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IDF: Ultramobile Intel processor breaks cover, adopts Linux, gets alliance.
Blog There's a die shot of the thing and there's lots of nice marketing stuff about designed for mobile from the ground up (implicitly admitting that this year's ultramobile processors, the A100 and A110 "Stealey" in the mobile platform codenamed...
[April 18, 2007, 4:53]
Ultramobile-device sales to match laptops by 2013
News Demand for ultramobile devices — such as netbooks and MIDs (mobile internet devices) — will match that of notebook PCs by 2013, according to research. Shipments of ultramobile devices will grow from 10 million units this year to over 200 million in...
[September 25, 2008, 11:36]
Microsoft tries again with ultramobile PCs
News Some of the ultramobile PCs even found their way onto a list of biggest tech disappointments of 2006. According to a source, the chipmaker is toying with the notion of an ultramobile device, rather than the ultramobile PC, a move that would put...
[December 22, 2006, 8:00]
Samsung promotes Q1 UMPC improvements
News Samsung debuted its Q1 Ultra ultramobile PC on Monday with a distinct message: it's better than the last one. This is the ultramobile PC. In a press conference and reception at the Samsung Experience store at Manhattan's Time Warner Center, Samsung...
[May 8, 2007, 10:18]
Intel Developer Forum - Wimax, HD laptop commitments
Blog Paul Otellini has moved onto Wimax, which he says is an essential component of the next wave of ultramobile. Year ago, trials moving from fixed wimax to mobile. Ten trials ging on in 06. Now 120. Year ago, two vendors were committed, Clearwire and...
[September 18, 2007, 17:30]
Atom-based ultraportables at IDF
News More than a dozen ultramobile computers, powered by Intel's new Atom CPU, were on display at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco this week. Most of these machines come with Linux, but a few offer Windows XP or Vista as an option.
[August 22, 2008, 9:21]
Intel sued over 'dual-core' branding
News The lawsuit was filed last week by California-based ultramobile PC firm DualCor. Intel is being sued in a trademark case over the use of the term "dual-core" in its product labelling. The suit accuses Intel of misappropriating the DualCor trademark...
[September 6, 2007, 12:07]
Photos: Concept and current PCs at WinHEC
News A collection of current and next-generation ultramobile PCs were also on display on the show floor of Microsoft's WinHEC, which runs until Thursday. Microsoft held a design contest for new PC concepts.
[May 17, 2007, 17:19]
Panasonic and General Dynamics launch rugged PCs
News General Dynamics' GoBook MR-1 claims to be the smallest fully rugged ultramobile PC, and it may very well be. General Dynamics' GoBook MR-1 claims to be the smallest fully rugged ultramobile PC Mobile computing can be a haphazard business, and new...
[June 4, 2007, 12:21]
Eee by gum!
Blog Clearly inspired by the Nintendo Wii (and possibly the WEEE directive, but I doubt it), Asus has decided to launch a new ultramobile PC called the, er, Eee. What next - the Oooo, or Aaaa? The device is all very internet-centric, and apparently Eee...
[June 5, 2007, 12:10]
LG to fuse PC and mobile divisions
News LG intends to increase its focus on smartphones, ultramobile PCs and "network infotainment", the statement said, adding: "These have emerged as important sectors to keep pace with in this era of mobile internet, in which users have come to rely on...
[July 15, 2008, 12:36]
Qualcomm launches mobile convergence platform
News Pineda claimed these could include portable games consoles which are "more powerful than the Sony PSP", ultramobile PCs, PDAs and smartphones. Qualcomm has launched a new chipset platform for portable devices, claiming it will offer a basis for...
[November 13, 2006, 15:16]
Origami? We'll fold
Leader On our first encounter with prototypes of Intel's ultramobile PC last year, we described it as 'the form factor flop of the decade'. As a judgement made after five minutes of playing with unfinished hardware, that's arguably harsh.
[May 11, 2006, 15:20]
Macworld speculation focuses on ultraportable
News As the Macworld expo gears up to open on Tuesday, the greatest amount of speculation about new products centres on a possible ultramobile MacBook laptop. Analysts and the media have suggested that a new notebook computer, with half the thickness of...
[January 14, 2008, 17:03]
Speculation rife as Macworld looms
News If Steve Jobs is to launch anything major in his keynote it may be an ultramobile device somewhere between the MacBook and the iPhone — the obvious name being an iPad. The usual rousing Steve Jobs keynote, and announcements around virtualisation...
[January 11, 2008, 15:34]
Intel shows off Silverthorne and Tukwila
News Among the details is a technical overview of Silverthorne (pictured), a brand new x86 design aimed at the portable and ultramobile market. Intel has unveiled a slew of details on its portable and enterprise processors, new memory technologies and...
[February 4, 2008, 17:14]
HP's Mini-Note is official
Blog We'll post a full review of this ultramobile system just as soon as we can get our hot little hands on it. HP's much-rumoured 2133 Mini-Note PC is now official in the UK. This attempt to exploit the market tapped so successfully by the ASUS Eee...
[April 8, 2008, 16:18]
Palm unveils Treo 500v
News The manufacturer cancelled its Foleo ultramobile PC before it went to market , despite Palm founder Jeff Hawkins saying it was "the best idea I've ever had", and faces continued stiff competition in the smartphone sector.
[September 14, 2007, 18:20]
Apple may be readying mid-size 'iPad'
News The personal computer industry has long tried to make such a device a reality, but apart from some early success for the Kindle, no one has managed to convince the public that the attempts released to date — such as the ultramobile PC — are worth...
[April 30, 2009, 15:51]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Ultramobile PC, as Intel calls the Origami family — when I was given an enthusiastic briefing on it during a trip to Intel Israel late last year. Friday 3/3/2006 Origami. The teaser campaign has all the subtlety of Holbein's portrait of Anne of...
[March 3, 2006, 17:00]
