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My name is Ben and I'm a mobile tech blogger for UMPC Portal. I'm a technology enthusiast who likes using technology to increase productivity. Currently I have a VAIO UX180 UMPC, iPhone 3G, and HP Mini 1000 netbook. If you are interested in micro-updates relating to my work on UMPC Portal, follow me on twitter @benz145

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CrunchPad event possibly at the end of this month, unit for less than $300

Posted on 05 July 2009

You’ve probably heard of the upcoming CrunchPad by now. Its a project started by Michael Arrington, and the goal of which is to bring a web tablet with easy to use functionality to market with a reasonable price.

A recent post on…

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jkk takes the Viliv X70 apart

Posted on 05 July 2009

The master of mobile modding, jkk, wastes no time tearing apart new gadgetry. Case-in-point, the brand new Viliv X70 [Portal page].

Good to know that someone is brave enough to break open a new piece of kit and post up some…

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Archos 9 UMPC gets some hands-on time

Posted on 03 July 2009

Update: Archos 9 is now in the database with all the specs and links to the important news and videos.
Looks like some of the folks over at Cnet.uk had some time to ‘finger’ (their words, not mine) the recently unveiled Archos…

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Attempt to keep your head straight with the Asus Eee PC comparison chart

Posted on 03 July 2009

We occasionally joke that Asus seems to release a new netbook every week, however, one glance at their Eee PC product comparison chart, and you’ll find that our little joke isn’t exactly that far from reality. The comparison chart lists…

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Asus Eee PC T91 official US product page up, US release date officially missing

Posted on 03 July 2009

How long will Asus continue to tantalize us with the Asus Eee T91 [Portal page]? It seems like ages ago that we first saw the tablet-netbook that promises to bring the tablet PC experience to the masses. While it seems…

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Early Always Innovating Touchbook demo

Posted on 03 July 2009

As we await news of the supposed imminent release of the Always Innovating Touchbook [Portal page], I wanted to bring attention to a demo of the forthcoming Touchbook from a product launch conference called Demo. The demonstration itself is actually a…

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Always Innovating Touchbook coming next month, full specs

Posted on 25 June 2009

The Always Innovating Touchbook, which made a decent amount of buzz several months ago, should be seeing its first batch of devices released next month, in July. The device is quite unique as the screen can be removed from the…

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Flash on the HTC Hero brings smartphones one step closer to the FIE

Posted on 24 June 2009

We talk a lot about the FIE (Full Internet Experience) here on UMPC Portal. The reason many of us are using UMPCs is that there aren’t many non-x86 computers that have provided it. The FIE slowly finds its way onto…

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iPhone 3GS website load time tests

Posted on 22 June 2009

If you are a regular reader of sites in our end of the blogosphere I’m almost sure that you are aware that the iPhone 3GS has now been released by Apple. While not a drastic change from the original, the…

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Check out all of our Computex 2009 coverage

Posted on 12 June 2009

The last few weeks have been relatively exciting for the world of UMPCs. Shortly after CeBIT, we had Computex, and the show has revealed some interesting things, and showed us that we are getting ever closer to the exciting Moorestown…

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Intel Moorestown Q&A video from jkkmobile

Posted on 12 June 2009

Jkk has tons of video coverage of the now finished Computex 2009. Here he has an interesting 17 minute video of a Q&A with Intel’s General Manager of the Ultra Mobility Group, Anand Chandrasekher. Jkk also rounded up a list of all…

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Jkk hands-on with the new EB MID reference design [video]

Posted on 12 June 2009

A few days ago I showed you how the new EB MID reference design has been updated from the one that we saw in 2007. Up until this point I had only  seen renders of the device, but it looks like…

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WiMAX MID running Windows CE [video]

Posted on 12 June 2009

Jkk seems to have gotten his hands on many of the MIDs shown at Computex this year. Here you can see him checking out the Dmedia M0, which is a MID that looks pretty nice on the outside, but is…

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Viliv X70 + Streetdeck = great navigation [video]

Posted on 12 June 2009

You may have seen the Viliv S5 navigation demo from the guys over at Streetdeck recently; now it’s the Viliv X70’s turn. The X70 [Portal page] is larger than the S5 [Portal page], and has integrated GPS as well as 3G data.…

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A theory on why Apple is keeping quiet about the iPhone 3GS specs

Posted on 09 June 2009

A quick look around the iPhone 3GS ‘Tech Specs’ page reveals plenty of info about battery life, screen size, resolution, and a number of other info, but we have yet to see any info on the RAM or CPU speed…

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Moorestown based Inventec MID looks solid [video]

Posted on 05 June 2009

Jkk seems to be getting his hands on all of the cool stuff at Computex. Another short video showing a very solid looking Moorestown based MID. It seems to have a very sizable screen which covers much of the real estate…

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jkk checks out another obviously named UMPC/Phone running XP, the XpPhone [video]

Posted on 05 June 2009

Earlier you may have seen the DigiCube MIDPhone, and the idea behind the XpPhone is not much different. Take a look at the video and you’ll see jkk looking at another slider device which runs Windows XP, and also has voice…

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