Comments on: Viliv S5 UI, browsing, video. S7 and X7 Atom on roadmap.

By: DavidC1

DavidC1 — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:06:56 +0000

Chris you are right, from what I can figure out the native scren is 800×600 and 1024×600 can’t run at full 16-bit color, but you’ll have an option to switch between the two.

Now the battery life is supposed to be real-usage 4-5 hours. One reports say it lasted average 4 hours with:

-Wi-FI/Bluetooth/GPS/DMB on
-Screen at full brightness
-720*480, Divx5/MP3, 30fps, 3-4 Mbps video running
-No low power modes on the GMA 500 GPU

Biggest thing is I think their claims of 200 hour standby time! With such a long standby time it can be used much more like a PMP and a phone. Even if the standby time is fraction of what they claim(say like 50 hours), you can just put the unit on standby and in 2-3 secs the system will be back up.

Now the rumored pricing is $400-600. We’ll see how it goes and probably overseas pricing will be higher. But nothing really achieves such specs and battery life at that price range. Other ones like the upcoming Sony, Fujitsu U820, Kojinsha SX is like 2x the price.

Keyboard is not worth $400 and the biggest thing blocking MIDs/UMPCs from penetrating the market is the price.

By: Dreamer

Dreamer — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:33:45 +0000

All screens with WVGA resolution between 3.5’’ to 4.8’’ are 256k color such as SONY and Wibrain B1. That’s not scaled downed as well as not interpolated. That’s is nature of all the LCD available in the market.

By: chippy

chippy — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:10:42 +0000

Not sure about the 265K colour issue but I know Viliv are offering this in 800×480 AND 1024×600 versions.

Steve.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:52:43 +0000

Chippy, quick question, in one of the pics, how come when the screen resolution is at WSVGA, it scales down to 256k color? Are all screens with WSVGA resolution between 3.5″ to 4.8″ 256k color? I have a feeling this is due to a battery consumption issue.

I think the screen’s native resolution is 800 x 480, and it interpolates to 1024 x 600, similar to the HTC shift. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Any thought?

By: DrNick

DrNick — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:37:53 +0000

I was wondering if there would be an Atom version of the X70. I can’t wait to see what they show at CES. I like Yukyung’s industrial designs, particularly the S5.