Engadget have some new info on the Averatec AHI ultra mobile PC that was rumored. There’s a tempting list of specs including the $800 price! “optimized for VoIP, videoconferencing, viewing live TV and VOD, and apparently even gaming” – Engadget. Like engadget say, its hard to believe the specs but we keep our fingers crossed.We’ve changed the status of this device from ‘rumor’ to ‘planned’ Steve / Chippy. View details of all Ultra Mobile devices in the ultra mobile PC product database. From N800 to Flybook V5, its all there!

At last i’ve managed to get some translation skills together (not mine!) and put together the bare bones of a German version of the Carrypad website. If you’re English speaking, you can stop reading now! Wenn sie Deutsch sind, probiermal das Carrypad Portal auf ihre sprache! Alle unser ‘reviews’ werde auf Deutsch ubersetzt und wir wollen auch anderer reports ubersetzen. Keep watching! MFG.Steve / Chippy. View details of all Ultra Mobile devices in the ultra mobile PC product database. From N800 to Flybook V5, its all there!

[Update:- Its Official! Available for Pre-order now at Amazon.com. Available Aug 15th for $699. (Not $599) Check out the Pepperpad homepage for more info. Press release is here. Carrypad product page has been updated.] Following up on some Pepperpad and AMD searches today, I think I might have stumbled across a little gem at Hanbits website. Pepperpad licensed the design to Hanbit in South Korea earlier this year and it seems that Hanbit are nearly ready with something. The PDF on their website show some new pictures and confirms that […]

There have been a lot of news ‘reflections’ about the Korea Times article that mentions AMD CPU’s and price subsidisation for Samsung UMPC’s. Personally, I think that the main part of the story is related to price subsidisation through a service contract which is something I believe could really fire the ultra mobile PC market. However, the AMD part of the story is also very interesting and I’ve been researching it ever since I heard about the Pepperpad Plus and reported that it might use an AMD CPU. I’ve just […]

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[url=http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/rumor-next-samsung-umpc-to-run-amd-178369.php]gizmodo.com[/url] has a link to story claiming that that Samsung will be dropping the Celeron M processor in its Q1 UMPC and will instead start using AMD chips to bring down the price.

Also, according to the story, in Korea they will be dropping the price of the device from $1300 to $780 by bundling the system with a subscription with the WiBro wireless service.

So at this point there are rumors of a VIA based Q1 and an AMD based Q1. We are still not sure which ones are true. However, seeing a price drop on these systems by fall would be great.

In a previous journal post , we highlighted that AMD look like they are being taken-up by UMPC manufacturers. The Pepperpad Plus was the first device that we had heard of that might use an AMD processor. We’ve also heard the news that Samsung may start using AMD processors. Now is probably a good time to take a closer look at the AMD processor range that relates to UMPC’s

[update: 06.06.06 – CTitanic has done some good work and tested out some possible fixes. Check out the results over at his blog.] My love of the VIA C7 processor and chipset took a downturn over the last 48hours. I was prepared to wait for the USB/C3 sleep state fix but now another problem has cropped up. When we tested the Easybook P7, we found, surprisingly, that watching DVB-T (digital TV over terrestrial) using a USB stick resulted in a high load on the processor. It was my understanding that […]

John Tokash has spent so many hours on his Eo that it’s starting to look unhealthy! He’s just posted a great set of tips for Origami-based (Tablet Kiosk, Paceblade, Smart-Caddie, itslabel and Samsung) UMPC’s on his blog. The Remote-Desktop tip is a good one. I had trouble instaling a few bits of software directly onto the 1024×600 screen but if i’d have used 1024×768 via remote desktop, it might have been succesful in my tests on the Easybook P7. Re-locating the taskbar is a great one too. Don’t waste pixels […]