The UREN V1 Mobile Auto PC
It may look a lot like a UMPC, what with its tablet-style form factor and seven-inch LCD touch screen and all that, but the new UREN V1 is what they're calling a "Mobile Auto PC". So what's the difference? Mainly that it comes with integrated GPS and is supposed to be mounted on the dashboard of your car (though when you think about it, all UMPCs should probably have GPS, it'd make them much more useful). The UREN V1, which runs Windows XP, also sports a 30GB hard drive, a DMB TV tuner, a memory card slot, and a three megapixel digital camera on back for, uh, taking pictures of the road while you're driving. This one looks like it's currently for the Korean market only.
Filed under: GPS, Handhelds, Tablet PCs, Transportation
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Pierre LaStank @ Sep 11th 2006 10:40AM
UREN. Perhaps it loses something in the translation. Does it come in yellow?
Norm @ Sep 11th 2006 10:41AM
You mean the Korean market....cause the GPS screen is in Korean.
dreampc @ Sep 11th 2006 10:47AM
ah yes dash mount and tv reception abilities...
I smell head-on collision!
Sam @ Sep 11th 2006 10:55AM
'UREN' - what a G-D awful product name.. Their tag line should be, 'UREN; The name's awful yet the product's a pisser'
Matt @ Sep 11th 2006 10:59AM
Us Pats fans would be fine buying such a wicked pissah product.
aeo @ Sep 11th 2006 11:00AM
So Koreans are watching TV in their cars while they drive?!? No wonder they're such bad drivers! Bwahahahahahhaa!!
Just KIDDING!
joshj @ Sep 11th 2006 11:13AM
i would much rather look at GPS on this 7" screen while driving than a 3" tomtom/gremlin/tamtam thingy...
black @ Sep 11th 2006 12:18PM
"You mean the Korean market....cause the GPS screen is in Korean."
Yes. And that's obviously a Korean hand.
Grant G @ Sep 11th 2006 2:35PM
haha.
damn, aeo beat me to the bad driver joke.
lucky koreans, they get all the good stuff. For cheaper too.
steve @ Sep 11th 2006 2:37PM
The product name is clearly Korea's answer to Japanese Wii
csnoke @ Sep 11th 2006 3:23PM
it just so happens that the same group of people who need a tv in their car.. also need a remote when they're sitting a foot away from the thing.
go figure.
SCott @ Sep 11th 2006 4:39PM
Just remember folks, if your UREN comes out black like that, see a doctor
Mike @ Sep 11th 2006 5:12PM
Seems like a cool idea, is there any type of device similar on sale now or going to be on sale in the US.
duh @ Sep 11th 2006 5:27PM
its a good way to keep people from riding in yer car.
"whats that in there?- oh its UREN! - ewe, im not sitin there."
thungerleg @ Sep 11th 2006 8:27PM
..or from snooping in your luggage.
"I keep my UREN in my suitcase."
onebluehaze @ Sep 12th 2006 12:44AM
Thats Number One. hahahaha....
Suppose you could call somone using this a UREN-ator? :P
Jokes aside, I think having a Windows PC in a moving car is just asking for a crash... lol
-Mac fanboy