According to news from Hugo Ortega in Australia, Tegatech have been appointed as a Samsung partner for the distribution of the Q1 ultra mobile PC in that region. This is great news for the Australia and New Zealand and great news for UMPCs. Samsung obviously feel that its worth pushing the ultra mobile PC into more regions. If you’re interested in selling the Q1 to end-customers in that region, get in touch with Tegatech. Steve / Chippy. tags: umpc, q1, samsung, tagatech View details of all Ultra Mobile devices in […]

JKK has sent some nice comparison shots of the Tablet Kiosk v7110 and i7210 UMPCs Take a look at the gallery for more details. Thanks to JKK. Steve / Chippy tags: umpc, v7110, i7210 View details of all Ultra Mobile devices in the ultra mobile PC product database. From N800 to Flybook V5, its all there!

Evan Easton has been running a series of posts about the TabletKiosk i7210 since he got it a few weeks ago. Today he posts about a possible mounting solution he’s found. Its a mounting solution designed for the Motion LS800 and Evan is working on modifying it to fit the i7210 and fitting it into his Hummer. CarPCs are going to comprise a significant slice of the ultra mobile PC market and manufacturers need to get their act together on mounting solutions. Send the devices out to Arkon, Ram Mounts, […]

I’ve just read some great news relayed by Ctitanic at UMPCBuzz. It looks like Yahoo are going to market a ultra mobile PC next year. The news comes via TGDaily and it mentions the ‘second generation’ UMPCs. My guess is that this is all part of UMPC2007 that Dennis Luo of Microsoft talked about at the VIA Technical Forum (Computex, June 2006. His presentation is still available.) From the Carrypad VTF report: To be a UMPC2007 version, a device must be able to support Windows Vista, use LED backlight technology, maintain the […]

I’ve only had the i7210 for 24 hours so I’m still installing software and showing-off in cafes. However, hard-working JKK, active member of the Origami Project forums (there’s a thread running about the video there.) has produced a video covering many details about the device. Does it get hot? What’s the touch-screen like? Vectoring Issues? Video Performance?   Its all answered in the video along with some really nice software tips that I’ll be checking out. Also in the video is a great demo of voice control. Software demo’ d: MouseImp […]

John Biggs stays true to his word and publishes a short report on the Pepperpad-3. it is specifically designed with folks who wouldn’t use a laptop. It’s rugged, easy to use and small enough to hide out of the way when not in use. That said, it is also a hacker’s dream He also calls it a Kitchen Computer! You do a lot of cooking John? Anyway, there’s some good info over at Crunch Gear along with a video review. Good work John. Now get back to the kitchen. Pepperpad […]

Hugo Ortega got hold of one of the VGA adaptor cables for the Vega UMPC. This was (and still is) missing from my Vega so I’m interested to see how Hugo’s testing goes. Hugo, can you run Powerpoint up on a big monitor to see how if it works OK? The testing I did indicated that it works fine at 800×480. 1920×1600 might be a different matter! Projectors run a lower resolutions so I guess they’ll be OK at the Vega’s native resolution. More images and hopefully test results at […]

Dynamism have cut a deal with Raon Digital in South Korea to import and resell the Vega UMPC so if your local ultra mobile PC dealer doesn’t have it in stock (admittedly, there aren’t many!) then Dynamism is your best bet. The Vega is nearly (apart from the OQO +1) the smallest consumer Windows PC there is. Ignore the 500Mhz processor specification because unless you need 3D support (Streetdeck, iTunes, Google Earth and most games won’t even think about running on it!) its makes pretty much a perfect companion PC. In […]