Someone mentioned running a web server on a ultra mobile PC the other day. This morning I mentioned the same to Kevin Tofel of JKOnTheRun and then this afternoon, Linuxdevices.com ran a story about mobile phones becoming web servers. Running a server on a portable device (be it a smartphone, a ultra mobile PC or whatever) seems a bit strange to me becuase I can’t think of many apps where you would need to run a server component. The problem is, you really don’t want to be running services on […]

Since we started tracking ultra mobile PC sites in our link list we’ve built up a collection of 34 sites that are related to UMPC’s. Check out the list at the links page. There’s some really high quality sites in the list. If i’ve missed you out, like a forgotten Christmas card, let me know and i’ll get you on the list faster than an Eo can run out of battery power. In the last week we’ve seen quite a few new sites which is a great sign. I’m only […]

There’s a lot of news today about the Asus R2H ultra mobile PC being listed at WinHEC with a Core Duo CPU. ASUS Germany have contacted me to say “NEIN” The story is not true. It makes sense. The CoreDuo is 1) a higher power part and 2) very very expensive. As far as I know, the Asus is due out with GPS (option I think), fingerprint reader, single sign-on software, camera and lower price which will make it a great UMPC. There is a new version of the Celeron […]

According to a report (German/Deutsch) the Samsung Q1 is nearly sold out in Germany after 24 hours. The ultra mobile PC went on Sale in the ‘Saturn’ high-street electronics outlet on the 1st June and “including reservations, the device is nearly sold out” [translation] Again, like the reports of ‘sold out’ Tablet Kiosks, the actual number is unknown. It could be 5000, it could be just 2. Samsung have already said that they want to sell 300,000 Q1’s worldwide in the first year and regard Germany as a very important […]

On Tuesday next week (6th June) the Computex trade show opens in Taipei. There’s a few things to watch out for at the show that could be relevant to UMPC’s including devices based on the new Intel ultra-low voltage processors with Yonah (65nm) core. (Celeron-M and Core Solo 1.06Ghz CPU’s.) The VIA VX700 integrated north/southbridge chipset which is perfect for UMPC’s should get a showing too. Expect to see new UMPC’s announced in Taipei too. Not only becuase its an important trade show and there will be over 1200 exhibitors […]