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No F8 on reboot, or my F12 shortcut in Office, what am I to do? This might be troubling for some users out there but Dell doesn’t think so, at least not enough to include function keys with their expected release of a MiniNotebook sometime late this coming summer. Little is known about the machine [...]

In an earlier post we wrote about an interview ZDNet had with Scott Shutter, AMD’s notebook division brand manager, where he apparently expressed little immediate interest in the UMPC/Subnotebook market. Well, perhaps that was taken out of context as we now learn AMD has new contenders to the Eee PC/Subnotebook/Netbook (or whatever you want [...]

I’ve been thinking lately about all the reports of Micheal Dell and his new baby the [Rumored] Mini Inspiron which was uncovered by Gizmodo blogger Brian Lam after he spotted Mr. Dell walking around carrying the spankin’ new Ultra Mobile at the D: All Things Digital (D6) conference sponsored by The Wall Street Journal last [...]

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 [...]

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OLPC chairman Nicholas Negroponte, on Tuesday, revealed the next generation PC for his charity, the XO 2.0. This is an ultra efficient machine which reduces the XO’s power consumption to a mere 1 watt. Negroponte has suggested that the final price will be around $75 (WHAT?), however these will not become available until [...]