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Yukyung Viliv X70EX

In a world of ever-multiplying Netbooks and increasingly more versatile smartphones, it seems like there's been no better time than the present for ultraportable computing devices. Amid a landscape of larger, full-keyboard devices and smaller, pocket-size touch phones, the only question is whether there is room for the UMPC (or...

Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, ultramobile PC, netbook, Viliv X70EX

Product reviews 2009-09-17

Comfort On-Screen Keyboard Pro 3.6.9 (Windows)

Comfort On-Screen Keyboard is an application displaying a virtual keyboard on the screen and allowing you use the mouse pointer or touchscreen to type the way you do it with the regular keyboard. Ideal for using on Ultra-Mobile PC UMPC and TabletPC with touchscreen.

Tags: Touch Screen, Ultramobile PC, Microsoft Windows, Comfort Software, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Peripherals, Components

Software downloads 2009-09-03

While I'm away..."How I'd use Classmate PCs in the States (and why I really want a UMPC now)"

While I'm away..."How I'd use Classmate PCs in the States and why I really want a UMPC now"Just get a NokiaI have a satchel that I throw in the boot of my Subaru whilst up in the Adirondacks with a Nokia N800 and Nokia N95 schmartphone (predecessor to N96->N97), and...

Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Keyboards, PC, Nokia Corp., Nokia N95, Intel Classmate PC, ultramobile PC

Discussion threads 2009-07-14

While I'm away..."How I'd use Classmate PCs in the States (and why I really want a UMPC now)"

Here's a blast from the past...This was originally posted back in 2007. Classmates and 1:1 have come a long ways, haven't they? While the United States and other established markets are not the target for Intel’s Classmate PC, I sincerely hope they bring something like this...

Tags: Intel Classmate PC, PC, Ultramobile PC, Classroom, Laptop Computer, Computer, Classmate, Productivity, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-07-14

Yukyung Viliv S5

Can Netbooks be even smaller than they already are? The answer is yes, but at a cost. Viliv, a Korean company, has developed what is essentially a Netbook PC packed into a case that's not much larger than a personal media player, a continuation of a trend of UMPCs (ultramobile...

Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, stereo speaker, Viliv S5, netbook, S5 PC PMP, ultramobile PC

Product reviews 2009-06-15

Samsung Q1EX-71G UMPC loses QWERTY, gains 4.5 hours battery life

Samsung Q1EX-71G UMPC loses QWERTY, gains 4.5 hours battery lifeWait until the iPhone verion comes out!Sweet! $ 499.99 ! Super Sweet!!

Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Samsung Q1EX-71G UMPC, hours battery life, QWERTY, ultramobile PC, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-03-06

Samsung Q1EX-71G UMPC revealed

First spotted at this year's CES, Samsung's Q1EX-71G UMPC is ditching its original split QWERTY keyboard for a full 7-inch, touchscreen display with 1,024 x 600 pixel resolution. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: Ultramobile PC, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Keyboards, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Peripherals, product photos, Samsung, UMPC, Q1EX-71G, Andrew Nusca

Image galleries 2009-03-05

Samsung Q1EX-71G UMPC loses QWERTY, gains 4.5 hours battery life

First spotted at this year's CES, Samsung's Q1EX-71G UMPC is ditching its original split QWERTY keyboard for a full 7-inch, touchscreen display with 1,024 x 600 pixel resolution, according to Samsung. click for photo gallery The device uses Microsoft Windows XP Tablet Edition running...

Tags: Ultramobile PC, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Battery, Samsung Q1EX-71G UMPC, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Engineering, Keyboards, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Peripherals, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-05

Check out the ultimate ultra mobile PC buyer's guide

Are you considering an ultra-mobile PC this holiday season? If so, then I highly recommend you check out the 11,000 word, 28-page Ultra Mobile Computing Buyer's Guide put together by the biggest fan of UMPCs I have ever seen, Steve "Chippy" Paine. He initially posted this in a 4-part article...

Tags: PC, Ultramobile PC, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-11-11

Toshiba launches 256GB SSD with MLC

Toshiba announced today an addition to its line-up of NAND-flash-based solid state drives, a new 256GB SSD, and the launch of a series of small-sized Flash Modules for Netbooks, UMPCs and other mobile applications. The new drives will be showcased at the CEATEC in Makuhari, Japan, from...

Tags: Ultramobile PC, Speed, Toshiba Corp., Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Serial ATA, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Storage, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-09-26

Samsung Q1 Ultra Premium

Once full of promise and impressive feats of engineering, the ultramobile PC category has fallen on hard times, outmaneuvered by a cheaper, more capable class of systems known as Netbooks or mininotebooks. Best exemplified by the popular Asus Eee PC, these laptops use the same small screens and low-power CPUs...

Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Keyboards, ultramobile PC, Samsung Q1, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2008-06-10

Is the UMPC finally ready for the masses?

Is the UMPC finally ready for the masses?You need to give credit to OLPC for opening everybody's eyes.The product you like, the EeePC, ONLY exists because of OLPC. OLPC forced everybody to think differently, and it also put the fear of god into a lot of people that were trying...

Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), ultramobile PC, One Laptop Per Child project, Thanks Ron

Discussion threads 2008-05-30

Is the UMPC finally ready for the masses?

I have to admit I have never taken the UMPC very seriously. A couple of years ago, I wrote a review for the now-defunct Personal Tech Pipeline of the Samsung Q1, one of the earliest versions of these machines, and I came away less than impressed. It struck me at...

Tags: Ultramobile PC, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Keyboards, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Peripherals, rjourn

Blog posts 2008-05-30

The ultra portable/subnotebook market continues to grow

James, Kevin, and I just finished recording MobileTechRoundup podcast #135, which should go live soon, and we spent a fair amount of the show talking about the ultra portable PC/subnotebook market and how it has radically changed since the launch of the Asus EeePC last year. And according to the...

Tags: ASUS, Mini-notebook, Ultramobile PC, Subnotebook, CNET UK, MSI Wind, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Notebooks, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-05-30

Triple booting into Vista, Mac OS X, and Ubuntu on a Fujitsu U810 UMPC

Triple booting into Vista, Mac OS X, and Ubuntu on a Fujitsu U810 UMPCNeat trick!I have to hand it to the guy who managed to get the three operating systems to work on the Fujitsu U810 UMPC. I have enough headaches with XP and Vista, and MAC OS X...

Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Fujitsu U810 UMPC, Fujitsu U810, ultramobile PC, Fujitsu Ltd., Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows Vista, Ubuntu, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-05-21

Triple booting into Vista, Mac OS X, and Ubuntu on a Fujitsu U810 UMPC

A few weeks ago Jason D. O'Grady posted about the news that a person was able to get Mac OS X running on an OQO. Prior to that Kevin Tofel had Mac OS X running on a powerful Samsung Q1 Ultra Premium UMPC device. I have the Fujitsu U810, but...

Tags: Ubuntu, Apple Macintosh, Device, Ultramobile PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Fujitsu Ltd., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-05-20

Fujitsu U810 UMPC gets AT&T integrated WWAN and a hard drive bump

I thoroughly enjoy my Fujitsu U810 UMPC because it gives me a full computer in a 1.5 pound package that runs for at least 4 hours with a single battery and wireless connectivity. Fujitsu just announced the availability of a model with integrated AT&T Broadband wireless data support. These new...

Tags: Hard Drive, Ultramobile PC, AT&T Corp., Fujitsu Ltd., Fujitsu U810 UMPC, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Microsoft Windows, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Software, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-05-02

MobileTechRoundup show #130, Affordable HP entertainment Tablet PC and Mac OS X on a UMPC

Listen here (MP3, 32.1 MB, 35:00 minutes) Subscribe to the show with this link RSS We put a small teaser in show #129 about another new device that James Kendrick has been playing with and in...

Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Apple Macintosh, Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Ultramobile PC, Tablet PC, Podcasts, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Internet, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Software, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-04-21

trafficGP 3 (Mobile)

trafficGPS works with any Windows Mobile 2003SE platform and supports virtually all GPS hardware. Designed to operate with the popular square screen format (240x214) and higher. The UMPC/PC version is designed to operate with typical 800x600 UMPC displays and supports virtually all GPS hardware.

Tags: Mobile, Ultramobile PC, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), GPS, Handhelds, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-04-18

(Photos: Willcom D4 runs with an Atom)

(Photos: Willcom D4 runs with an Atom)What does UMPC Mean?According to this definition of UMPC. This device is not a UMPC. If you are going to use these stupid Acronym and expected to be treated as an intelligent author, at least know what you are talking about and...

Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Tablets, photograph, ultramobile PC, PC, Touch Pack

Discussion threads 2008-04-17