv S10 Blade, and I sucked. In my defense, I wasn’t getting a lot of touch love on my side of the screen, and [...]
Maybe the folks at Viliv have been paying attention where other Tablet manufacturers historically have not. According to a press release (after the jump) announcing the N5 UMPC and the S10 Blade Tablet PC both will be available at unnamed brick and mortar retail outlets, as well as the usual array of on-line sources. The [...]
Chinese Korean blog Naver has new product shots and info on the Viliv S10 Blade convertible tablet netbook. Xavier previously put together a video hands-on back in September at IDF 2009. That model had a single-touch screen and 1.33GHz Intel Atom processor with additional options to be announced. The new info seems to show those [...]
Viliv keeps trying to pump life into the UMPC form factor and it looks like one of its next big moves is to launch a clamshell device. Good friends Chippy and jkkmobile point to a CES2010 release of the Viliv N5, a 4.8 inch UMPC with a keyboard. That keyboard thing to my mind is [...]
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