Comments on: Wibrain i1 on its way. Live session Wednesday.

By: rui

rui — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:32:52 +0000

Yes, now Company Wibrain has been a research department of Chinese Shenzhen Guangxuntong Com.Ltd. Wibrain was renamed as EKING. The new generational UMPC product EKINGi1 is on sale.

By: ChaoTzu

ChaoTzu — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 04:07:08 +0000

Another eKing (WiBrain) i1 review translated from Chinese:

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&fr=bf-home&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fifeng.pconline.com.cn%2Fnotebook%2Fchanpin%2F0812%2F1525516.html&lp=zh_en&btnTrUrl=Translate

Some PCMark results!

By: ChaoTzu

ChaoTzu — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:12:41 +0000

WiBrain is now under control of this Chinese company.

Babelfish translation of a post on a Chinese PC forum:

At present Shenzhen Guang Xuntong communication science and technology Limited company after the success controls stock South Korean famous PC manufacture manufacturer Wibrain, the success promotes new generation ultra migration portable computer EKING i1 (Wibrain i1). This section of i1 product is in the present domestic market the only model of screen in 4.8 inches, uses intel atom Z520 (1.3G) to insult moves the platform to be possible to move windows on the XP system’s super palm the portable computer. At present Guang Xuntong in company nationwide scale honest move of agent/dealer, anticipated that altogether wins the cooperation with you! Intends to make the provincial level proxy to fill in the business agent intelligence verification table, the prefecture is authorized the dealer to provide the entity shop business license and the ID card copy then. The present stage prefecture is authorized the dealer lowest taking delivery of goods quantity is 10, quantity is limited, wants to buy quickly! The further information may land the following website to inquire http://www.wibrain.com to click on “contact us” (China) then to link Shenzhen Guang Xuntong the Company official website

Maybe this is why the WiBrain website was gone for a little while, then came back.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:18:30 +0000

I’ve seen these available for sale in Hong Kong in the Mongkok area. I think the price was HK$3880

By: Chippy

Chippy — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:33:40 +0000

Update here:
http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/12/xp-on-intel-menlow-testing-starts-here-wibrain-i1-sample-arrived

By: Chippy

Chippy — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:21:41 +0000

i1 arrived here!

By: Chippy

Chippy — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:21:25 +0000

The M1 was a plastic shell at IDF and only there to gauage response. I wouldn’t expect it to be available until well into 2009, if at all.

Steve.

By: maxus

maxus — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:25:50 +0000

deriuqer, are you sure the M1 is officially announced? There were pics around but nothing final, and always thought it was more like a prototype, concept check that anything else.

Great to hear about the I1 suddenly coming back from the dead, can’t wait to check your live session tonight

By: MiKeN

MiKeN — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:29:55 +0000

If you are having a live session, make sure to record it . Some of us won’t be able to watch it cause of time zones. I’m still hoping the Wibrain i1 will be released eventually.

By: Cajun_Mike

Cajun_Mike — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:38:16 +0000

What is 2000 CET and what time is that in the U.S.A. central time zone? haha

Would love to be a part of the Live session

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Atom WiBrain is either new ultramobile PC or supervillain name | Sugar Mob — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:56:07 +0000

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By: King Ray

King Ray — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:30:14 +0000

I surmise that what happened is that they killed the sales of their current models by trumpeting the I1 too early, so now they are pretending that it is not coming out or has been shelved, and are even delaying the launch until they sell out the inventory of their old models. They may be being very cagey here. An ebay seller in Australia is blowing out bunches of B1′s with starting bids of 0.99, but they end up auctioning for $250-$300 US usually.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:18:20 +0000

As a current B1 owner, I’ll have to wait for the next letter after I… I love my B1–even though it’s in for repairs right now–and I don’t expect to be replacing it real soon. Of course, when I do, it’ll probably be another WiBrain, especially if the current model works with the old accessories!

Regards,

Jamie

By: deriuqer

deriuqer — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:42:10 +0000

Nice to hear.I really like its design,ever did,but due to the fact that the M1 is announced and many other MIDs will come out soon I really cant see me buying one of those.I dont think they can lower the price that much that I change my mind.