Microsoft truly want to kill Origami devices. They’ve now extended the XP timeline for nettops. Customers and partners have made it clear to us that they want Windows on their netbooks and nettops," said Steven Guggenheimer, corporate vice president of the Original Equipment Manufacturer Division at Microsoft. "We are committed to providing Windows solutions for these devices, helping to ensure a high-quality experience for both our partners and customers. Steven Guggenheimer. ultra mobile PC customers here have made it pretty clear too. Hello Mc Guggenheimer, anybody home? The Microsoft press […]

There’s a lot of news coming in right now. I’ll make brief posts and follow up later with commentary if neccecsary. Here’s a new video of the ASUS Eee PC 901 from Sascha at Computex.

Fresh from Sascha (eeepcpnews.de) at Computex. Here’s one of the first ever hands-on videos of the Acer Aspire One.

The Acer Aspire has been officially launched. I think we need to go straight to a photo first… Click to Enlarge. And then there’s the second good bit of news – the price. $379. The specifications look reasonable and include Intel Atom @ 1.6Ghz 8.9" LED-backlit 1024×600 screen, 512MB of RAM Linupus Lite OS 8GB of SSD. SD card reader (5-types) Four colours: four colors – sapphire blue, seashell white, golden brown and coral pink 248mmx170mmx29mm 3hrs (3-cell) and 6hrs (6-cell) battery options. Options: 1GB RAM, 80GB HDD. Windows XP […]

Lately it has seemed like a new netbook is announced weekly. With so many players hoping to turn a profit in this now hot computing sector, it’s no wonder that the demand for Intel’s Atom CPU is high. Sean Maloney, Intel’s executive vice-president commented in an interview with the Financial Times saying that Intel had received more orders for Atom than the company had expected. We’re ramping it strongly and are still catching up with the demand. I’m not expecting the shortage to last long. The chief exec of Asus […]

Jkk of Jkkmobile has unearthed battery figures for the new Atom based Eee 901. Conflicting with the rumored 7 hours of battery life, the official figures are 4.2-6 hours for the 6 cell 6600 mAh (48wh) battery. Jkk also reports that the 901’s batteries will not be compatible with previous Eee models. Weight of the unit will also increase over the older Eee 900; head over to Jkkmobile for additional pictures and weight info .

A new Intel Atom based “CW0A1″ netbook is said to be making an appearance at Computex this year. Its external design appears to be roughly based around the Easynote reference design that was seen quite a while ago. The 8.9” screen, 1024×600 res, and optional WiMax module position this netbook to be a competitor to the new Atom based Eee 901 that has already been spotted at Computex. Don’t expect to see the CW0A1 selling under FIC’s branding, as the company manufactures parts and full computers often for sale to […]

Fresh news from Computex! IVT has just announced that they have ported the Bluesoleil 5.0 bluetooth stack found on lots of computers to Linux. The program retains its GUI and user friendliness and is supposedly ported specificaly for UMPCs. However with all the naming confusion thats around and the fact that very few UMPCs actually run linux, we assume they mean Netbooks and MIDs. Expect this to provide a good experience with bluetooth on quite a few devices in the future. Source.