We’re at half-time with CES now. All the CES crowd are waking up from their over-indulgence last night, thinking of an excuse to miss the AMD press conference and taking their places for the second half. Its time to look at the scores.
VIA 3 : 2 Intel
Early goals for Intel from Sony UX 380P Premium and Samsung Q1P-SSD put them ahead in the very early stages but a quality fight from VIA ensued with what could be goal of the match from OQO Model 02. It was immediately followed by a tasty one from Medion MD RIm 1000. It brought back a winning desire we haven’t seen for a while. The text-book Tablet Kiosk ‘rugged’ EO v7112XT / VX3 sealed the deal for VIA just before the half-time whistle went.
But seriously, the only really new UMPCs are the VIA ones. The Intel UMPCs are just updates. So i’d call it:
VIA 3 : 0 Intel
Still hiding in the tunnel is the Flybook V5 which i’m trying to get info on. Could this be another VIA device or will Intel score their opening UMPC point of 2007?
The OLPC deserves a mention too. Well done AMD. Its on their stand at CES and the AMD press conference is scheduled for first thing today.
Still on my checklist are Averatec (AHI), ASUS (Via-based UMPC and Sub 1KG notebook rumour) and some long-shots like Dell, Tatung, iRiver,LG, Amtek and ECS.
Yes, I left out the S-Xgen. Its not on may radar. Sorry Seamless.
Steve.
January 9th, 2007 at 6:48 pm
I’ll not surprised at all if AmTek launches another VIA based UMPC. But what is it with Dell, LG, and iRiver? Steve could you share the links about those OEMs willing to launch VIA based devices?
THX!
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January 11th, 2007 at 6:03 pm
Steve, why you left out such a realy interesting device like the S-XGen?
It’s on everyones radar, that’s so. Give Seamless a chance. “It’s not a big company like Appel, MS and other so we could ignore them. There are no interests.” youre thinking, youre false.
Thats me
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January 11th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Hi Anon.
I’ve written and analyzed the S-Xgen quite a bit on the journal and decided a long time ago that such a screen size and such an OS is not something that fits in the ‘UMPC’ bracket. Just like the iPhone.
800 pixels and a full-capability browser is needed to access advanced web sites. A good test is: If you can access all of Googles web applications and use Yahoos ‘gadgets’ then its probably good enough. In addition, with WinCE, you can not enhance the software. Its not like WM5 where you can install new software. Again, this is like the iPhone and its a big differentiator.
I like the keyboard though!!!
Steve.
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