[url=http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2006/07/projectroadmap_.html]jkOnTheRun[/url] just released some information on [url=http://www.design-universe.com/newsletter/newsletter_1.htm]Project Roadmap[/url].

Project Roadmap is software which helps business travelers stay connected to what they need while on the road.

The Design Universe website says:
[i]Tablet PC software designed specifically for the busy traveler. A unique set of pre-defined electronic forms which help you with all aspects of traveling; from packing your things to booking flights and hotels, to planning your meetings or mapping your tour of an exotic destination. Complete the forms in natural handwriting on your Tablet PC, and let the computer recognize it into text, look up your maps, connect you to your Airline’s website, and more. It’s the ultimate sidekick for the jet-set![/i]

Looks like a good tool for business travelers.

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According to Kevin Tofel at
[url=http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2006/07/slingbox_price_.html]JKontherun.com[/url] Best Buy just dropped the price of the [url=www.origamiportal.com/link.php?slingbox]Sling Media SlingBox[/url] to $149.99.

Since the SlingBox seems to be the “must have” item for the UMPC devices, getting it cheaper seems like a good time to buy it.

In an effort to compete in the UMPC market, OQO has dropped the price of its [url=http://www.oqo.com/store/shop.cgi/op/op_index.html]Model 01+[/url] by $200.

The OQO is now being priced at $1699, making it now cheaper than the Sony UX micro PC.

My belief is that both the OQO and Sony UX are too expensive in the UMPC market right now considering the eo and Q1 are both around $1000. However both the eo and UX series come with a keyboard so that might be adding the extra $700 or so.

I have been trying to get this article written for a few weeks but it just kept getting pushed to the side as England got further and further into the World Cup.It appears that I’ve got time on my hands now after we lost on Saturday!! At the Computex trade show in Taiwan last month, VIA held a special event known as the VIA Technical Forum2006. Its a series of presentations by experts in VIA’s areas of interest and I’ve gone through all the UMPC-related presentations to try and get […]

At the Computex trade show in Taiwan last month, VIA held a special event known as the VIA Technical Forum. It was the 7th year of presentations by guest speakers in the areas of industry that VIA are focusing on. Unfortunately we weren’t able to get there for the event but we’ve been analysing the presentation slides that are available on the VTF website and here’s an overview.

The most interesting presentations for the UMPC market were in the dedicated Ultra-Mobility Technology presentation track. Here’s a run-down of the main presentation content.

Digitimes, a news website covering IT in Asia is reporting that the use of LEDs as a screen backlighting technology won’t take off until later than expected. Previous forecasts had talked about a late 2006 take-up of the technology but this has now been revised to mid 2007. Currently most backlighting is done using a power-hungry method with cold-cathode flourescent tubes (CCFT) but using high power LEDS would bring down the power requirements significantly. Having done some analysis, we agree with reports that say that current existing backlights account for […]

er! where are they? The UMPC’s on the market are more than capable of being a main office ‘CPU’ but without a docking solution, there’s no way to do it. Here’s 1500,-Euro to the first manufacturer that can meet my specs. Honestly, I will buy it as soon as it becomes available because its exactly what this ultra-mobile working house husband needs! I still use a 750Mhz desktop at my main office because I’m doing nothing more that writing documents, web browsing, listening to music, some technical drawing work and […]