The Kohjinsha SK3, the high-end 7″ convertible with a 3mp auto-focus cam (a first) and the smallest and lightest 7” convertible form factor we’ve seen to date has just turned up. In a short while I’ll be recording an unboxing…

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…

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…

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…

When you read about the TN70 in the umpc and netbook community you’re likely to hear references to the T91 and the Sony Vaio P along with words like ‘ugly’ and ‘cheap.’ You probably won’t hear much mention of mobility…

The Kohjinsha SK3 that we reported on yesterday has been formally launched for the Japanese market at a local price, including taxes, of about $730. We’ve got the full specs, a new product page and some thoughts on it.

We’ve just had an unofficial tip-off that Kohjinsha will be launching a new 7” UMPC this week. It will be an improved version of the SC3, one of the few remaining 7” UMPCs with a keyboard. The changes look to…

Dynamism have just announced a special pre-ordering offer for all three of the Viliv X70 EX models.

The Viliv X70 EX Premium Air has a long battery life, reasonable processing power and built in 3G so it didn’t take me long to start messing about with it as a mobile broadcasting solution and that’s the focus of…

We’ve been slightly distracted by the X70 EX over the last week but next in line for some tender love and testing is the ViliV S5 Premium Air. The 32GB SSD version with the built-in 3G HSPA (high speed upload +…

Charbax has posted a very good video of a working Archos 9. A couple of points to highlight are the optical mouse and the width which would create a heavy lever-effect when holding in one hand; a problem i experienced…

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…

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…

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.…

Breaking news from the launch event in Paris

The X70 EX is now available for pre-order and it’s a peach of a UMPC that highlights how far the segment has come since the Celeron-based UMPCs of 2006. Read the full review which includes video demos.

We’ve got the pricing, availability and model details for the new Viliv X70 EX UMPC which, based on specs, looks fantastic value for money. My early opinion is that it could resurrect interest in the 7″ slate UMPC market because it’s a very high quality product with features that we could only dream about 2 years ago.