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Thursday, July 31, 2008

HP's 2133 Mini Note: Great Design, But Compromises Abound

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 11:34 AM

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Thursday, June 5, 2008

AMD Sets Sites on a Piece of UMPC Pie

Posted by Chris Gohlke in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 04:00 PM

http://aving.net/usa/news/default.a...e=02&SP_Num=175

"AMD revealed its 8.9-inch ultra low-cost sub notebook during Computex 2008, which is powered by AMD Sempron processor, ATI RS690 chipset and Linux OS."



Looks like there will be no shortage of players in the low price UMPC market. This is AMD's upcoming offering set to go for about $400.

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• Source: Mobility Site

Unboxing & First Impressions of the HP 2133 Mini Note

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 03:37 PM

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Willcom's D4 Handles Vista in Style

Posted by Chris Gohlke in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 11:00 PM

http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/14/...nto-our-hearts/

"Check it out, 'cause you're looking at what must be the world's smallest QWERTY device capable of running Windows Vista Home Premium SP1. At least it will be when it makes its debut in Japan come June. Measuring just 188 x 84 x 25.9mm and 470grams, all that power / battery conservation / smallness of the Willcom D4 (aka, Sharp-built WS016SH) comes courtesy of a 1.3-GHz Atom processor pumping away beneath that sliding / tilting 5-inch, 262k color, LED-backlit 1,024 x 600 touchscreen hiding a 64-key QWERTY keyboard. Inside you'll find 1GB of memory, a 1.8-inch 40GB disk, 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, microSD slot, HD audio codec with mono-speaker, and Opera browser riding atop Japanese PHS (W-SIM) or 802.11b/g WiFi. Hitting Japan for ¥128,600 (about $1,254) -- a lot less with 2 year contract."



Oh my! That looks pretty sweet. If you need to be running Vista on a portable this looks like the way to go. I'll be curious to see some performance specs regarding how well this little number actually handles Vista.

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Thursday, March 6, 2008

Ruvo Avox A65U1 UMPC

Posted by Chris Gohlke in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 08:00 PM

http://www.digitalreviews.net/revie...ing-review.html

"I’m pretty impressed with the unit so far given the constraints of the 1.2GHz VIA processor chip and the size of the box. Battery life is a reasonable 3 to 4 hours depending on brightness settings alone. We still have to see what it will be under WiFi load, etc. What I particularly appreciate in the Ruvo Avox is the absolute silence of the unit. The chip doesn't need any extra cooling through fans and it is quite comfortable to have on your lap or in your hands for an extended period of time. I’ll tell you what: the “wife” factor is very high! She loves the Avox (keyboard is purrfect for her...)"



This has features of two devices that I love. It has the basic form factor and touch screen of the Nokia n800/n810 (see my video review coming soon) but in a larger package more around the size of the Asus Eee (which I recently picked up). Unfortunately, it also picked up my one nit-pick with both devices, an 800x480 resolution. Not that it exactly bad, in fact on the N800, it is amazing on a pocketable device at that pricepoint. But this is around $1000, so I expect a little more. In fact, you could buy the Nokia and the Asus and have plenty of cash left in your pocket over what this device goes for and I don't see much more that this gives you.

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Friday, February 1, 2008

Samsung's Q1 Ultra UMPC Reviewed

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 10:00 AM

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