Viliv S5 MID Review

In terms of build, the Viliv S5 MID (or UMPC, whatever you want to call it) is one of the better buys on its niche, though we were hoping the UMID mbook improves on its current hardware. The Viliv S5 is an Atombased machine with a 4.8-inch WSVGA touchscreen. For $599 it is good value, [...]

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Viliv X70 Atom Communication MID with Optional WiMAX

Will UMPCs and MIDs be as big as netbooks? The X70 Atom Communication MID from Viliv seems to suggest that ultra-portable computing does not end with netbooks. This mobile Internet device boasts a 7-inch  WSVGA touch screen, a 1.33GHz Atom Z520 CPU, 1GB RAM, your choice of 8GB/16GB SSD and 30GB/60GB HDD, Bluetooth, HSDPA, WiMAX [...]

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Yukyung Technologies Releases two UMPCs

Running on Intel’s Menlow platform, Yukyung Technologies‘ sliding Viliv UMPC has a 1.86GHz processor, 512MB of DDR2 RAM and either a 30GB or 60GB HDD. It comes with a WSVGA display, GPS (through a SiRF Star III chipset), Bluetooth, a webcam and a fingerprint scanner. Yes, that is a QWERTY keyboard attached. The [...]

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Sophia Nani Takes on iPhone

If there’s a gadget in the world that can beat the iPhone it will be Japanese made. Come July 18, we’ll have a close look at Sophia Nani , a touch screen phone and multi-media device. It runs on Windows CE, powered by a 600 Mhz RMI Alchemy Au1250 processor. The 4.3-inch TFT touchscreen [...]

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Kojinsha SH6KB04A With New A100 Intel CPU, 1 SEG Tuner

  This new UMPC from Kojinsha benefits faster performances from its new A100 Intel CPU> The basic componenets of this UMPC are as follows: WSVGA touch screen, 512/1GB RAM, 40/100GB HDD and VISTA. Onboard is a 1 SEG TV tuner and a 1.3 mepagipexl camera. Quite a fine machine for a UMPC, especially if you get [...]

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Samsung Q2 UMPC Coming Soon

The Q1P just got Vista but already Samsung is preparing a version 2 of the UMPC for a possible CeBIT unveiling. Engadget has the scoop and slides sent by an anonymous tipster.

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