Cars are one of the many places that UMPC’s fit in very well. Only a short session browsing the forums at MP3car.com gives you an idea of how popular car pcs are becoming. As I write this there are 450 people actively reading the forums, they have 50,000 members and have nearly 900,000 postings. That’s huge and until now, all they had were hand-built PC’s. Now the ultra mobile PC is on the scene, I think it will open up the possibilities to many many more people.
The Vega ultra mobile PC is a good example of a ultra mobile PC that would work well in a car. Its small enough to sit on a dashboard and (given a bluetooth adaptor) can support Navigation, Video, Internet access and audio.
Navigadget wrote a brief article the other day on a Korean ultra mobile PC that appears to be aimed directly at the auto market. Its the Uren V1.
Its got a typical ultra mobile PC specification list comprising 1Ghz processor (type unknown,) 7″ screen, 30GB drive etc etc. There’s a GPS built in, a camera and as its a Korean device, it has DMB digital TV support.
There are no buttons on the frame which, although it makes the device look very slick, won’t help with two-handed operation. Its obviously designed for mounted operation using touch or pen (or attached USB keyboard and mouse.)
What I really would like is that screen mounting solution and the remote control. All UMPCs aiming a consumer market should include these as they hint at some of the usage scenarios that are possible, give it a consumer feeling and, of course, enhance its input/output mechanisms.
The car-based PC market is going to grow rapidly in the next 3 years. Once manufacturers squeeze the last out of the pocketPC platform for Navigation units in cars, you’ll start to see more and more enhanced car-pc options becoming available. Coupled with a Bluetooth enabled car stereo and a 3G mobile phone, there are a ton of possibilities.
Navigadget have more pics and details.
Steve / Chippy
Where can I buy this? I love the size and form factor. Is there a distributor for an English version?
At the moment I can’t find any info about suppliers.
My suggestion is to drop an email to dynamism.com. They have offices in asia I think and might be able to source one or get you more information.
Regards
Steve.
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Hi, this is canny hwang, salesman of UREN. For your understanding, i will summarize as follow,
1. UMPC + Navigation
2. Windows XP Home Edition
3. 7″ WVGA TFT LCD, Touch screen
4. 1,8″ 30GB, 695g, 800X480
5. 1.5h(V1), 2.5(A1)of battery life
6. FM Transmitter
7. 2 USB2.0 ports, SD slot, Video out and the like
8. 801.11b/g, Multi-tasking available
9. Built-in GPS antenna, wired/wireless LAN
10. Others
I would like to detailed information concerning UREN. Could
you, administrator, please let us know the opportunity?
There is no camera function on our product. Fault should be changed.
Administrator, i would like to post our script on this page or somewhere.
Could you please let me the how we could do?
canny@innowell.co.kr is available.
Contact me concerning UREN at any time being.
For your reference, Our web, http://www.uren.co.kr/www.innowell.co.kr are in the process of making English version. Therefore, please wait a little to surf our info.
Hi,
I buy this V1 in China but I’m from Poland. I put Polish Xp but I don’t have any drivers and program (Uren Space, etc…). I try login in uren.co.kr but I must have Korean ID. Where I found this?
Best regards