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Ultra Mobile PCs Need Better Battery Life, Says Gartner
News Ultra Mobile PCs (UMPCs) face the same problem as previous tablet PCs in that their battery life is not long enough at the moment for prolonged use, according to analyst house Gartner Group. The Ultra Mobile PC needs to have better battery life to...
[March 10, 2006, 15:55]
Photos: Origami Ultra Mobile PCs
News Intel's general manager for Europe, Christian Morales, introducing three Ultra Mobile Origami PCs — from Samsung, Asus and Founder — at CeBIT on 9 March. Accessories including a USB keyboard, organiser bag and external optical drive increase the...
[March 9, 2006, 12:55]
Millions Of Microsoft-based Ultra Mobile PCs To Be Sold
News Despite the general shrugging of shoulders that greeted the launch of the first Microsoft-based ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs), the lilliputian computers are still set to find a market, analysts believe. According to research from In-Stat, the number of...
[April 28, 2006, 9:10]
Ultra Mobile PCs Need Better Battery Life, Says Gartner
Talkback This would allow me to leave my regular desktop behind and let me control a mobile computer with speech recognition and then listen to it talk back as I am walking around. Maybe these UMPCs will really show the benefit of an interactive software...
[March 12, 2006, 13:56]
Ultra Mobile PCs May Get Fabric Keyboard
Talkback I predict Origami will have a folding paper keyboard! It will arrive folded in the form of a marine bird which MS will call 'the swan' but everyone else will call 'the dead duck'
[March 13, 2006, 11:17]
Photos: Origami Ultra Mobile PCs
Talkback Not the best looking device ! and £700 is a bit rich , looking foward to the next gen
[March 9, 2006, 16:16]
Manufacturers Unwrap First Origami Ultra Mobile PCs
Talkback ill just take my small sized laptop with me.much better idea to be honest, why do we need another notebook?
[March 13, 2006, 15:49]
Photos: Origami Ultra Mobile PCs
Talkback Origami is well behind the times in reality. Products like the Web pad from DT research in the US and the 3pos XPpad in the UK have more functionality, better battery life, rugged magnesim 1.5 metre tested casing, standard pccard slot to add 3g...
[July 14, 2006, 23:01]
Photos: Origami Ultra Mobile PCs
Talkback Oqo www.Oqo.com beats these on all counts, and has done for over a year.
[March 14, 2006, 6:06]
Ultra Mobile PCs May Get Fabric Keyboard
News Microsoft has revealed it will be working with a UK-based peripherals company to make a fabric-based keyboard available for its Origami ultra-mobile PC device. The fabric keyboards are a good fit for the UMPC because, like other mobile devices, it...
[March 13, 2006, 7:55]
Manufacturers Unwrap First Origami Ultra Mobile PCs
News Intel lifted the lid on Microsoft's Origami project on Thursday by showing off three Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) devices at the CeBIT trade show in Hanover. They weigh just under a kilogram, with hard drives of 30-60GB, and run on Intel's existing ultra...
[March 9, 2006, 10:30]
ASUS R2H Ultra Mobile PC review
Reviews The handwriting recognition and soft keyboard of Windows XP Tablet PC Edition are supplemented by Microsoft’s Touch Pack for Tablet PC, which is specifically designed for Ultra Mobile PCs. The ASUS R2H comes with a great bundle of accessories and...
[December 5, 2006, 13:53]
Intel Tweaks Roadmap To Boost Pentium M
News Meanwhile, the new low voltage and ultra-low voltage Pentium M chips should give a boost to smaller notebooks and tablet PCs. Currently, the low voltage and ultra-low voltage Pentium M chips run at 1GHz and 900MHz, respectively.
[May 29, 2003, 15:13]
HTC Shift review
Reviews When it was announced, the Shift looked promising compared to poorly received Ultra-Mobile PCs (UMPCs) like the Samsung Q1 Ultra. Whereas convertible Tablet PCs allow you to hide the screen when it's not in use, the Shift's permanently outward...
[May 29, 2008, 16:23]
More Origami Details Revealed
News This morning, the Associated Press ran an article citing a source inside Microsoft which confirms suspicions that the Origami is merely a new line of "ultra-mobile PCs" the size of a paperback book. As Microsoft drags out its teaser campaign, the...
[March 2, 2006, 16:15]
Intel Powers Faster, Thinner Notebooks
News Ultra-low voltage chips are also expected to appear in tablet PCs later this year. Ultra-low voltage processors use less power and, in turn, generate less heat -- making the chips a perfect fit for mini-notebooks that typically weigh 1.5Kg or less.
[September 17, 2002, 8:04]
Intel Rounds Out Mobile Chip Family
News The low- and ultra-low-voltage Pentium-M versions should increase performance and battery life in the smallest notebooks -- ultraportables and mini-notebooks that weigh 3 pounds or less -- and tablet PCs.
[January 27, 2003, 8:26]
Seagate Gears Up 1-inch Hard Drive
News It will also offer a choice between serial ATA and ultra ATA interfaces. The Momentus 5400.2 will be available in similar capacities but will rotate at 5,400rpm and offer only an ultra ATA interface, Seagate said.
[June 14, 2004, 15:45]
UK To Get Sony's Mini-VAIO
Blog The US and Japan have had Sony's UX series ultra-mobile PCs for a while, and now it's the UK's turn. The rest of the spec is impressively upmarket: 1GB of RAM, an Ultra Low Voltage Intel Core Solo processor, dual digital cameras (one for...
[January 29, 2007, 15:34]
