Good work, Pocketables! The team over there have picked up two news items on the Viliv N5 today. Together, they give us a good indication that the product is ready for pre-sale.
News item number 1 shows the Viliv N5 being advertised in Japan with XP (Standard Edition) and Windows 7 (Premium edition)
News item number 2 shows the Viliv N5 advertised by Dynamism in the latest Laptop magazine with 3G and 4G options.
We’ve also spotted the ‘Standard’ edition at GeekStuff4U, indicating a mid-June availability but given the fact these availability always slips, we’re still expecting July availability.
We will be meeting with Viliv at Computex early next week so we’re expecting to hear full details, prices and availability. Finally! We’ve got our fingers crossed that we can walk away with a review sample too so stay tuned for news of a live open review when we get back after Computex.
May 27th, 2010 at 7:27 pm
New article: Viliv N5. Price Tips. Spec Tips. Availability Tips. http://bit.ly/bF83n8
May 27th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Viliv N5. Price Tips. Spec Tips. Availability Tips.: Good work, Pocketables! The team over there have picked up tw… http://bit.ly/bwwOd7
May 27th, 2010 at 7:41 pm
RT @umpcportal: New article: Viliv N5. Price Tips. Spec Tips. Availability Tips. http://bit.ly/bF83n8
May 27th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
Great news. But forgive me if I’m wrong. Were viliv targeting for low price device? I heard the japan non premium version cost around 700$ ( with no 3g if I’m right) any prediction how much for the us version?
May 27th, 2010 at 11:15 pm
1.3ghz is so 2009 and sucks for useability
Yet another umpc design compromise.
Good form factor though
Chippy Reply:
May 27th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
On a personal level, i’m also dissapointed. I wanted 1.6Ghz, Fast SSD and 1GB to enable a smooth Windows 7 experience. At 1.3Ghz, XP wouldbe the best choice for me.
Lucien Reply:
May 27th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
Reason is probably that it’s a repackaged S5 with a keyboard. I think it has 1GB but there should be a 2GB option.
Minions Reply:
May 28th, 2010 at 7:45 am
Hoped they would launch a 1.6ghz soon (as it was one of the models on the show floor) I’m sure they will, its whether I can hold off longer to wait for it… I believe if I don’t wait however I will end up regretting it in the long run.
John in Norway Reply:
May 28th, 2010 at 11:44 am
My SC3 has a 1.33MHz CPU, dead slow hard drive, 2 GB RAM and on the whole it works fine for what I do, even voice dictation. I think the SSD will be the bigger factor. It’s just a shame that they’re so small and expensive.
May 28th, 2010 at 5:18 am
We shall see, I’ve seen Viliv PRs state that the processor will go up for 1.8 GHz, so we just need to see what options are provided. 1GB of RAM is more than enough for Windows 7 so I’m not worried about it.
May 28th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
Yea, I want it now!!!!!!!
May 28th, 2010 at 11:32 pm
As I mentioned on Pocketables, while I am looking forward to it, my biggest concern is the lack of storage – my S5 with its 60gig hard drive is horribly small for what I use it for – Films, Anime and E-reader. The use of SSDs is fine, but 32 and even 64gig is lacking in size for me – I would die for a 120gig hard drive option (even if that makes me less than ‘leet’)
The other concerns are valid too. the 1.33ghz atom and 1gig RAM is fine for XP, but will really lag on 7. I would have preferred a convertable but I have my S5 for that. And seriously, will these companies learn that glossy screens make it impossible to actually use these machines outside?
Aaron Reply:
May 29th, 2010 at 2:31 am
http://www.amazon.com/Assorted-Airform-Carrying-Sdsdb-4096-a11-Included/dp/B002A98FNS
Plus up to 12 4GB, 8GB, or 16GB cards (48GB, 96GB, or 192GB respectively) and you should be able to carry anything you want.
At least that is my plan.
May 29th, 2010 at 6:06 am
I don’t really see what’s all the buzz around the N5. It looks like the Fujitsu UH900, except with lower specs.
And from the look of it, the price isn’t much lower either.
May 29th, 2010 at 12:50 pm
@tsog: it’s definitely better than the UH900 in terms of build quality, battery life and has HSPA.
tsog Reply:
May 30th, 2010 at 4:46 am
Depends on who you ask, I guess. I need something faster than the 1.33ghz cpu and the 1gb ram it offers.
May 29th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
I’m perfectly happy with 1.33 Ghz, 1Gb RAM and Win XP. This device is meant to be used as a mobility device for professionals. This is not for media consumers (that’s what the iPad is for). The N5 is more for road warriors, bloggers on the move, etc. And for that, the N5 is perfect. I am just not happy at the $700 price tag.
June 2nd, 2010 at 12:00 am
84980JPY(750EUR) standard 16gb ssd winxp
89950JPY(800EUR) premium version 32gb ssd win7
http://www.geekstuff4u.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Viliv+N5&x=0&y=0
http://en.akihabaranews.com/48280/laptops/hanwha-to-resell-the-sexy-viliv-n5-in-japan
so it will be expansiver than thought…
June 2nd, 2010 at 12:44 am
I’m hoping for faster CPU versions. I could forgo the touchscreen and WWAN for it.
If only a large company like Dell or HP would make these then we could customize the specs so there wouldn’t be “no [insert feature here], fail” remarks.