Tag archive: UMPC

Toshiba's Digital Products Division has proven it can hide a few surprises up its sleeves: today the company took a stab at reviving the not-very-successful ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) category with the libretto W100, a compact book-folding PC running Windows 7 with two seven-inch touch screen displays that open folio-style—and both of them can be used to display and interact with content. The libretto W100 runs an Intel Pentium… Read More

There’s something contradictory about devices that are small enough to go anywhere, but so fragile that you’d never dare remove them from the safety of the not-so-great indoors. After all, ultra-mobile isn’t so ultra when it comes with strings attached. While not everyone needs to drag a fully functional PC to the top of the mountain, or check their email in a rain storm, Roper technology has discovered the niche for those who do, and… Read More

While ultra-mobile personal computers (UMPCs) have been on the market for well over a year now, they remain a rarity in everyday usage thanks in part to the high cost of the initial models, and only a handful of examples that could be had in the United States. As we usually see in technology, time is healing both ills as more UMPCs migrate over from the countries where they were originally released, and arrive stateside at more affordable… Read More

Sony on May 16 introduced Americans to the consumer electronics giant?s smallest pocket-sized PC yet. The new VAIO UX Micro PC is a machine which Sony says places full-size computer performance in the palm of one?s hand. The Sony VAIO UX Micro PC weighs around 1.2 pounds and sports a 4.5-inch wide SVGA screen which uses the company?s XBRITE technology to deliver brilliant color, crisp graphics and very fine details. The screen is also touch… Read More

At a media briefing yesterday in San Franncisco, Samsung announced that its Q1 ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC) will be available via Best Buy's e-tail “outlet” on May 7, 2006, with a retail price of $1,100. Selected in-store availability is scheduled for “later this summer,” which in product-release speak could mean anywhere from June to late September. Best Buy will also be carrying add-on accessories like… Read More