Two new UMPCs based on the VIA Ultra Mobility Platform. The VIA NanoBook and the Packard Bell EasyNote XS are slated for a Q4 2007 release date with a target price of only $699.
Like Warcraft a lot? Do you eat, sleep, and breathe WoW? This restaurant in China can help you with the eating part. They've plastered every surface they could find with images from the game and even named their menu items after in game treats.
Bjorn Stromberg from ultramobilelife.com unboxes a new ultra mobile device from Korea called the UREN V1. It's specifically designed for use in a car, with GPS and FM Transmitter.
Bjorn Stromberg from ultramobilelife.com introduces a new ultra mobile device, the PaceBlade EasyBook P8N with an 8.5" screen and a 1.0 GHz VIA C7-M processor.
Bjorn Stromberg from ultramobilelife.com has uncovered this lost OQO model 02 unboxing video from shortly after it's launch. This is a first generation Best model featuring a VIA C7-M at 1.5 GHz, 1GB of RAM and a 60GB HDD.
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OQO has updated their model 02 line of UMPCs with a faster CPU, up to 1.6 GHz VIA C7-M, 32GB solid state drive, EV-DO Rev. A, and 120GB hard drive. Not only that but they've reduced prices by $200.
Bjorn Stromberg from Ultra Mobile Life got his hands on the new MTube prototype device featuring the VIA C7-M processor running at 1.0 GHz in a form factor smaller than a UMPC. This is a joint venture between Taiwan's STAG & VIA Technologies.
My friend freaked me out with this prank phone call. It really made me confused because I live in Taiwan and here was this guy on the phone speaking perfect American English to me complaining about me stealing his newspaper.
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This is a collection of the highlights from the 2007 VIA Technology Forum (VTF) held in Taipei, Taiwan. Themes touched on are ultra mobile computing, clean computing, and connected clients.
CNN takes an early look (2006-03-24) at UMPCs and there's even a quick blurb from Rob Enderle. We even see some UMPCs but they're calling them 4G devices.
Leeroy Jenkins!
That's right, VIA CGA has been able to land an exclusive interview with the one and only Ben "Leeroy Jenkins" Schulz. The girlz sniped him out at E3 2006 and were able to get a very exclusive, up close and personal video interview with him as well as additional video scenes.
- More info available on www.viacga.com -
Industry Analyst Rob Enderle talks today's UMPC, the early movers into the platform segment and how flexible the UMPC is.
Part two of four.
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Otto Berkes, General Manager of the Mobile Platform Division at Microsoft talks about the history of the Ultra Mobile PC Category and goes gives us a glimpes into the future of even smaller UMPCs with VIAs VX700 Chipset.
Kenrick from http://www.math.uaa. alaska.edu/~afkjm/te chteach/?q=node/23 has put together this video of him playing the game Heavy Weapon from PopCap Games.
This video clip is from Sun Yuan and Peng Yu's 2007 exhibit entitled Old Persons Home. The piece features 13 life size sculptures mounted on 13 electric wheelchairs.
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