A reader of GottaBeMobile, Chris Pirkner, has written in to let them know how he’s getting on with Vista RC1 on his UMPC. Bluetooth and camera don’t seem to be working yet so it’s not a complete solution an Chris also had to track down a few drivers from external sources. There’s a link over at GottaBeMobile. I think the guys over at GottaBeMobile are actually getting an i7210 this week so expect to see more news about Vista and the device very soon. Steve / Chippy. tags: 7210, founder, umpc, […]

So that just about confirms everything now. Winfuture.de have published hands-on news and images (German) about the Q1b. 1ghz VIA C7-M ULV based, longer battery life (untested. Claimed 60% more than Q1), brighter screen (+30%), HSDPA capability and there’s more. [Update: It’s not smaller. It will use the same sized case as the existing Q1.] Its going to be smaller and priced the same as the existing Q1. That’s $ Euro1199 in Germany. The compact flash slot goes to make way for the HSDPA slot with a theoretical limit of […]

Thoughtfix, getting well-known now for doing crazy things with Nokia Internet Tablets and UMPCs, has just completed another project. Its a new, very tidy, version of his laptop conversion for the Nokia 770. It includes keyboard, extended power solution and USB hub, all built into a, well, take a look at the picture below and head over to the article for more details, pictures and a video. Steve / Chippy tags: nokia 770, umpc, tablet View details of all Ultra Mobile devices in the ultra mobile PC product database. From […]

The UK is getting a third version of the Amtek T700 UMPC. The UBiQUiO 701 and 702 sold, it appears, exclusively through expansys. The 701 is the 512Mb/40GB version of the Amtek T700 and the 702 is the same device with the 6-cell battery, a leather case and mini usb keyboard. The prices look very competitive at £600 and £650 respectively. Thats very good for the UK. Availability is 16th Sept I’m also interested to see that the Founder Mininote is listed on the UK Expansys site too. I thought […]

I’m starting to take interest in Vista now. With integrated media center and tablet capabilities it will sit far above any other OS for touch-enabled devices. In fact, I don’t think there there is no other OS that can support the touchscreen, speech recognition (is it really correct? Vista supports speech recognition out of the box?) and has media center capabilities built in. Pricing for an upgrade, however, isn’t going to come cheap. $160 is what it will cost to upgrade a ultra mobile PC from XP tablet edition to Vista […]

Without power-efficient CPUs, Ultra Mobile computing just would not be possible. VIA, Intel and AMD know the important of this and are all putting more effort into development of low-power processors and chipsets. VIA already have the C7-M ULV, the VX700 and ‘John’. Intel are working on ultra-low-power single and dual-core processors. AMD have the LX800 that is now starting to appear in low-end Ultra Mobile PCs and ‘pads.’ As battery, storage and screen technology improve is it time to draw the line under processor power utilisation and start to increase […]

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The Samsung Q1b that was mentioned by two British tech websites a few weeks ago has been announced by Samsung at the IFA exhibition in Germany.

On Samsung’s German language IFA [url=http://ifa.samsung.de/]website,[/url] a presentation reveals the following:

60% increase in battery life (To 5 hours)
30% increase in LCD brightness
WiBRO and HSPDA possibilities.

In addition, through other sources, we know that the device uses a VIA C7-M processor, VX800 chipset and has a price set only slightly above the existing Q1.

An October release is rumored at this stage.

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Samsung makes some info available about the Q1b. One of the problems of working in the European timezones is that after I go to bed, all the good news comes out! I woke up this morning to read all the great news about the Q1P. Wow! 5 hours battery and built in Cellular data options. That’s just what everyone wants. Having missed the original news item, I decided to have a dig around the Internet to see what was new. Sure enough on the German website, there it is! A […]