Aigo MID with XP.. or is it UMPC then..

Testing Atom running 800Mhz with XP Pro..

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All drivers not yet working but looking good...

More coming soon.. Joe is testing more stuff right now..

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Unboxing and hands-on with Aigo MID

Joe has been playing with Aigo MID and posted his findings.. Aigo MID uses the same hardware as Gigabyte M528, but it has Midinux OS where M528 has Ubuntu Mobile

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"I have never play a small X86 device likes this. Compact, Stylish, Innovative and Entertaining.

The Midinux GUI is easy to play, easy to learn and easy to use (Hahaa~~). Most of the application you need may find in this small device.

The Intel Atom Z500 is not a high performance processor but seems work smoothly in Midinux (and Windows XP). All the thing govern my orientation to get one is the price!!"


Jump to UMPCFever for full read and gallery of pix

Details, Links and News about Aigo MID

Hands-on with MSI Wind

First hand-on with MSI Wind... and they love it!

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6 cell battery extends a bit..

Bright and sharp screen..

No heat or noise and performance feels good... but it ran at 792Mhz and didn't use the full 1.6Ghz even on load.

Note that even the keyboard is wider than on Eee, the key size is only 1mm wider...

Jump to CHW for full article [ translated ]

Meet Fujitsu U2010 UMPC

Looks good! Updated keyboard ( 6 rows not 5 like U1010 ) and 3G + GPS goodies..

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Specs:

5.6 inch 1024 x 600 touch screen
Intel Atom
3.5G and GPS
weight 610g

Estimated price: US$1295

More coming as we analize the info...

UPDATE: Jenn found a better picture of it. Thanks!



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Quick test: Huawei E169 USB 3g HSDPA modem

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Huawei E169

Did someone leave repeat on at my YouTube Channel?

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Thank you 3 million times for watching and commenting! It's been fun and I'll try to keep it that way. New "special" video coming soon...

Gigabyte M700 Media UMPC. Video and details

As we got the full details about it now, it's good time to show this video..

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We should get pricing soon..

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Meet Asus Eee PC 901 with Intel Atom cpu

You didn't see that coming! It looks ok to me..

UPDATE: pricing and more specs

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Hmm... so basically it has all the same ports and dimensions as Eee PC 900, but there is now a row of buttons between the keyboard and the battery... and power plug is on left side..

Double hmmm.. No Asus logo!? So Eee as a own brand..

UPDATE: Engadget has just told us that it will be launching at June 3rd..

.. and it has bluetooth but price will be around $650

Details, News and Links for Asus Eee 901

Thanks Blogeee.net

MSI Wind US specs and prices

10 inch screen laptop for $399.. Not bad!

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$399 Linux version:

10 inch 1024 x 600 screen
1.6Ghz Atom with 512MB RAM
80GB HDD
3 cell battery / 2.5 hrs
1.2 kg 260 mm x 180 mmm x 31 mm
Novel’s SUSE Linux


$549 XP version:

10 inch 1024 x 600 screen
1.6Ghz Atom with 1GB RAM
80GB HDD
Bluetooth
6 cell battery / 5.5 hrs
1.3 kg 260 mm x 180 mmm x 31 mm
XP Home


Four different colors, including black, white, silver, and pink.

No 8.9 inch version for US

Laptop Magazine

Via jkOnTheRun

$500 MID will cost you 1500 dollars! Something must be wrong

Yep, Intel said that the target price for MIDs is $499.. How come the first price we see now is $1500? Is it Origami again?

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First reseller is now listing Gigabyte M528 MID at their site and all the features are looking good as expected but the pricing looks unbelievable..

1,549.00 AUD.. $1450 US... 941 Euros.. 750 UK pounds. !!!

I really hope this is just a mistake.

UPDATE: Moaning helped a bit.. Price just dropped to 1199 AUD.. Still long way to $499

Jump to UMPCPortal to read it all

Asus Eee PC 900 available in USA now

It's still in stock on some places so if you have been waiting for it, horry!
Black versions are still not available... hmm.. Xp version seems to be cheaper?

Buy.com 20GB Linux White

Buy.com 12GB XP Home White

Microsoft bans touchscreens on ULCPCs! WTF!

This is the most stupid thing ever coming from Microsoft!

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"Microsoft plans to offer PC makers steep discounts on Windows XP Home Edition to encourage them to use that OS instead of Linux on ultra low-cost PCs (ULPCs). To be eligible, however, the PC vendors that make ULPCs must limit screen sizes to 10.2 inches and hard drives to 80G bytes, and they cannot offer touch-screen PCs."

Microsoft will sell XP Home for $26 to $32, but only if the devises are "not too good" The price it self is really good news but the limits are not.

Limits:

CPU: Up to 1GHz single-core, Via C7-M up to 1.6GHz, Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz
RAM: up to 1GB
Screen: No bigger than 10.2 inch, No touch
HDD: Up to 80GB

I could agree some of the limits... but no touch?? Does Microsoft really think it could eat Tablet PC sales? Or UMPC sales?

We don't want Vista on the small and mobile computers as it does not work on them!!

The worst thing is that this could actually effect on touchscreens overall..

It might make oem to not make touch at all as they may not want to make different devices for different OS...

So if a small MID has super cheap price and touch it can't have XP now?

Just plain stupidity!



PCWorld

Via Engadget

UMPC as a daily workhorse

As I use my UMPC at work every day, I can easily relate this user review.

"a device you’ll end up carrying every day with you needs to be light so it won’t weigh you down but also small enough so you can put it in a small bag"

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Asus Eee PC 900 screen on 701

Hacking the Eee PC 900 has started...

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While I was doing some testing, I remembered that some of you have asked if you could use the new 8.9 inch screen on 7 inch model.

..so the screen works, but bios needs to be hacked for full screen image.

..and you would need to modify the housing quite a lot.

More coming soon..

LifeBook® U810 now available with 3G HSUPA

This tiny UMPC has been now been updated with 3G HSUPA...

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It looks small in pictures, but it's even smaller in real life.

I like this little computer a lot, but there was one thing that turned me away from it: the keyboard is missing many keys, so you have to use combination of keys for many functions. If you can live with that, it can be your for $1299.

Fujitsu Store

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