For everyone considering the Compal/Gigabyte/Aigo MID and looking for XP upgrade capability, re-tune now to JKKMobile.com where JKK is testing out the new drivers. First reports are that the new drivers may not be working with the current hardware but JKK is working further to confirm this. jkkmobile: Aigo MID XP drivers available.

My review journey continues with the Sony VAIO P. The unit is quite pleasing to use, even if it is running Windows Vista. A quick refresher on the VAIO P’s basic specs for those of you who are just joining us: 1.86GHz Atom CPU 2GB of RAM 128GB SSD 1600×768 screen Windows Vista Find more detailed specs on the VAIO P’s Portal page. So we have the top end VAIO P running Windows Vista. Certainly, because the OS is the center of everything that happens within the computer, people tend […]

Update: All specs now in the product database. Over the last few weeks we’ve seen bits on information on the Smart Q5 MID, but today it looks like we’ve got the official details. 1GB storage, 256MB available to user 667MHz ARM11 processor SD expansion slot (up to 32GB) 2,000mAh battery 4.3-inch WVGA (800 x 480) display USB On-The-Go (OTG) Bluetooth 2.0 120 x 74 x 14mm; about 160g WiFi (not confirmed, but assumed) Linux OS Nothing too exciting here, but for an inexpensive little web device it has all the […]

A few days ago I had an idea for simple  ‘g_rouping’ on Twitter and announced a new Twitter user as a gathering point for MID and ultra mobile PC friends.  There’s no sign-up needed, no passwords to enter and no 3rd parties involved. All you do to join the group is (be a twitter user and) follow the user g_ultramobilepc. 70 people have already signed up so all you need to do now  is take a look at the ‘following’ list (I’ve weeded out a few bots and spammers so […]

This is a short but revealing bit of info.  Inventec, the worlds fourth largest laptop manufacturer (and company that abandoned the ‘UMPC’ term last year!) has highlighted that mobile communications which lie ‘somewhere between handsets and notebooks’ will be one of two new growth drivers for the company. CEO Richard Lee also added that development is still at an early stage. Inventec to strength mobile communcation and software product lines in 2009. Clearly the MID segment is seen as an important area to put research into. Mobile phone expectations are […]

An interesting story over at Kotaku talks about a new service called OnLive. The vision of OnLive is to bring processing intensive gaming to low end hardware, a sort of on-demand gaming service. The way it works is essentially opening a video stream from the OnLive server to an OnLive client application on your computer. Your inputs would be sent to the server, and all of the game’s processing would happen on the server and the results would be streamed to your computer. The idea is actually not new, we […]

Jkk, the master of mobile modding, is always quick to point out internal shots from the latest hardware. This time, he found some shots of the UMID M1 [Portal page], which Chippy just recently wrote his hands on thoughts over at MIDMoves. Unfortunately the tiny laptop form-factor device won’t be that easy to mod considering the RAM and even the SSD is soldered to the motherboard. Jkk mentions that a 3G mod won’t be easy either as the UMID M1 isn’t using a PCI-E 3G modem. [ultra mobile PC Fever] […]

Mobilx kindly sent over a set of images showing how they installed 3G in the Gigabyte T1028M. Apparently everything went smoothly due to the pre-wired antenna and SIM holder. I’m getting excited for netbooks again!!! Check out the full gallery here. The T1028 is expected to ship at end of April. (See this article for pricing info and links)