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Bjorn over at ultramobilelife.com (who incidentally has very cool glasses) has pulled some strings and found himself one of PaceBlade’s EasyBook P8N UMPCs. His opinion? It’s a snappy little fellow with a deeply tactile matte black rubberised casing that I’m imagining feels a little like Motorola’s PEBL.
It’s based on the VIA C7-M processor and also has a decent consumer-grade IR port so you can use the P8N as a universal remote. At first I wasn’t too keen on the design, with the buttons at the bottom rather than either side as most other UMPCs have had, but the combination of the matte casing and the slimness makes this a stealth-slate I could grow to love. Send me one, please, PaceBlade!
Another image of the device, together with the full specs after the cut…
| Processor | VIA C7-M @ 1.0 GHz |
|---|---|
| Chipset | VIA VN800 |
| Operating System | Windows XP Professional |
| Memory | 256MB, 512MB or 1GB DDR2 |
| Hard Disk Drive | 2.5″ 9.5mm 40, 80 or 120GB HDD |
| Communication | 10/100 LAN on board 56Kbps modem Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g Bluetooth v2 |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Display | 8.4″ TFT LCD SVGA Panel |
| Input Device | Resistive Touch Panel |
| Sound | AC-97 Audio on board sound, 16-bit stereo full duplex built-in, 2 x speaker and microphone |
| I/O Ports | 1 x PCMCIA Type II 3 x USB 2.0 Port 1 x RJ-45 fast Ethernet Port 1 x RJ-11 Modem 1 x FIR IrDA port 1 x mini-VGA port 1 x Headphone 1 x Microphone 1 x DC-IN Jack |
| Battery | Re-chargeable Lithium Ion Battery Up to 4 hours |
| Dimensions | 23.1 x 19.2 x 4.2 cm |
| Weight | 1.19 Kg (with Battery) |
| Included Accessories | Stylus, AC/DC adapter and power cord Protective bag and 3M cleaning cloth |
PaceBlade [via ultramobilelife]
