Steve got Wibrain B1

Steve beat me to it as my sample unit is stuck in customs! More about it tomorrow when it arrives.

Meanwhile you can check the latest model updates as there is now 3 versions:

B1E with 512mb ram/30gb hd
B1H with 1gb ram/60gb hd
B2 with 1g/512mb ram, 30gb/60Gb hd and HSDPA or WIMAX.

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WiBrain B1 UMPC unboxing at UMPCPortal

Earlier news about it

Wibrain.com

Video Review: Asus Eee PC with XP

Typically Linux gets installed to UMPCs as "non original" os, but this time it's the other way. This is my video review of Asus Eee PC 4G with Windows XP Pro.

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Link to 6 cell battery picture I talked on the video

More posts about Eee PC

Intel Pre-CES: Full Internet in Your Pocket

From Intel Pre-CES Fact Sheet: Intel’s strategy for delivering full Internet “in your pocket” is based on using low-power Intel Architecture (IA) platforms that drastically reduce CPU and chipset power and package size for a range of ultra mobile and mobile Internet devices.

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• Intel Confirms “Menlow” Platform Shipments in the first half of 2008 – Intel is getting ready to ship its first-generation low-power platform, codenamed “Menlow,” in the first half of 2008. The Menlow platform is comprised of the “Silverthorne” processor and the “Poulsbo” chipset, both being designed from the ground up for Mobile Internet Devices (MID) and Ultra Mobile PCs (UMPCs). At CES, Intel is planning to provide a sneak peek of the some of the “Menlow”-based devices and applications that are being optimized for this platform.


• Intel Unveils Customers and Ecosystem Players Planning to Showcase Menlow-based Platforms at CES: In a sign of growing ecosystem momentum behind MIDs and UMPCs, Intel plans to showcase a range of customers and ecosystem players who are working with the company to launch Menlow-based platforms and applications at CES. Expect Intel to demonstrate a range of Menlow-based MIDs and UMPCs from Aigo*, Asus*, BenQ*, Clarion*, Compal*, Elektrobit*, Inventec*, Lenovo*, Quanta* and others in the booth.


Flash: Intel Introduces Smallest Solid-State Drive in Hot NAND Market

As consumers seek to store more multimedia in the form of songs, photos and Internet pages in their portable devices, the drive for faster, smaller and more rugged forms of memory has driven the growth of NAND flash applications.

• Intel Synonymous with Solid-State Drives – Intel’s Flash Memory NAND Products Group (NPG) announced its latest foray into the solid-state drive (SSD) market in its quest to make Intel synonymous with SSD technology.


• Intel Introduces Intel® Z-P140 PATA SSD – the Smallest SSD in the Industry – Intel introduced the Intel Z-P140 PATA Solid-State Drive, the tiniest SSD in the industry aimed at small and ultra-small form factors. Smaller than a penny and the weight of a drop of water, these 2 Gigabyte (GB) and 4GB ultra small devices (extendable to 16GB) are fast, low-power and rugged, with the right size, right capacity and right performance for mobile Internet devices, digital entertainment and embedded products. The Intel Z-P140 PATA SSD has an industry-standard parallel-ATA (PATA) interface. Optimized to enhance Intel Architecture platforms, the Intel Z-P140 PATA SSD is also part of Intel’s proposed Menlow platform

Fact Sheet - Intel Pre-CES briefing summary [ pdf ]

Asus R2E dissected

HSDPA and soldered RAM... both seem to be in fashion now... bad for upgrading RAM as there is no extra slot.

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Thanks FCC

Via TG Daily

Asus Eee PC 4G in da house

It's here now... prepare for some video fun! ... maybe some hacking too.

Nice design for UMPC or MID

4.8" TFT (800 x 400), 60GB, Windows CE 5.0 Pro.. 84 x 157.7 x 24.4mm

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UPOP Via PMPToday.com

Source

Hulu video service on UMPC

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Hulu.com

You Are One In A Million!

I just noticed that my YouTube videos have been watched over million times! Thank you!
More video reviews, product news, keynote clips and previews coming in future too!

Everex to sell their UMPC with Linux too. Target price $400!

We knew that Everex will be selling Via Nanobook as CE 260, but now they have revealed another version of it. It's codenamed as Cloudbook and will ship with the Google Apps-oriented "gOS" Linux. Priced at $400!

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Everex itself officially confirmed the Cloudbook's existence Tuesday, when a press release on another topic alluded to a "Cloudbook" UMPC with a 7-inch screen.

"Our source suggested that Everex would likely launch the Cloudbook at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas the week of Jan. 7, with consumer availability as soon as Jan. 15.", LinuxDevices.com

Remember to check the video review of it's XP version.

Details, news and links

Via Linuxdevices.com

Everun gets fully dissected

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It just had to be done. Now it's back to it's pocketable UMPC form... with HSDPA goodness! some more coming soon..

Hands-on with Nokia N810

I got call from Nokia Flagship Store Helsinki few hours ago, letting me know that N810 is available and reserved for me to play :). So as any of "us" would, I went there..

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N810 with Everun

Everun with N810

Finnish retail box with N810 showing it's finnish keyboard.


First impressions: Shiny! The new metal finish is really nice looking and feels solid. It is even smaller than i thought. Slider works smoothly, keyboard has good feedback and the screen is bright and clear.

Second impressions: Starting up applications have some lag, but not bad. Thumbing with the keyboard is easy and fast enough. Touch screen works fine. Navigating from application to another is easy, some lag here and there. Good and solid feeling.

Last impressions: Connecting to wifi is fast and easy. Browser looks ok. Now to The Internet, the place it was made for: typing addresses is easy, bookmarking too.. BUT.. lag.. lag.. waiting and no scrolling while waiting.. I'm used to x86 based UMPCs so this is just too slow for me! If you compare it to mobile phone, it's super, but for me, that's not enough.

Scrolling doesn't work as nice either,if i compare it to hw keys on T770 or scroller on Everun, it loses badly. Onscreen scrolling seems to need learning too.. nothing as smooth and easy as in ipod touch. It needs a scroll wheel or buttons.

It's a no-buy. Not for me. But i totally understand people who like it. It's very solid, shiny and it gets the job done. The last bit was the in-store price: €525!

Maybe some sw updates and faster cpu... maybe internal hsdpa.. maybe if youtube would work better ( it's still not perfect ).. maybe then.. for now, it gets better home with someone else.

More on N810

N810 Details, news and links

OQO e2 upgraded with HSDPA. Prices still high in Europe

It's a good upgrade, but we are still waiting for same price cuts as in US. The cheapest model with HSDPA is €1,632 at Expansys while you can get same EVDO version on sale as low as $1,199.99
from US!

OQO Press Release

Fujitsu U1010 gets HSDPA upgrade

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More HSDPA UMPCs

Fujitsu U1010 Details, News and Links

Fujitsu U1010 product site

I got Life on the Wicked Stage Ink Blot Award!

I got it for "I Can Find Any Picture or Any Video of A UMPC Anywhere" and I'm really proud of it! Thank you! Hopefully I can keep up with it and get it next year too. Congratulations to other winners too!

The Third Annual Life On The Wicked Stage Ink Blot Awards

NEC coming to MID markets with a different plan

Their plan is to sell a 4.1” WVGA screen, 250g MID with their Vista Media Center. This MID will have no hard drive as all content can be streamed or remotely accessed.

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So 4.1 inch 800 x 480 touch screen, slider keyboard, usb, sd and wifi/wimax. No word on operation system or other hardware.

UPDATE: Looks like it's Windows CE based device using RDP..

Via AkihabaraNews