A couple days ago Microsoft announced another UMPC contest and now the prize is $600 or a Slingbox.

This time the contest is a picture contest. Take a picture that depicts the potential power of a UMPC.

According to their website they are “looking for entries that creatively demonstrate the potential of the UMPC to break the boundaries of PC capabilities in more mobile situations. The picture should illustrate how your life or lifestyle is or could be enhanced by a UMPC. ”

Check out the full rules and more details at
[url=http://origamiproject.com/contest/contest.aspx]http://origamiproject.com/contest/contest.aspx[/url]

[update, a comment has been left (from ‘DualCor’. See comments below.) saying that the cPc is not shipping yet.]We had a tip-off yesterday that the DualCor cPc devices are actually starting to ship to resellers in the U.S. There’s no way to order the DualCor cPc on the website so we guess there will be a networks of resellers popping out from behind trees very soon. Keep your eyes open for this. In the meantime, we’ve done our best to try and write a preview of the DualCor cPc, what […]

[url=http://mozy.org/vaio/]mozy.org[/url] has just posted instructions on how they got the Auditor Live Linux Distro running on a Sony UX180P.

Running the distro was successful however after booting it up the touchscreen, “VAIO Button”, Fingerprint scanner, Intel WiFi card, and zoom buttons didn’t work but if there are drivers supplied for linux they could get up and running.

Our [url=http://www.origamiportal.com/modules/newbb/viewforum.php?forum=9]UMPC Linux Forum[/url] has been off to a slow start but this adds one more succesful Linux Distro being run on a UMPC. (or micro PC or whatever the Sony UX is officially called)

From [url=http://www.handtops.com/blog/47/0/Linux_on_Sony_UX180P.html]HandTops.com[/url]

The Christmas season is obviously a big sales period for electronics equipment and this year there’s one more market segment that will be competing for your money. UMPC’s. Over the last few quiet months in the ultra mobile PC world, we’ve been hearing about new products that are going to be launched and it looks like these are all aiming for the Christmas sales period. In the far-east, work will be starting right now on production lines in preparation for production runs in August. Here’s an update on the long-awaited […]

Many of you will have read about Microsofts rumored Ipod-like device. Personaly i’m not really interested in another Ipod as I believe its days are numbered. Mp3 players belong on smart mobile phones or UMPC’s where you can connect to the internet and download/stream new music. However, when I read a little footnote comment/rumour on an Engadget posting about Microsoft wanting to launch a virtual mobile operator business using HTC phones, my ears pricked up. HTC are almost the same company as VIA (family businesses) and we already know that […]

Tablet Kiosk resellers PocketPC-solutions in the UK have emailed us to let us know that they have another image of the extended battery for the eo on their eo 7110 web page. Pictures are good, so here it is! Click to enlarge. Steve/Chippy View details of all Ultra Mobile devices in the ultra mobile PC product database. From N800 to Flybook V5, its all there!

[url=http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2006/07/excellent_head_.html]jkOnTheRun[/url] posted a link today to [url=http://meansquare.info/UXReview/vsOQO2.html]a great OQO versus Sony UX Article[/url].

The article is very thorough and goes through everything from size to outputs all the way to which fits in your pants better. (the pants part even includes a picture to demonstrate which looks better in your pocket)

If you are trying to decide between each of these systems or just want to get an idea about each one, this is the best article you could possibly ever find on the subject.

A few readers emailed in to ask what the availability of the UX50/90/180 devices in Europe is. We double-checked again with Sony UK and there are still no plans to release it in the UK or anywhere alse in Europe. Its probable that the UK is too small of a market and most of the rest of Europe requires different keyboards, manuals and software. It’s just not going to bring returns for Sony which is a real shame. Yesterday we read a really great review of the Sony UX and […]