Tag Archive for 'ultraportable'
One of the first Intel Atom powered Mobile Internet Devices, the Aigo MID, has reached the hands of reviewers, and first impressions look good. Basically the same unit as Gigabyte’s M528, it packs a 500MHz Z500 processor and runs a Linux-based OS with the Midinux 2.0 GUI. In fact the guys at UMPCFever pay the Aigo [...]
Photos of ASUS’ upcoming Eee PC 901 - the Intel Atom powered version of the 8.9-inch budget ultraportable - have appeared online, together with a run down of the differences Asustek have made to the case design and ports layout. It seems that the company wasn’t content to merely wait until Intel could catch [...]
As confirmed a week ago, ASUS’ Eee PC 900 has gone on sale in the US giving buyers a choice between the original, smaller-screened Eee and this new 8.9-inch version. However stock seems to be in relatively short supply; Amazon have it listed for $549.99 but “out of stock”. That’s allowing those with the 900 [...]
As expected, HP have today released their new wave of 2133 Mini-Note ultraportables running Windows XP rather than Vista or SUSE Linux. However, while the leaked pricing may have been correct, what the tips didn’t tell us was that HP would be pushing the Vista-downgrade route to XP rather than supplying XP alone. [...]
This week’s highlight has been the SlashGear team knuckling down to cover HTC’s London launch of the Touch Diamond smartphone. Our hands-on video of the Windows Mobile 6.1 device is pulling in some serious views, so if the thought of a 3G iPhone is leaving you cold then you need to be checking out the [...]
Pricing details for the XP version of HP’s 2133 Mini-Note ultraportable have emerged courtesy of a leaky HP rep. Assuming they’re the real deal, we now know that the four-model range will be priced from $729 to $819. Another HP rep confirmed that XP will be available, preloaded, on the 2133 on May 15th.
Online retailer eXpansys have revealed pre-order pricing for the MSI Wind, for both the Linux and Windows XP versions of the 10-inch ultraportable. For the XP Home version, eXpansys are asking £350 - or $610 through eXpansys USA - while the Linux version is £320 ($560 in the US). That makes the Linux [...]
Research firm IDC have spotted the current trend for budget ultraportable notebooks, but unlike the rest of us aren’t entirely convinced. Despite vast sales of the ASUS Eee - and multiple rivals with new notebooks landing every week - IDC don’t believe most mainstream customers will ever see the usually-Linux based devices as “proper” computers. [...]
Asustek have confirmed that the Eee PC 900 will be available in the US on May 12th. The budget ultraportable - which adds an 8.9-inch display to the standard ASUS Eee - will be available in two versions, both priced at $549.99. The first, running Windows XP, will have 12GB of storage, made up of 4GB of Flash memory [...]
Although Intel confessed to having trouble meeting demand for their Atom processor earlier this week, the chip company declined to specify when it thought supplies would stabilize. The sudden flourish in the budget ultraportable laptop market has certainly exacerbated the problem, and now Asustek Computer president Jerry Shen has confirmed that his company believes the shortfall will continue [...]
