UMPCFever continue their hands-on with the Aigo MID and have been playing with the device running under Windows. While they were there they did a CrystalMark test which gives us the first ever look at how various parts of a Silverthorne-based MID might perform. However, I would take these results with a large pinch of salt as they appear to be on the low side. The memory speed and disk speed figures look especially low so there could be some driver issues. Certainly the graphics figures should be ignored at […]

Two more items to tick off the list on the 800Mhz Atom MID’s: – YouTube appears to play flawlessly. – The CoolImage application does indeed look cool. Both videos (linked above) are from UMPCFever in HongKong. Keep an eye out for more! I want to see WMV and H264 at HD though. In theory, it works! Also on my list: Browsing Speed and plugin support for the Firefox 3 based browser. Standby Power drain Application startup times Resume times 3G reception quality And much more!

I can almost feel the frustration from here. Another high-end smartphone that’s capable, should you wish, of being a single converged device for voice, on-the-go productivity, entertainment and Internet, is not going to be sold in the U.S. As I understand it the Nokia E90 didn’t reach the U.S. either. At least not in any numbers. It seems to me that there is currently only one choice for a totally converged device in the U.S. – the Original HTC Advantage 7500. When the Sony Ericsson Xperia arrives in the U.S, […]

A lot of you already browse the gallery of ultra mobile PC images but most visitors don’t even know it’s there so here’s a little plug as we reach 2378 images! You’ll find most, if not all 140+ ultra mobile products represented with some press images, guest images and a stack that we’ve done ourselves over the last 2 years. There’s pictures of UMPC’s in-use, out-and-about and even some of me in the bath! Feel free to use any for your own use but don’t forget a friendly link-back!

The lucky lucky lucky guys over at UMPCFever got an Aigo MID [specifications] test device and have started to publish their hands-on reviews and video. This is the first time anyone has ever really had extended private time with a Silverthorne/Menlow-based device so pay attention as the guys have already got Windows XP up and running on the device although judging by their feedback on the Midlinux2.0 OS build, it’s looking like things are already pretty sweet out-of-the-box. [Commentary after the pic…]  

I suppose as someone who is somewhat well versed in the ultra mobile PC area, I should have taken a look at the Wikipedia page for UMPCs, but I’ll be honest I hadn’t until a few days ago. I found something rather surprising when I took a look at the page and it made me chuckle a bit. As you can see in the image above, there are several warnings about the article placed at the top of the page. The first one states: This article or section appears to […]

CHW, a Chilean website presents a brief but glowing hands-on report for the MSI Wind mentioning good keyboard, a cool temperature, and what can be interpreted as a responsive feel to Windows XP.  It also mentions battery life figures of 3+hours for the 3-cell battery and 7 hours for the 6-cell which, given the slightly more efficient CPU and, hopefully, a more efficient motherboard design combined with the LED-backlit screen, seem reasonable claims. [More after the pic…]  

Focusing on the ‘high-end’ of the market, the Fujitsu U2010 that was announced in Korean today will be an Atom-based (we assume Silverthorne/Poulsbo) ultra mobile PC running Windows Vista and including GPS and 3G. One of the problems of the previous U1010, the multi-function keys, might have been solved in this model as there’s a 6th row of keys on the device. Weight is an impressive 610g. Screen is 5.6" at, we assume, 1024×600. I also see a fingerprint reader and SD card reader.  There’s no word on processor speed […]