Umid of Korea have kindly sent over a set of new images and the official specs of the nice looking clamshell device we saw a few weeks ago. It’s due for official launch in ‘early of 2009’ which hints towards CES or CeBIT. Pricing is unknown but with those pro-level specifications I would expect it to be more than the Aigo MID variants.
We’ve added all the details to a new UMID product information page so feel-free to browse the specs, the gallery, the links, see what devices are similar in specification (Fujitsu U2010 is probably the closest competitor in terms of form-factor but the Aigo MID comes closer in size) and take note of a few things. 1 – The battery is 17Wh which, given the lower processing power and smaller screen when compared to the U2010, should give it a 4hrs+, active-online battery life. 2 – The size. It’s much smaller than a U2010 so this one should be easier to slip in a jacket pocket.
Thanks to UMID for sending the details over. The device isn’t on the UMID website as we publish this but there’s obviously a placeholder there. No pricing or territorial info available at this stage.
That coverts to 6.22″ x 3.7″ x .74″; that is very slim but I wonder if 6.22″ will give enough space for those nice looking keys to actually be a touch type keyboard vs another poor thumb wannabe?
Could this be the PSION replacement so many (well, me at least) have been waiting for?
Nearly the same size (approx. 5mm shorter 5mm wider, 2mm slimmer) as a Psion 3a and the same weight too.
But why oh why did the not fit a larger screen. You could easily get a 6″ screen in this formfactor. even my old 3a had a 5 1/4″ screen.
This might be the closest yet for an ideal pocketable computer. I hope it will be as affordable as the 3a was which had by the way IMO far superior software than any rubbish which comes from MS.