I have been trying to get this article written for a few weeks but it just kept getting pushed to the side as England got further and further into the World Cup.
It appears that I’ve got time on my hands now after we lost on Saturday!!
At the Computex trade show in Taiwan last month, VIA held a special event known as the VIA Technical Forum2006. Its a series of presentations by experts in VIA’s areas of interest and I’ve gone through all the UMPC-related presentations to try and get a feel for what the big players are planning.
Some highlights:
- Microsofts ‘UMPC 2007′ will support Vista, have LED backlighting for LCD screens and have WWAN capability.
- Concept UMPC designs were shown by Cre8 Inc.
- VIA calls a UMPC a ‘PC-Phone’
- Rob Enderle says that good syncing capability is important.
- VIA presents ‘Adaptive Power Saver’ technology.
Take a look at the full report on the Carrypad portal.
Regards
Steve / Chippy.
