The Medion ultra mobile PC could have DOUBLE the battery life of 2006 UMPCs… But first, the images. These come from the OEM’s website. That’s a good looking docking station. If the Medion ultra mobile PC is shipped with it, it will enable grab-and-go home PC use.       In my quality mock-up (!) I proved that thumbing could be possible.   Note the touchpad on the bottom right of the frame. This is an update to the design. There was a mouse button before.   The specifications have been updated. They […]

The first thing I did this morning was check the Flipstart forum at Handtops.com for any thoughts and updates. Unfortunately there’s nothing new to be said. The teaser campaign continues. Kevin Tofel (jkOnTheRun) got a hands-on demo of the Origami Experience and was impressed. I agree. Its a significant and impressive bit of software even from where I’m sitting. Its good to know that the Samsung Q1 is running Vista too. If you look in the comments you’ll see a hint that Samsung might be ready with Vista on the […]

I’ve been watching my RSS feeed for abnormalities like a hawk. The Flipstart teaser sent the screen red earlier and i’ve still got a Flybook V5 on my radar… Yesterday, MobilitySite reported a brief ‘here’s something that could be new’ from the Flybook stand and after a bit of research, It turned out to be the V5. Gottabemobile posted some more images today and reported that it has an 8.9″ touch screen and 1.2 ghz Core Duo (U2500) processor. I still don’t have the full specs but it looks like the LG C1 Express/Xnote […]

I’m sitting here watching lots of people having a lot of fun in Vegas. I’m also on the phone the JKKMobile. We’re both watching TabletPCguy-cam and sending emails to see who can be bothered to respond to their push email! So far we’ve seen the GBM team, JK team,  the TabletKiosk team and many others that we can’t put a name too. Here’s the GBM team getting over excited at 5pm in the afternoon! From the lest thats Dennis, Warner, Matt and Rob A short time after this shot was taken the camera […]

As spotted by  Maxin in the Origamiproject.com forums, there is a new Flipstart teaser site live at Flipstartpc.com Flipstart is a company that has been talking about UMPC’s for a long time. In fact most people have/had written the device off as vaporware. I even categorised it as an almost ultra mobile PC myself! The really interesting thing is that Vulcan (the parent company) are sitting down at a meeting about NOW (3pm CES local time)to discuss the small screen form factor. Details here. The panel includes Averatec so maybe […]

The new ultra mobile PC touch-pack looks good. That’s what its all about isn’t it? The killer app. Or at least a convincing bundle of apps. Having just seen the Origami Experience video, I finally have enough desire for Vista to make me want to buy it for my UMPC. Unfortunately, as an early adopter, I have to pay for this upgrade but for others that have just bought UMPCs, the Vista upgrade and Experience pack is a real and valuable bonus. For those that are considering a ultra mobile […]

The Tablet guys will love this: “Who wants a stylus!” – Steve Jobs. 09 Jan 2007. I give you the finger. Oh Sorry. That sounded rude! It looks awesome and will do great things to promote the use of the mobile Internet but with a 480 wide screen. (I’m guessing from the 160ppi figure Jobs gave.) and no keyboard the consumer UMPC, uber-PMP and Uber-Smartphone manufacturers have a little breathing space. They could even position themselves to catch all the people that buy one and need: faster throughput (its GPRS […]

We’re at half-time with CES now. All the CES crowd are waking up from their over-indulgence last night, thinking of an excuse to miss the AMD press conference and taking their places for the second half. Its time to look at the scores. VIA 3 : 2 Intel Early goals for Intel from Sony UX 380P Premium and Samsung Q1P-SSD put them ahead in the very early stages but a quality fight from VIA ensued with what could be goal of the match from OQO Model 02. It was immediately followed by a tasty one […]