Kohjinsha's K600 gets an Intel A100 and DMB TV

There was a time (about 3 months) when these 7-inch ultraportables from Kohjinsha were all the rage in ultra-portable circles. Now however, we've got a $600 VIA NanoBook coming out in an endless stream of OEM offerings on top of that supposed $200 Eee PC from ASUS. Hell, even Samsung slapped a decent keyboard onto their Q1 Ultra UMPC for thumbing around. Still, Kohjinsha's back with a second generation K600 model which gets a big bump to Intel's new A100 processor for XP/Vista and adds T-DMB television while remaining true to its ₩800,000 (about $859) price tag. Not bad. Read-on for more pics.

[Erwos @ Jun 13th 2007 6:53AM]

If they bring these stateside with an ATSC tuner, that would totally own.

However, remember that the A100 is a 600mhz P-M - that's not exactly speedy.

[strider_mt2k @ Jun 13th 2007 8:03AM]

Agreed.
It's about time we started seeing that as an option.

[Dalton @ Jun 13th 2007 9:55AM]

You know, I am really excited about this, as well as the new Via and new Asus super-ultra-portables. I would like even more to see something in the sub-notebook form factor from Apple. But are any of them actually on sale in the US? I know quite a few people who would buy these up (one client of mine actually bought a 5 year old Jornada just to have something pocketable to get some work done on the train). When are they coming to the US?

[Jamar @ Jun 13th 2007 10:06AM]

I swear there was an article here before on how these were released to the US.

Ah, here it is: http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/28/data-evolutions-799-cathena-cx-umpc-with-swiveling-screen/

Go ahead and get one- you won't regret it if you're not going to be playing games on it or anything.

[ArchiMark @ Jun 27th 2007 3:16PM]

Dalton,

Don't hold your breath waiting for these type of devices to make it to US market....for variety of reasons most never make it here at typical retailers...

However, you can either purchase them in USA from Dynamism, which imports them from overseas and then marks them up and sells them, but you get USA support or you can buy them like I do from Conics.net over in Tokyo at a lower price, but still very good service...

HTH,

Mark

[Jeff Myers @ Jun 14th 2007 7:34AM]

I see a swivel screen. Does that mean it's a tablet?

[Pym @ Jun 15th 2007 3:49AM]

Sure is. :) Note: Word is that a more powerful version of this for the same price will be released with a month (Q3 2007).

[Mauricio Castrillon R. @ Jun 27th 2007 8:44PM]

Good night.
we are looking for information on its computers k600, k601 Kohjinsha, ultraportable, umpc we want to buy samples of these equipment and knowledge of other models available to matter to my country. We waited for its answer fast.

MAURICIO CASTRILLON R.
[e-mail]

[Gabe @ Jun 27th 2007 8:45PM]

When are these gonna have wwan support like the sony umpc's?

[Mauricio Castrillon R. @ Jun 27th 2007 9:40PM]

Good night. we are looking for information on its computers k600, k601 Kohjinsha, ultraportable, umpc and all the models available to matter to my country we want to buy samples of these equipment and knowledge of other models available to matter to my country. We waited for its answer fast. MAURICIO CASTRILLON R. [e-mail]

[Mauricio Castrillon R. @ Jun 28th 2007 7:21AM]

Good night. we are looking for information on its computers k600, k601 Kohjinsha, ultraportable, umpc we want to buy samples of these equipment and knowledge of other models available to matter to my country. We waited for its answer fast. MAURICIO CASTRILLON R.