While they're nothing special -- or all that original -- in the looks department, Mobits' new X15
UMPCs are looking pretty juicy in the specs. Based on the snazzy new VIA CX700 chipset, which enables hardware TV encoding and WMV9 decoding, the X15s run on a VIA C7M 1GHz processor, and include 512MB or 1GB of DDR2 RAM. The real interesting thing is the displays, which according to the spec sheet run at 800 x 480 for the 7-inch model, and at 1024 x 600 for the 5.6-inch version. Could be a typo, but we're afraid some squinting might be in order. There's of course the standard fare of 802.11a/b/g and 30 or 60GB HDD, along with stereo speakers and a fingerprint sensor. Also included standard is a LAN port, TV-out and an SD card slot. The mouse pointer is the same as that on the
TabletKiosk eo UMPCs, and there are options for a built-in camera, GPS, DVB-T and DVB-H. With the odd screen sizes we're not even sure which is which in the pictures, but we'll be sure to be dropping more deets as these get closer to launch.
[Via
Carrypad UMPC journal]
posted Jun 12th 2006 10:41AM
When you say "Could be a typo" do you mean that the 5.6 runs at 800 x 480 and the 7 runs at 1024 x 600? Because that makes so much more sense.
Rechargeable Li-Ion Battery Pack (2 or 4 cells of 18650, 2400mAH)
18650 mAH 2 cell battery - That thing must weigh 10 lbs. Not very portable, or is that another typo. Cant trust much on the specs
A fingerpring sensor? Why would they put something like that into an already overpriced type of PC? If I was in charge of that company, I'd work on making these things affordable.
doesn't seem very ergonomic... actually, none of the UMPCs do...
when the screen looks like THAT in sunlight, i will buy one...
I agree with Scott. If these are supposed to be 'take anywhere, use anytime' type devices then they need a good outdoor screen. And good battery life. If they could fulfill those items then the present cost would be easier to swallow.