Monday, June 2, 2008

Atom based CW0A1 netbook to be introduced at Computex

A new Intel Atom based “CW0A1″ netbook is said to be making an appearance at Computex this year. Its external design appears to be roughly based around the Easynote reference design that was seen quite a while ago. The 8.9″ screen, 1024×600 res, and optional WiMax module position this netbook to be a competitor to [...]

Linux port of Bluesoleil announced for UMPCs

Fresh news from Computex!
IVT has just announced that they have ported the Bluesoleil 5.0 bluetooth stack found on lots of computers to Linux. The program retains its GUI and user friendliness and is supposedly ported specificaly for UMPCs. However with all the naming confusion thats around and the fact that very few UMPCs actually run [...]

OQO MID on Nvidia platform? Please let it be true.

Something is up here. Something exciting perhaps. Either someone had a bit too much love for OQO’s ID when they hashed together a design for Nvidia’s computex webpage or OQO are indeed going to use their industrial design skills to release an ARM-based MID. Oh the mind boggles. Android? Windows Mobile 7? Click to enlarge. That’s [...]

Elonex has OneTwo3 four new netbooks.

It looks like Elonex are just about to launch some additions to their notebook range. They currently sell the Elonex One in the UK which is a 99 pound ($200) netbook with a detachable keyboard but if you take a look at the new products section on the Computex website you’ll find images of 4 [...]

Gigabyte M912 Convertible Tablet. Bringing UMPC features to the netbook market.

The 912 surfaced a few days ago on the Gigabyte website without an image but the official image is up now. [Gigabyte product page] With an 8.9" screen at 1280×768 in a case that’s not a few mm bigger than the Eee PC 900, it looks like it could be a real VyeS37 killer. Assuming [...]