While ultra mobile PC products have been available online at Best Buy through Dynamism’s Escape program for the last three years, it looks like Viliv have now secured a direct channel with Best Buy. This is great news for Viliv and great news for UMPC’s in general as a major sales channel takes ultra mobile computing more seriously.
The news comes just as I’m wrapping up the full review of the Viliv S10 which will be published tomorrow. I’m just waiting for some feedback from Viliv on a few issues and then we’re ready to go. I’m also hearing hints that final availability and pricing is coming very soon! This week looks like a good one for Viliv!
New article: Viliv at Best Buy in U.S. http://bit.ly/dewurf
Viliv at Best Buy in U.S.: While UMPC products have been available online at Best Buy through Dynamism’s Escape pr… http://bit.ly/cy6WTl
Cant wait for the Viliv S10. Along with UMID BZ, the most exciting UMPC of the year so far!
There is a mistake with the harddisks description for the S5 on BestBuy’s site:
The (cheaper) 60GB is called out as SSD and the (more expensive) 32GB is a SATA.
Would be nice if they would be available in the stores though. Once you hold it in your hands it’s easier to make a decision which one to buy :P
Over at B and H its only $500 for HDD version. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?ci=13228&N=4294250021+4289366905
This is so weird that it took this long to show up on UMPC portal. I posted this on the Viliv Face Book page! Sometime ago they deleted it or something. They had it since end of Feb/early march!