LINK to KIDC blog. Click for more images. View details of all Ultra Mobile devices in the ultra mobile PC product database. From N800 to Flybook V5, its all there!

Pocketables have posted a nice detailed piece about DialKeys and the TIP (Touch/Tablet PC input panel.) There are some nice tips in there but what caught my eye were Jenn’s typing speed co-efficient’s. I know it sounds rather boring but its important. Pay attention please because when I list all the figures in order, it makes interesting reading. To some people. Maybe. Here are all the typing speed co-efficients that I know about at the moment. Its not many but its a start. What I’d like you all to do […]

Many thanks to Thoughtfix who, on my behalf, recorded an interview with Len Kawell, CEO of Pepper Computer while he was at CES 2007. Pepper Computer are responsible for the software architecture and user interface on the PepperPad 3 and a number of other optimised Web devices. In the audio interview, Len explains why the Pepper Pad exists, the differences between a Pepper Pad and a ultra mobile PC and how the first Pepper Pad was initially developed for kids. Parallels with the OLPC project there and one of the […]

If you normally use a standard PC screen then you’ll have a fairly standard way of operating. You’ll probably leave windows in the background and use the taskbar, ALT-TAB or you’ll just click on the windows to activate them. When you move down to 800×480, the game changes a little. You’ll want to full-screen every window you open, ALT-TAB isn’t easy and the taskbar becomes quite a waste of space at the bottom of the screen.

Thoughtfix has found quite a nice solution. Dexpot.

Click to enlarge. A view of the ‘Window Catalogue.’

Thoughtfix has has tested it out and he’s pretty happy with it. He’s mapped a button on his eo to the F2 button which enables the ‘Window Catalogue’ feature. This gives you a nice overview of your running windows and allows you to choose the window without having to ALT-TAB or play around with the taskbar. Dexpot also has a lot of other features too and the best bit of course is….its free. via John Tokash’s blog.

Huangtei, a new member in the forum has left a few more images of the US700W for us.

Here’s the US700W in front of an ASUS R2H.

And JKK has one more on his blog:

This is turning out to be a very exciting machine.  But who’s the OEM?

Here a link to some really great (and high quality) videos of Ultra Mobile PC’s from CES. The Medion, Samsung SPH-P900 and Pepper/OLPC are covered. [url=http://ces2007.video-blog.eu/category/pocket-computers/] Videos in low and HD quality are here.[/url]

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Check out Engadget for a nice rumor about a WebPad from Google. Something like this has to be on the cards doesn’t it.  And just imagine for a moment if it was real. Its a fantastic(al?) thought. Free web pads for all with the OLPC daylight screens! I use the Pepper Pad as my Google life pad and its damn good at it. I wouldn’t like a device without the keyboard though and I know that in 20 years time my kids are going to point to this post and […]

Update: Specifications now in the database. This is a great video. This is an awesome looking product. The US700W ultra mobile PC running Vista.   I have a new image too.   Its a strange angle on the picture. Because of the beveled edges it looks really thick. Its not. Its very thin. We’ve got to track down the company that’s developing this. I’ve had one tip that I’m following up at the moment. JKK also sent me the specs as a summary. Look! 1024 x 600. Look! 560g. Look! 20.5mm. Goooosfraba. […]