UMPC Site

UMPCsite.com is a blog that is run by the owner of Aximsite and Mobilitysite.com

The goal of the site is to bring the latest in UMPC news. We are not going to have forums, downloads, etc, but you can visit the UMPC Forum at Mobilitysite.com.

If you are interested in blogging about UMPC, send me an email ( chris at aximite.com ) and I will let you know what you can do. Myself and the team at Mobilitysite will try to keep you up to date here, but more help from someone enthusiastic about the subject would be super!

CeBIT unviels yet another UMPC.

These things are popping up right and left, I am definitly interested in this platform and eagar to check them out closer.

Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has launched the H70 tablet at CeBIT 2006 - the latest in a succession of newly-unveiled UMPCs - or Origami devices if you prefer.

Powered by a choice of either the Intel Pentium M ULV 1GHZ FSB 400MHZ with a 2MB L2 on-die cache or an Intel Celeron M ULV 900MHZ, FSB 400MHZ processor with a 512 KB L2 on-die cache, the H70 features a  7-inch WVGA TFT LCD touchscreen display and a "slip proof" to stop you dropping your new toy on the move.

Source : Tech Digest

Another player in the UMPC Game, TabletKiosk V-700 UMPC

Source : JKOnTheRun via Engadget

I have been using a Pharos Bluetooth/Serial/CF GPS Unit for almost two years and I love it! Now, Pharos drops a new version in the mix, I think its time to get one!

Introducing the Pharos iGPS-500, a powerful new GPS receiver designed to work with the groundbreaking new class of Microsoft Ultra Mobile PCs.  As business becomes ever more global, the iGPS-500 will provide mobile professionals with advanced location and navigation capabilities as a part of a comprehensive desktop experience on a lightweight mobile PC.

Ultra-Mobile PCs make it easier to connect, communicate, accomplish and be entertained.  UMPC combines the full functionality of the PC with the power of the Windows XP Tablet edition and other innovative new technologies from Microsoft, such as new Touch Pack software.  With full Windows functionality and new software technology to enhance on-the-go use on smaller devices, the UMPCs’ highly mobile and affordable hardware design results in a smart mobile lifestyle companion, for home, work - and everywhere in between.  Ultra-Mobile PCs run full versions of the Windows XP operating system so existing applications built for Windows will run right away.

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One of my biggest questions about the UMPC platform was how would spreadsheets and frequent data entry  be handled?

Eleksen announces three new UMPC Bluetooth and USB Soft Keyboards. The version pictured is a carrying case with an intergreated keyboard!

Intergrating keyboards into carrying cases will be a great add on to this new platform. Hopefully some intergrated keyboard hard cases will be next!

Source: Engadget

ars technica reports that Movielink is jumping on the UMPC bandwagon!

With the hotly anticipated announcement yesterday that Microsoft is launching a new portable platform called Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC) positioned between tablets and PDAs, other companies can be expected to jump on that horse and ride it as far as they can. One of those companies is Movielink, the video-on-demand service that appears to have the largest lead in a very slow sack race. Movielink is trying to place itself in the position of becoming to the UMPC platform and the movie industry what iTMS has been to the iPod and the music industry. Yesterday, the company, which already caters only to users of Windows 2000 and XP, announced a partnership with Microsoft in which Movielink will be “the premier brand and provider of video content for the UMPC.”

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Verdict : All the "Is this the Origami?" image leaks were true.

Origami, the code name for this new platform called UMPC, come in many flavors. Is Dell working on one? I doubt it, they don’t even have a TabletPC (to my dissapointment).

 
UMPCs from Samsung, ASUS, and Founder that we’ve been seeing in various videos, snaps, spyshots, etc.

In addition, Robert Scoble has been teasing this for a while and has some good juice about "Origami". Click here to check it out!

Source : Engadget

Introduced at CeBIT, the new mobile PC form factor, formerly codenamed “Origami,” provides full Windows functionality with an enhanced touch screen, pen and keyboard input.

HANNOVER, Germany, March 9, 2006 – Microsoft today unveiled details for Ultra-Mobile Personal Computers (UMPCs), a new category of mobile computing devices that features small, lightweight, carry-everywhere hardware designs coupled with the full functionality of a Microsoft Windows-based PC and a choice of input options, including enhanced touch-screen capabilities. The debut of UMPCs here at CeBIT, the world’s largest trade fair showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solutions, follows Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates’ call in 2005 for the computer industry to develop a new category of PCs that are less expensive, lighter and more functional. PressPass asked Bill Mitchell, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile Platforms Division, to discuss UMPCs and explain how these new devices are different from other mobile computers.

PressPass: What are Ultra-Mobile PCs?

Mitchell: UMPCs are a new category of mobile PCs designed to support our increasing mobile lifestyles. They support mobile-tuned user interface features such as touch, pen and dedicated buttons as well as keyboards for convenient access to Windows-based applications on-the-go. The extremely mobile nature of these devices, together with the richness of Windows PC technology, combine to create a powerful platform for mobile communications, entertainment, gaming and new scenarios such as location-based services as well. The "Origami" project is really our first step toward achieving a big vision. We believe that UMPCs will eventually become as indispensable and ubiquitous as mobile phones are today. We are working toward that goal with a sequence of advances in hardware and software. Our next step along the roadmap will take place in the Windows Vista release timeframe. But today’s UMPCs are a great choice for all those situations when you’re on the go, but need to keep informed, entertained and connected via the full functionality of a Windows PC

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Ok, are you tired of all the mini-tablet/Origami/UMPC talk? It’s just getting exciting now.

A few weeks ago, I was told in a private conversation not to get too excited about this "Origami thing". How can you not get excited when there is new mobile devices popping up like flowers in the spring?

In this installment of "Another UMPC Photo", we have some good visuals for you.

• Engadget snaps some photos of the Samsung UMPC at Cebit (below)
• swhoutx035 discovers a "Sneak Peak Video Of Umpc" on CNET where Intel demos a couple devices.
• Gizmodo posts "Rumors: Origami Just a Glorified Media Player with Nasty DRM ?"

I have never been a big fan of TabletPC, but the Nokia 770 and the Pepper Pad form factors have me looking at these devices as a replacement of the "Pen Based PDA", as HP put it.

 Again, I am going to mention our Ultra Portable Forum. Get in and talk it up even if you think all the hype is unwarranted. If you only want to read about Ultra Mobile PCs, check out Mobilitysite’s UMPC Blog at UMPCsite.com

What’s a better platform to discuss on Mobilitysite than Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC)?

I am speculating from all I have read that this UMPC platform is the next mobile device hopeful, from all the photos that have surfaced, it looks like these things are PDA/Tablet hybrids basicly.

Over at Engadget, they have snagged the photo below of a Samsung UMPC style device. I will sure be happy when tommorow comes and we know more about this whole buzz that’s taking the net by storm.

 We have created a forum here at mobilitysite for discussion of these UMPC devices that we are hearing so much about. Ultra Mobile PC Forums

Stay tuned, I am sure we will bring plenty of reading on this in the next few days. 

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