Gigabyte are getting a good slice of the news cake this week! Tucked inside a marketing PDF received the other day were more details about the new Gigabyte M700.
This one is going to take a little explaining because the M700 isn’t just a slate UMPC, it’s part of a mobile media system that Gigabyte have created by building a special IPTV-capable docking station. Think of it as a souped-up Slingbox with client player included.
I have a presentation video from CeBIT that I’ll put together with a more detailed article later today. In the meantime, take a look at the specs. It’s expected to launch at end of Q3. Pricing unknown but Mobilx are taking pre-orders so if you want to queue up, I’ve added an affiliate link to Mobilx in the product page.
Design is awesome, lets see how the media system will be.
This device could be my next companion (if the price is right).
It does look more interesting than M704, but we will see….
This is AWESOME… i wish i could get my hands on it… it definetly looks NICE!!
I like the idea a lot. The real question in my mind is whether the docking station has HDMI, or at least DVI. The VGA out on the device is not really all that useful in a home theater setup…
There going to be version that runs a real OS (with full driver support for all of the hardware)?