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“YES! It fits in the palm of your hand!” is their slogan and it can be yours for only $299 should be their tagline (I would like to be compensated for that if you use it, do you hear me 3K?), what is it? It’s the brand spanking new 3K RazorBook 400, for which , [...]

With some nifty info leaked on the Mobile01.com forum it appears that Acer too is getting into the UMPC game with their own Mini-Notebook called Aspire One.

Not too much is known at this point, except that this will carry a 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, 512MB RAM, 4GB Solid State Hard Drive, 8.9 inch 1024 x [...]

Hmmm… I’ve been asking myself for quite some time why Apple hasn’t gotten their respective feet wet by dipping into the Ultra Mobile form factor yet. I’ve heard many people discuss the possibility of them producing their own UMPC which, of course, is a bit silly since it wouldn’t be a PC to begin [...]

JKOnTheRun today posted on his blog that Taiwan based AU Optronics one of the world’s three most prevalent  manufacturers of thin film transistor liquid crystal display panels (TFT LCD) is projecting sales for UMPCs/Mini-Notebooks to surpass the 10 million mark and possibly reach as high as 15 million before years end.
What makes AU Optronics an [...]

Our friend Joe over at Only UMPC today posted a video of Microsoft’s demo for their Multi-Touch capabilities being incorporated into the successor for Windows Vista. Indeed this appears to be a boon for UMPC and Tablet PC users as well.
As Joe points out:
A lot of the features might seem nothing on a Desktop and [...]

SASUS manufactures of the original Eee PC the 701 are back with updated versions of the original. In an effort to compete with more hi tech ultra low cost PCs that have hit the market over the past dew Months, ASUS brings us the Eee PC 900 and laptopmag.com has the info/pics and a [...]

Here’s some information regarding Intel’s newest and smallest low-voltage CPU, the Atom.

Here is Intel’s official website page for the Atom, as you can see Atom is smaller than a penny but it packs quite a wallop of power with it’s low end Z500 CPU running at 800MHz clock speed without HyperThreading with a 400 [...]

We found this great review of the HP 2133 from Laptopmag.com. One key selling point for this device is the DuraKey keyboard which looks easy to use and boasts of a nearly full (92%) size, impressive for such a small UMPC. Also impressive is the price which starts at around $499.00 and moves up from [...]

This is pretty funny, as most of you know, many of todays mobile devices. laptops UMPCs and other ultra mobiles have motion detecting sensors, well the OQO is no different, however, it has a twist. When Jory Bell, OQO’s CEO designed the model 2, he included the scream of a little girl whenever the machine [...]

OQO, makers of both the original OQO and model 2 have their newest models on sale this week through Memorial Day Monday. There base line OQO features a 1.2ghz cpu with a 40gb hard drive, 512mb of RAM, plus WiFi a/b/g, Bluetooth and each model ships for free!

However, if you purchase one of their high [...]