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ASUS T91 Convertible. Owner-Review.

Posted on 16 March 2010

This owner-review is from Yury Kritchever. Thanks Yury, for taking the time to feed back your experiences to the community. If anyone else would like to submit an owner-review, please contact us.

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Long-Term Update and Review Round-up: UMID BZ UMPC

Posted on 08 March 2010

Long story short, the UMID BZ is a superb bit of kit and one of the best UMPCs that I have ever tested. Here’s the long story…

Twitter Clients for Netbooks and UMPCs

Posted on 07 March 2010

Memory, screen and CPU utilization are serious considerations for the UMPC and Netbook user. I’ve been looking at Twitter clients to try and work out what the best solutions are. I’ve found a few that you need to avoid too!

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Viliv S10 Multitouch Convertible. Unboxing and Demo. (Video)

Posted on 05 March 2010

Viliv are just a short time away from releasing the S10 into the wild and we’ve been lucky enough to receive one of the final samples before it goes into full production. As you’ll see in the video there’s no retail packaging but the S10 is there and in this 14 minute video I unpack and demonstrate the device.

Skype on Symbian – Don’t Cancel that Voice Plan! Demo and Thoughts

Posted on 03 March 2010

Over the last few weeks my interest in Symbian has increased dramatically. Free Ovi maps, improved Ovi store, Buzz on Google maps, Gravity and other programs have me struggling to decide whether a move to Android is the best for…

Pierre Cardin Tablet PC’s with Interesting Keyboard Design.

Posted on 02 March 2010

We suspect that isn’t the Pierre Cardin brand you know from the fasion world but these 7″ and 8.9″ tablets have an interesting design with a case that includes a rubber keyboard.

The devices come with resistive…

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Hugo Ortega Readying the Tega Tablet

Posted on 27 February 2010

Hugo Ortega, who runs the ever interesting blog Uber Tablet, is preparing to launch a device with his company, Tegatech. The aptly named Tega tablet looks to be a rather clean slate with some fairly…

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Pocketables Takes a Look at the Fujitsu UH900

Posted on 25 February 2010

Our friend Jenn from Pocketables.net has gotten her hands on the Fujitsu UH900 [Product page] and is wasting no time bringing great coverage of the device to her site. The UH900’s mega-bezel, tiny right shift key, and…

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Compaq Airlife 100 at MWC.

Posted on 15 February 2010

Compaq Airlife 100, originally uploaded by umpcportal.com.

Ive just had 15 minutes with the Compaq Airlife 100 and have come away very impressed indeed. As I’ve mentioned before, this idea…

Nav 9 Multitouch Tablet. Pricing and Full Specifications Updated.

Posted on 08 February 2010

Netbook Navigator have re-positioned their Nav 9 product with a much lower entry point. You still get the multi-touch (resistive) screen, Windows Home Premium and 16GB SSD but the entry level pricing is now much more interesting…

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Two 8.9″ Windows 7 UMPCs. ExoPC & Nav 9.

Posted on 01 February 2010

Two 8.9″ UMPCs with options for multi-touch, 3G, high-capacity SSD and 2GB RAM. The ExoPC and Nav9 are clearly from the same OEM.

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Solar-Powered Mobile Productivity Re-Visited.

Posted on 31 January 2010

I’d love to do another tour this year so over at Solar-UMPC.com, the journal I used for the tour, I’ve taken another look at the UMPC sector to see what devices I could choose from.

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Archos 7” Android Tablet. Origami is back!

Posted on 27 January 2010

It’s about time this appeared because it doesnt really make sense that Archos only produce a 5″ version of the Android tablet.

The news came out of the ArchosFans forum and I like the look of it. Just imagine…

UMID BZ Live on /Live Monday 2130 CET.

Posted on 25 January 2010

Come and check out the (rather good) UMID BZ in a LIVE presentation on Monday at 2130 CET (12:30pm San Fransisco, 3:30pm New York, 8:30pm London, 0430 Shanghai!) We’ll record the session as usual.

ABI Research: ARM-based Processors Will Overtake x86 in Ultra-mobile Devices in 2013

Posted on 21 January 2010

You know I love a good Intel vs ARM fight and what’s going on in the mobile device market right now is nothing short of volcanic. ARM partners were all over CES and Intel demonstrated the first ever X86 smartphone and tablet on their Moorestown platform. Both companies know that a specialised platform is needed and both companies are enabling it. Who will win?

UMID BZ at Dynamism (and in our Database and Gallery.)

Posted on 20 January 2010

There’s a review and video of the UMID BZ coming just as soon as I receive the missing power cable from UMID (due in a few days) but in the meantime, I’ve added it to the database and finished a photo shoot. If that’s enough to tip you over the edge then Dynamism is the place you need to look next.

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AMD-based XPPhone Gets a Price and New Images.

Posted on 18 January 2010

XPPhone have released a local price range for the XPPhone. There are some new images too.

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