Stephen Manes of PCWorld.com wants more keyboards. Many people have written about it and I too, strongly believe that UMPC’s need keyboards. Take the Psion 5 and Sharp S-CL3200 designs as examples. However, unlike Stephen Manes, Stephen Paine wants keyboards, touch-screen input, speech input, configurable buttons and a mouse pointer on his UMPC. A device that allows freedom from a desk, should also allow freedom of choice for input mechanisms. RegardsSteve / Chippy View details of all Ultra Mobile devices in the ultra mobile PC product database. From N800 to […]

I’ve just read the ChannelInsider article about the ‘second-chance’ that Microsoft is giving its UMPC’s. I was going to call it a headline-grabbing article but thats maybe a bit too heavy. Since when is a ‘second wave’ a ‘second chance’ though? ‘Second chance’ would imply that a first-attempt has been, gone and failed. I’m not the biggest Microsoft fan but come on guys, give them a break. The Origami project team completed its first deliverable – a standard for the partner manufacturers to work to – and since then it’s […]

Here’s the reason I haven’t posted much this week. Its the buyers guide that I’ve been working on. There’s too much confusion about what is and what isn’t a ultra mobile PC and what a ultra mobile PC can and can’t do. For that reason, I’ve put together as much info as I can in order to help those that are new into the ultra mobile PC market, those that might be looking at the devices for the first time and those that might be considering one for purchase. Maybe […]

A brief rundown of important ultra mobile PC market news this for this week. HTC own brandWe commented on the strength of HTC earlier this week in our Via OnDemand report. It seems that HTC are now moving into distributing their devices under their own brand. This is a good indication of the strength and direction of the company. If they do move into the ultra mobile PC market as predicted, we expect to see some strong marketing and high quailty industrial designs. HTC re-iterated their commitement to mobile carriers […]

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According to [url=http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2006/06/sony_ux180p_ava.html]JKontherun.com[/url] the U.S. Verison of the Sony VGN-UX50 (the UX180P) is now [url=http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?pfp=BROWSE&product_code=337635&Pn=VAIO_UX180P_Notebook]listed on CompUSA[/url] for preorder.

It can also be [url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FTLOR4/sr=8-1/qid=1150331738]purchased at Amazon[/url]

According to CompUSA.com the expected ship date is July 10th so it’s right around the corner.

The US version of the UX features:
* Intel Core Solo Processor U1400 (1.20 GHz)
* 512 MB RAM and 30 GB (5400 rpm) hard drive
* 4.5″ Wide SVGA LCD, Touch Screen
* Integrated WLAN, WWAN, and Bluetooth technology
* Microsoft Windows XP Professional

What an apt situation for post number 101. Being teased into responding and giving my comments on what ultra mobile PC means! Craig Pringle responded with his version of the definition of ‘UMPC.’ Its the very confusing microsoft product definition previously known as ‘Origami.’ Don’t think about Microsoft’s definition Craig, think for a minute about how a potential customer will try to understand the term ‘UMPC’. The first thing they will hear is that its an acronym for Ultra-Mobile PC. If you then try to create two definitions of the […]

I just read Craig Pringle’ latest post. In it, he says the that Motion Computing LS800 is not a UMPC. I think it is! Craig is a Microsoft ‘Most Valuable Profesional’ (MVP) so I can see why he might say that but I don’t think its going to be good for anyone in the ‘Ultra Mobile PC’ market, customers or resellers, that we draw a line between the Origami-derived UMPC’s and other UMPC’s Here’s a question. If Samsung put an AMD processor in the Q1 casing, should it be called […]

Its not quite an Origami ultra mobile PC but the Nova 5000 is nonetheless an ultra-mobile PC and one that we’ve had interesting discussions about with Fourier Systems recently. Fourier systems have been specialising in data-logging systems for educational markets for over 15 years and have just started to offer an ARM-based windows CE device as a base system for its existing data logging software and probes. The NOVA5000 is a ruggedised tablet running Windows CE5.0 on an Xscale PXA255 (400Mhz) processor with GPU supporting a 7″ 800×480 touch screen […]