Gigabyte looking to unveil U60 UMPC at CeBIT?
It seems like just about everyone is testing out the questionable UMPC waters of late, as just days after seeing the niche BumbleBee offering, Gigabyte is purportedly looking to dish out a handheld computer of its own at next month's CeBIT. Although details are admittedly scant, the proposed U60 will tout a swank slide-out / split keyboard approach, a 6.5-inch 800 x 600 resolution display, integrated 802.11b/g, your choice of 20GB / 30GB 1.8-inch hard drives, a pair of USB ports, SD / MMC flash card readers, and a mysterious C7-M processor. Unfortunately, that's about all the information that's been leaked on the 1.59-pound device thus far, but we should know plenty more when the floor opens up in mid-March.
[Via UnwiredView]
Filed under: Handhelds, Tablet PCs
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Bun @ Feb 28th 2007 12:52PM
I really hope more companies get into the UMPC biz. If they become what they should have been, low cost and long battery life, I'd love to get one.
Major Malfunction @ Feb 28th 2007 3:10PM
Battery Life, Battery Life, Battery Life, that is all that is missing from the UMPC... and that won't be fixed until they get fuel cells down to the size of the current UMPC battery. I still want to know how much of the $1300 I spent on my UMPC was for the price fixing for RAM, or the price fixing for LCD's, or the price fixing for the OS (oh wait, a near monopoly and monopolistic practices aren't price fixing, its profit maximization, i keep forgetting), or all the above. Holy Crap, how much did I pay for this?
It's for sale. :)
Martin @ Feb 28th 2007 3:44PM
picture is showing the new medion umpc MD 96211, formaly known as Medion MD RIM 1000
http://www.medionusa.com/home/page/umpc.htm
this is not realy new. maybe arima will distribute it over a second brand
Wig @ Feb 28th 2007 4:29PM
This device is actually manufactured by Arima as you can see here: http://www.arima.com.tw/ViewProduct.asp?View=165
The blue color looks like a bad photoshop job to me. Gigabyte is a very capable oem manufacturer. Why should they order devices from arima?
Zandr @ Feb 28th 2007 8:34PM
"Mysterious C7-M" processor?
http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/processors/c7-m/
PeteC @ Mar 1st 2007 5:32AM
Hmm, I sure hope that keyboard feels good to type on because that split with a few buttons seemingly lost in the middle sure looks damn fugly.