You’ve probably heard of the upcoming CrunchPad by now. Its a project started by Michael Arrington, and the goal of which is to bring a web tablet with easy to use functionality to market with a reasonable price. A recent post on CrunchGear says that Arrington may be planning a CrunchPad event (presumably an official announcement/launch) at the end of this month, or perhaps early August. Additionally it looks like the final price of Intel Atom powered CrunchPad will still be under $300 which certainly seems reasonable as long as […]

The master of mobile modding, jkk, wastes no time tearing apart new gadgetry. Case-in-point, the brand new Viliv X70 [Portal page]. Good to know that someone is brave enough to break open a new piece of kit and post up some high resolution pictures so that we don’t have to do it ourselves! Swing by jkkmobile for additional images.

Reading about the crunchpad on my own pad. Originally uploaded by umpcportal.com It’s a viliv x70 and is going on sale on 6th of july. See umpcportal.com/tag/x70 for info.

I’ve been giggling for the past hour. I just can’t work out if that portfolio case is a masterstroke or just plain silly but one thing’s for sure, it highlights how small this device is. Click through for the video and some initial thoughts.

The Kohjinsha SK3, the high-end 7″ convertible with a 3mp auto-focus cam (a first) and the smallest and lightest 7 inch convertible form factor we’ve seen to date has just turned up. In a short while I’ll be recording an unboxing for YouTube but it will be live at https://www.umpcportal.com/live where you can watch ‘behind the scenes’, discuss and ask questions. Update: Live session over. Unboxing post with video is here. Specifications here. I see Conics already have it listed for $775 which , for these specs, isn’t bad. The […]

Step 1. Go to HowtoBeMobile.com Step 2. Highlight your favourite HD YouTube video and tell them why. Step 3. Wait to see if you’ve won an NC20 TheNC20 might not be the most ‘ultra mobile’ PC out there (at 4.7 times the weight of a UMID for example) but notebooks in this bracket can make quite a good low-cost travel option so definitely come into the ‘mobile’ bracket. All the details are at HowToBeMobile. Good luck!

Update: Archos 9 is now in the database with all the specs and links to the important news and videos. Looks like some of the folks over at Cnet.uk had some time to ‘finger’ (their words, not mine) the recently unveiled Archos 9 UMPC. As you’ll recall, the Archos 9 is Archos’ first foray into the world of UMPCs, though they seem to have not realized that there have already been many device like this, and think they are being ‘innovative’ by removing the keyboard from the ‘netbook’ (am I […]

We occasionally joke that Asus seems to release a new netbook every week, however, one glance at their Eee PC product comparison chart, and you’ll find that our little joke isn’t exactly that far from reality. The comparison chart lists a whopping 27 (yes, twenty-seven) Eee PCs. You can compare to your heart’s content by looking at 19 different categories and seeing how each different model stacks up to one another. Asus even makes it easy for you by offering the whole chart in the website version or even PDF […]