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.
posted Mar 16th 2007 8:29AM
Geez, I sure hope Santa will bring me that one this year...
outside of it being way to expensive for me, i want a device like that!
get it below 500 and im game :)
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.
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.
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.
What a waste of screen space.
I'll go with the Sony umpc...
What a thick bevel. Make the screen larger, damnit.
in such a big device, they should have put something even more performing than what's in the Q1 Ultra.
...and a LARGER screen.
Release date please.......^_^