Thoughtfix’s Nokia 770 laptop project is complete.

He’s taken a 770, an additional battery, a USB hub and a keyboard, made some new cables and fitted it all inside a day-planner case.

There’s some good videos, a flash presentation and some images so if you’ve ever thought about making your 770 more useful, take a look.

Part 1

Part 2

This modular approach is great. I’d like to see it taken further with ultra-thin, ultra-light, battery powered 12″ LCD screens available together with a keyboard in cases like this. You could just open up and connect via next-gen Bluetooth. Then you’d be able to use a ultra mobile PC as 1) and handheld  2) a desktop (in a dock) 3) a modular laptop.

Thanks Thoughtfix.

Steve / Chippy.

Carrypad links: Nokia 770 data-sheet.
tags: umpc, 770, tablet, project

Watch out for this if you’re thinking of putting one-care on your ultra mobile PC (or any touchscreen device for that matter.)

Thoughtfix at Ultramobilegeek.com had some problems with his eo. Installing the Windows OneCare security packages disabled his touchscreen.

I have a feeling that Kevin Tofel of jkOnTheRun uses OneCare on his Q1. Maybe Thoughtfix should drop the guys a line. I’d certainly be interested because I’m due for a renewal on my Anti-Virus software and I won’t be buying Kaspersky again. So far I’ve heard nothing but good reports about OneCare and at $50 for 3 PC’s it’s also good value.

Steve / Chippy

tags: umpc, security, touchscreen, OneCare

jkOnTheRun has some photos of the Q1 car dock. Actually it looks more like a simple holder rather than a dock. There’s also some photos of the extended battery. Pop over to take a look.

The items are appearing on EBay via sellers in Asia now so at least we know that they are available somewhere in the world! Here’s a picture one of the items that’s being offered at the moment.

Taking a look at the various UMPC-related auctions on EBay, I found this.

Its a strange-looking tablet that I’ve never seen before. It labeled as a Fujitsu Stylistic LT P600 and Its got an old old spec. Anyone know anything about it?

Also going on EBay are a stack of UMPC-related domain names. $2K for UMPC-ACCESSORIES.COM anyone?

Regards

Steve / Chippy

tags: samsung Q1, umpc, accessories, car

I’ve really been trying to ignore all the rumours about an Apple tablet/ultra mobile PC over the last 6 months but this one has caught my eye.

It was shown on jkOnTheRun just a few minutes ago and it just looks lovely. The image shows a price of $2499 and what looks like a 10″ or bigger screen. Possibly not a ultra mobile PC then.

Event if it’s a photoshop design, its worth airing just as a recommendation to Apple. Just like this one that we saw back in March.

The image was sent to jkOnTheRun from blog.hooway.com

tags: apple, tablet, umpc

Brando workshop make a small keyboard and Thoughtfix went out and bought one…for $25! A bargain.

It’s the perfect size to fit in a ultra mobile PC gadget bag.

If you’re in Europe, its sold under the Keysonic brand as the ACK-3400U for 20,- Euro.

Thanks Thoughtfix.

Update: Jezlyn at “Late to the Party” found another option.

Details here.

Update 2: jkOnTheRun found another! Info here.

tags: umpc, keyboard

According to a story on CNN, two websites, umpc.cn and umpc.com.cn just sold at a chinese auction for 390,000 yuan ($49,000). The success of the auction not only shows that china is becoming more accepting of the internet, but hopefully also that UMPCs are becoming a more accepted as a technology.

Source: [url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/08/18/china.domain.name.reut/]CNN.com[/url] Read the full story

Steve at Carrypad.com just received some new marketing materials from Asus and [url=https://www.umpcportal.com/journal/2006/08/more-r2h-images.html]posted some info in his blog[/url]. He also listed some [url=https://www.umpcportal.com/gallery/v/r2h/]new pictures of the device[/url].

There are pics of all sides of the device so go check them out. Read the full story

Kevin Tofel of jkOnTheRun has been playing with Ubuntu on his Q1 and came up with the same problem as others did. Touchscreen.

Linux is one of the things that Thoughtfix will be looking at on his eo. Thoughtfix has done a lot of work with Linux and I plan to keep in touch with him on his progress. I’ve also got some support available from Epios who are also interested!

Its going to take some time but I feel quite confident that Linux on an Origami is going to be achievable and, importantly, useful!

If you’re interested in Linux on UMPC’s , there’s a Linux section over at Origamiportal.com forums where we’re tracking as much as we can on the subject.

Steve /Chippy.

tags: umpc, linux, ubuntu, epios