Is this Little Gem a New Raon Digital UMPC?

 
This is an image of an AMD-based device that has been shown at Computex. Its small, really small. One of the smallest I’ve seen with a full keyboard. It’s got a 7" touchscreen and its 1024×600. Its starting to look nice. AMD’s officials are saying its running Turion and that it’s 1.5 times the processing [...]

TongFang first with Nano-enabled mini-note.

10.2 is just out of the UMPCPortal coverage range (yes, the ASUS 1000 won’t get coverage here either) but this is worth noting due to it being the first device we’ve seen that will be using the VIA Nano processor. Aving snapped the pic but there’s no hands-on or word on price or availability. I’m [...]

Intel, Sandisk, TDK launch solid state drive solutions for ultra mobiles.

Intel have launched their 4GB and 8GB SSD modules (these aren’t drop-in drive replacements) at 1000-piece prices of $25 and $45 respectively. Although the read-speed is a usable 35MB/s, with a write speed of just 7MB/s, they’re not ideal for the pro user. Sandisk’s offering seems to be slightly better with a ’streaming’ write speed [...]

Acer Aspire One Hands-on Video

Fresh from Sascha (eeepcpnews.de) at Computex. Here’s one of the first ever hands-on videos of the Acer Aspire One.   Specifications
Launch info and live images are available here.

High demand for Atom chips creates shortage

Lately it has seemed like a new netbook is announced weekly. With so many players hoping to turn a profit in this now hot computing sector, it’s no wonder that the demand for Intel’s Atom CPU is high. Sean Maloney, Intel’s executive vice-president commented in an interview with the Financial Times saying that Intel had [...]