Gigabyte are getting a good slice of the news cake this week! Tucked inside a marketing PDF received the other day were more details about the new Gigabyte M700.
This one is going to take a little explaining because the M700 isn’t just a slate UMPC, it’s part of a mobile media system that Gigabyte have created by building a special IPTV-capable docking station. Think of it as a souped-up Slingbox with client player included.
I have a presentation video from CeBIT that I’ll put together with a more detailed article later today. In the meantime, take a look at the specs. It’s expected to launch at end of Q3. Pricing unknown but Mobilx are taking pre-orders so if you want to queue up, I’ve added an affiliate link to Mobilx in the product page.
May 14th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Design is awesome, lets see how the media system will be.
This device could be my next companion (if the price is right).
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May 14th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
It does look more interesting than M704, but we will see….
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May 14th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
This is AWESOME… i wish i could get my hands on it… it definetly looks NICE!!
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May 14th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
I like the idea a lot. The real question in my mind is whether the docking station has HDMI, or at least DVI. The VGA out on the device is not really all that useful in a home theater setup…
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May 15th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
There going to be version that runs a real OS (with full driver support for all of the hardware)?
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