ASUS' T83 UMPC does the QWERTY swivel

Asus has a new UMPC quietly on-show here at CeBIT -- the T83. Although propped up pert and pretty in the "Industrial" section of the ASUS booth, let us assure you that this is no ruggedized UMPC. Another version based on this design is coming later in the year which should be capable of handling the abuse brought on by the busy hands of children or warehouse crew. Underneath that 7-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen display we found XP Tablet running on a 1GHz Via C7-M processor, 512MB of RAM (expandable to 2GB), at least a 30GB disk, GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi and a digital camera packed into a fanless, 950-gram UMPC. It also features a fully tactile QWERTY and up to 6 hours off battery. Not bad, but the Q1 Ultra (dual core, Vista Home Premium, 1024 x 600 resolution, etc, etc) has a bit spoiled on specs at this point -- where was the T83 last year ASUS? Still, if you're a fan of portable XP or Linux and a sub-grand price tag, well, listen up: the T83 is expected to go global in Q3 for anywhere between $899 and $999.

Gallery: ASUS' T83 UMPC does the QWERTY swivel

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[Malin @ Mar 16th 2007 8:58AM]

Geez, I sure hope Santa will bring me that one this year...

[hobgoblin @ Mar 16th 2007 9:19AM]

outside of it being way to expensive for me, i want a device like that!

get it below 500 and im game :)

[Major Malfunction @ Mar 16th 2007 9:44AM]

Sweet baby jeebus, they got it right. I can't believe it.
Now I really have to sell my Q1 quickly otherwise a paperweight it'll be.

[flight @ Mar 16th 2007 9:55AM]

This is pretty cool. I have a Toshiba Libretto U105 (which I love), the only thing the Libretto is missing is a tablet interface. This Asus looks to be filling that gap. Maybe Toshiba will follow suit. The low resolution on the Asus is rather unfortunate however.

[flight @ Mar 16th 2007 10:00AM]

This is pretty cool. I have a Toshiba Libretto U105 (which I love), the only thing the Libretto is missing is a tablet interface. This Asus looks to be filling that gap. Maybe Toshiba will follow suit. The low resolution on the Asus is rather unfortunate however.

[Nobuyuki Idei @ Mar 16th 2007 12:14PM]

What a thick bevel. Make the screen larger, damnit.

[misterchat @ Mar 18th 2007 2:54AM]

What a waste of screen space.
I'll go with the Sony umpc...

[Jelp @ Mar 18th 2007 10:43PM]

in such a big device, they should have put something even more performing than what's in the Q1 Ultra.

[Jelp @ Mar 18th 2007 10:45PM]

...and a LARGER screen.

[Nightmare @ Mar 21st 2007 10:12AM]

Release date please.......^_^