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Gigabyte M912 touchscreen Diamondville UMPC

By Chris Davies on Monday, Jun 2nd 2008 1 Comment

Gigabyte’s UMPC, the M704, may not have exactly wowed reviewers, but the company is sending in touchscreen reinforcements in the shape of the M912. While at first glance it might look like a full-sized convertible tablet, a glance at the spec list reveals that it actually has an 8.9-inch WXGA display, putting it firmly among the UMPC/budget ultraportables and a direct rival to Fujitsu-Siemens’ P1610. Under the hood is a 1.6GHz Intel CPU, and the fact that it uses the 945GSE chipset suggests this is based on Intel’s Diamondville platform; Gigabyte are quoting “Windows XP compliance and support Linux” which doesn’t exactly make clear which OS will be preloaded.

Gigabyte M912

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Gigabyte M704 UMPC unboxed & reviewed: keyboard disappoints

By Chris Davies on Monday, Jun 2nd 2008 3 Comments

Remember the Gigabyte M704? Billed as the smallest 7-inch 1024 × 600 UMPC on the market, we briefly spent some time with the 780g device at CEBIT 2008 and came away, if not madly impressed, then at least still curious. Now Mobile01 have unboxed and reviewed the M704 – complete with its modular GPS and DVB-T accessories, and the docking station – to see if the 1.2Ghz VIA C7-powered Windows XP PC is up to scratch.

Gigabyte M704 UMPC MID

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Gigabyte M700 IPTV UMPC with digital tuner base-station

By Chris Davies on Thursday, May 15th 2008 No Comments

With the array of Eee-style budget notebooks clamouring to play the role of your companion PC, Microsoft’s UMPC format is being forced to think outside of its traditional box to score sales. Gigabyte have stepped up with the M700; while it may look like a typical 7-inch touchscreen slate, in actual fact it’s running VIA’s 1.2Ghz processor with the new VX800 chipset (with Chrome 9 graphics and video decoding hardware) and is part of the company’s latest IPTV push. The M700 is in actual fact a mobile media center, complete with a dock that packs a digital TV tuner and IPTV streamer.

Gigabyte M700 UMPC

Check out the video overview of the Gigabyte M700 after the cut

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MSI and Gigabyte launching new budget notebooks end of Q2

By James Allan Brady on Monday, Apr 14th 2008 No Comments

According to a Chinese-language paper, Commercial Times, there are sources that say that MSI will be launching its Wind notebook in 8.9 and/or 10 inch sizes priced between $470 and $1099. I don’t know what kind of budget PC they are marketing that is going to cap out at a little over a thousand dollars though.

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Gigabyte M704 UMPC – more robust than the M528 MID

By James Allan Brady on Thursday, Mar 6th 2008 2 Comments

This device is an actual UMPC, not a mobile internet device, and it has a 7” screen and 780 gram weight to prove it. The screen on this one is an actual touch-screen though, meaning you can control everything from the screen.

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Gigabyte Roll Pad passive notebook cooler – makes me hungry for California Roll

By James Allan Brady on Thursday, Mar 6th 2008 No Comments

Basically, what this is is a giant heat sink for the bottom of your notebook. It attracts the heat from the bottom of your notebook, and due to the metal it’s made out of, is able to dissipate the heat faster than your notebook or your lap.

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Gigabyte M528 MID – small and light, yet powerful, like dynamite

By James Allan Brady on Thursday, Mar 6th 2008 1 Comment

It has a 4.8-inch screen, which should give you a reference for dimensions, and it weighs a mere 340 grams. Technically it’s being called an MID or Mobile Internet Device, but it looks pretty capable.

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Gigabyte M704 UMPC yet another addition to what seemed to be a stale market

By James Allan Brady on Monday, Nov 19th 2007 No Comments

First we get hit with the new Asus offering, and now Gigabyte has a new UMPC too, looks like things are popping in the UMPC market again. Sadly it looks like this will, for now, only be available in Taiwan.

But if you are still interested, it has a 1.2GHz VIA Esther ULV C7-M processor, a 7” LED backlit LCD with a 1024×600 resolution, and a 40 or 60GB HDD with Windows Vista. It weighs a mere 780 grams.

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Gigabyte W251-G5 – Small, sleek, but still packs some power

By Chris Scott Barr on Tuesday, Jul 31st 2007 1 Comment

I’m not a huge fan of smaller laptops, mostly because I hate sacrificing my larger screens. However, when I’m traveling to shows I do get burdened by carrying around a larger (and bulkier) laptop. So I’m almost thinking that I need to get a smaller notebook just so I’m not weighed down. This new one from Gigabyte looks pretty appealing.

W251 G5