SlashGear Japan
Trigem (TG), Averatec’s parent company, have taken the wraps off of their latest MID, the 4.8-inch touchscreen Lluon Mobbit. Unlike most Mobile Internet Devices we’ve seen, the Mobbit uses Windows XP rather than Linux; Trigem have given it a finger-friendly GUI overlay. Specs include the 1.3GHz Intel Atom Z520 processor, 1GB of RAM, a choice of 30GB HDD or 16GB SSD and WiFi, Bluetooth and WiBro.
The display may be on the small side, but it’s still running at an internet pleasing 1024 x 600 resolution. There’s also a 2-megapixel camera on the back, a DMB-T TV tuner, and the US15W chipset which supports hardware video decoding.
Measuring 166 x 88 x 21mm and weighing 375g, with a switch to 3G HSDPA (rather than WiBro) and maybe WiMAX as well, this could be an impressive little media and ‘net device. Best of all is the price; apparently just 600,000 won ($411) when it launches in January 2009.
[via UMPC Portal]
2 Responses to “Trigem Lluon Mobbit bargain MID coming in Jan ‘09”
Ron December 21, 2008
I wonder if a built in GPS would be an option?
I see some of the Linux devices are having issues. I still like the idea of using Linux over windows. Windows is such a memory hog.
I guess windows is developing a special operating system for MIDs and maybe would be such a hog.
I like all the features of the Aigo, but this one’s specs are better in all categories except GPS.
Well, they are on the right track
Ron
NeutralRoland December 30, 2008
This seems a perfect device if I could get it with Linux.
I don’t see the point in choosing a Microsoft system for such a device. Those who care from the technical viewpoint and technical possibilities, they don’t want Windows. Those who don’t care, they don’t care if it is using Windows/Linux or something else, so what’s the deal?
Neutral