Pocket-Lint have just posted a news item saying that the ASUS R2H will launch at £799 That’s exactly the same price as the Samsung Q1. Incredibly, they report that this includes 768MB RAM a 60GB HDD and an external DVD Dual D/L Drive. If this is true, Samsung have a problem on their hands. There is a link to ASUS on the news story but no source quoted for the [...]

This is cool. Currently XP Media Center doesn’t contain the features of XP Tablet Edition and Tablet Edition obviously doesn’t have the Media Center capabilities. But when Vista comes, this will change. Some versions of Windows Vista will include both Tablet PC and Media Center. [ref] A touch-enabled mobile media center solution is not only going to be very cool, its also going to be pretty much unique amongst operating [...]

Update: Ripberger left a comment to correct me on the names of the devices. The Pepperpad Plus was the original name of the pepperpad 3. The current Pepperpad is known only as ‘Pepperpad.’ Thanks Ripberger. Pepperpad have just sent out an email covering pretty much what we said in a previous post. That’s 2 Pepperpads for $1000 then! The original Pepperpad Plus Linux-based web tablet device is being cleared out [...]

A quick scan through the Carrypad UMPC links page shows me I’ve got some updating to do. Of the 38 sites listed, no less than 10 seem to be stuck in the water. That is they’ve had no updates for a month or more. Not only that but 3 of them seem to be ‘made for google’ now and have no real content on them at all. This is in [...]

OK, perhaps ‘pulled’ is the wrong word. Lets just say they’re not re-stocking any more. JKonTheRun noticed yesterday that the UX180P had disappeared from the Sony Style website and when I checked it today, it still wasn’t there. Over at MicroPCTalk however, they’ve had confirmation that it really has been pulled phased out. we got word directly from Sony USA that they are currently out of inventory for the Vaio UX180P. A [...]

The almost-too-good-to-be-true Vega ultra portable PC now has a price.

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On the Raon Digital website [url=http://www.raondigital.com/shopping/k_shopping.asp]here,[/url] the price is clearly shown.

256MB $710
512MB $750

No-one has actaully seen a good test of these yet but [url=http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news-12325-Vega+the+UPPC+reviewed+by+Suze.html]Akihabara[/url] (again!) are reporting that threre’s a report due soon from ‘Suze.’ so keep an eye on Akihabara.

via [url=http://www.carrypad.com/journal/2006/08/vega-uppcumpc-review-and-pricing.html]Carrypad[/url]

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It looks like Sony has launched a UX50 with a 1-seg digital TV receiver in Asia known as the UX70. [url=http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news-12336-VAIO+UX70+1Seg+powered.html]Akihabara[/url] has a very brief news item here on the topic.

The Averatec AHI, first seen through a PDAFrance back in April and pencilled-in for a Sept launch has been delayed.

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Latest information is that it has been re-planned for an early 2007 launch.

The Averatec was rumored to have an Origami-like spec but raised eyebrows (and some hopes) when it was shown with a slide-out keyboard.

We assume that the race to get the Christmas market production run complete was too much of a tall order and thus it has been put on hold until the next round of announcements, probably a month or two before CES or CeBit.

[url=http://www.carrypad.com/products/product.php?id=20]Specs at Carrypad.[/url]

[update: Before you contact me Tegatech (Hugo), I know! I've just seen the TabletKiosk 7200 series on your website. You deserve a link for my oversight and another link for offering the base model for AUS$1899. Hugo one of the principles of Techagate who runs a good blog also deserves a link. I promise I'll pay more attention to the Oz market in the future.] Pioneer Computers in Australia are [...]

Don’t get too excited if you live in the Western world. It looks like Sony has launched a UX50 with a 1-seg digital TV receiver in Asia which isn’t much use to those of us living in Europe or America. Mobile Digital TV is one thing I’d love to see get sorted out in U.S. and Europe. At the moment its a mess of licensing and standards. For the meantime, [...]

One of my favorite ultra-mobile PC’s, the 8.9″ swivel screen tablet convertible Fujitsu P1510d looks like its getting a very nice set of upgrades which could bring it right to the cutting-edge of UMPC technology. Engadget has reported that details are up on a Japanese website and sure enough, there they are. (Google translation) The Loox P series uses an Intel U1400 (Core Solo ULV, 1.2Ghz, same as Sony UX90 [...]

Maybe I shouldn’t have written about it this morning but I’ve just heard that the Averatec AHI is to be set for a possible launch in Q1 2007. Not Q3 2006 as was previously planned. Averatec sent this public message to me via email. Through development, we have refreshed our vision for the AHI and feel confident that we can release it during the first quarter of 2007. That’s a [...]

Very nice video show about the Sony UX180P. Warner Crocker brings up some interesting and important points. Especially the crazy location of the rear-facing camera. Within the show, Warner demo’s the Inscribe text entry software that I’m quite interested in trying out and learning myself. GottaBeMobile is where you need to go to watch the video. Steve. Sony UX data sheet, images and links. View details of all Ultra Mobile [...]

…Pioneer/Easybook P7/It’s/Ago7. I think that’s all of them covered! Ctitanic has posted some photos of the extended battery solution that Mugen are working on. No prices or dates yet. To me, it looks like a 9-cell solution. That will translate to just under 6 hours if the cells are a similar capacity to the originals. Very useable! More over at UMPCBuzz.   Steve / Chippy. tags: mugen, eo, t700, v7110, [...]

At the end of Spring, I published a ‘watchlist.’ A report on what we should look out for in the UMPC market during Summer. 3 months later its time to give it an update. New Nokia Internet Tablet.No new news on this one I’m afraid. I’m still confident that something will happen for the Christmas market although the probability is going down with every week that passes.Probability: 80%My guess on specs: [...]

Akihabaranews are reporting this morning that ‘Suze’ (whoever she is) has a Vega UMPC and has done a review. Its available in Korean and helpfully (not!) all placed as jpg files. No chance to do much Google translation then! I assume that Akihabaranews will have a translated version of this soon but I’ll see if I cant de-cipher some of the review comments and get some info. On the way [...]

Just a quick thought on integrated GPS modules in UMPC devices. Especially if you are thinking about the ASUS R2H. If you have a car like mine that has a UV filter on the front windscreen, there’s a chance that a GPS receiver may not work.  Here’s just one reference from this PDF. Note: Certain vehicles (in particular top specification BMW, Mercedes, Renault Peugeot & Citroen) have UV screens that [...]