ultra mobile PC definition.
UMPCPortal definition: A highly portable computing device with 5-10″ screen, wired and wireless connectivity that is able to load and run common Internet, office, media and pim applications operated through a graphical user interface. [June 2006.] Netbooks, Carrypads, MIDs, UMDs, PIMPs, Internet Tablets and other mobile devices are a sub-category of UMPCs.
Intel definition of a UMPC: A sub-category of a Mobile Internet Device (MID) running Windows and aimed at pro-mobile or IT markets.
Many other definitions exist!
Highlighting the incredible progress of the netbook ultra mobile PC segment is a news article on CENS.com [who?] today. Here’s the big quote:
Inventec projects its single-month shipment of UMPCs to exceed 100,000 units for the first time in the third quarter of this year
Bear in mind that Inventec have nothing to do with the main netbook player, Asustek, so this is based on KJS (including Kohjinsha and Vye brands) and, if true, HP orders. I’m not aware of any other big sellers going through Inventec although i’m sure there are some less popular UMPCs being manufactured there.
Inventec are predicting a total of 12 million notebooks to be produced in 2008 so if we take the last quarter, the ultra mobile PC segment will account for nearly 10% of their production. If that’s echoed across the market and estimates of 120 million notebook sales are true (source: Intel/Gartner) then the ultra mobile PC market is going to generate 1 million devices per month by the beginning of 2009. It tallies with what Intel say about netbooks and keeps things on track for 50 Million market size by 2011 and most of the production seems to be happening in Taiwan where Asustek, Clevo, MSI, Inventec, FIC (MeePC/Cloudbook) and Quanta are all working hard.
Source: Cens.com. Slide: Intel.com (BPCS002 on this page) Thanks to FuturizeKorea for the tip.
