You know what we could really use right now? A chunky slab of XP running on a device that is simultaneously too big for our pockets but less functional than a netbook. Oh, what's that Trigem, you've got that? Suweet. Meet the LLUON Mobbit PS400, an Atom Z520-powered
UMPC MID with a 4.8-inch (1,024 x 600) touchscreen LCD, 2 megapixel camera, 1GB memory, choice of 30GB hard disk or 16GB SSD, WiFi, and Korean WiMax (WiBro) and digital television (T-DMB). Here's the interesting part: the price. According CNET, it will cost "around" $411 (600,000 won) when it ships in January -- that's a lot of kit for that price (the
similarly-speced R50A from ASUS costs over $1,800). If true, then the Mobbit looks to have finally achieved the
pricing goal set by Microsoft and Intel for these UMPC-class devices way back in early 2006. Add the RAM- and touch-friendly Windows 7 OS and we might finally be home... albeit 3-years (too?) late.
[Via
Akihabara News and
CNET]
posted Dec 4th 2008 1:57AM
Nice price. Nice chick. Dude, you get the hell out of here!
Second that, the guy ruins the whole picture. I guess they want to please the female gadget fans too.
this one is prettier than the last one for sure, albeit not showing legs
@ultimateidiot911
but that guy is not even remotely hot!
Am I completely crazy or is the fugly dude holding a starbucks cup? What the hell?
@max
I do agree, but maybe that's the only guy they can find.
I still prefer her next to me though =]
Weird Guy problem solved!
http://triton.imageshack.us/Himg88/scaled.php?server=88&filename=solvedkc9.jpg&xsize=578&ysize=480
(sorry for my horrible paint edit of the photo lol)
@ everyone in this thread:
*Cough*
Denial much?
Low rank me if you want, I couldn't resist. >
I think he's kinda cute >.> kinda refreshing to see some a booth dude :-)
Congratulate, don't hate.
Awesome job at summarizing the whole post in a couple sentences! :p
wow. i would wonder if this could also emulate macOSX :D
Let the asian chick comments spree begin! >_
i'd buy that, screen rez is awesome for something that can fit in some coat pockets.
PORN
Guaranteed he is tapping that right after the show.
Did you notice that he gets his eyebrows done?
.... I don't really think he tapps anything....more like get tapped
free, with purchase of grande
I would definitely buy it if it came with the package on the left... who cares about the price?
love you long time
Congratulations! You just identified yourself as a classless racist who thinks Asian women are prostitutes. Your reward? -1 Point!
Um, isn't that a 2 live crew/family guy reference?
You've just classified yourself as a 1st class douchecock
2 live crew/family guy? Are you kidding? Try Full Metal Jacket, genius.
Well family guy referred to the vietnam era thing where it is told hookers in vietnam used that term a lot it seems, as used in Stanley Kubrick's film 'Full Metal Jacket', but yeah it's been a while and few remember/know the precise origin and whole generation have grown up not knowing where it comes from or even what it refers to.
Second Cup?
she's cute
she's cute +1
I believe "cost around" is Korean for "We'll end up pricing it around a hundred dollars more" which means "It'll cost Several hundred dollars more if you live outside the USA" in British English.
"You know what we could really use right now? A chunky slab of XP running on a device that is simultaneously too big for our pockets but less functional than a netbook."
This is why Engadget is a winner and a hero on the internet; why can't *anyone* else sum up how silly some ideas and concepts are when it comes to technology? I've always felt this way about UMPCs, but I could have never summed up those concerns so concisely.
I couldn't disagree more. I was actually quite upset reading the Engadget post because I think there's a huge opportunity for devices of this size and spec. x86 Win32 is by far the largest and most popular platform in the world. There are more applications developed for or ported to this platform than any other period. Sure, it's bigger than your iPhone but you can't do everything on your iPhone that you can do on you Mac. Heck, you can't even copy & paste on your iPhone. This is a a desktop PC that fits in your jacket pocket or purse, not a glorified phone.
The problem, for some, is price and this new price level will be very attractive for them. For me the problem is battery life. Make a device that can last 10 hrs with 3G enabled and I'm sold. First thing I do, install Firefox, Skype, Miranda, Air + Twhirl, KLite Codec Pack and laugh at your iPhone.
im actually eating eggos right now... [/random]
I've always wanted a full OS (of any flavor) on my PSP, so I think this is a nice device, size and all. With a decent cpu/gpu, this can be a game player, portable full computer, mp3 player (with video), voip phone, camera, all with a decent hard drive?
I'd rather have that than carry around a 7" screened laptop that I would need to put in a case or bag.
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Yeah i would have one of those for that price, and load up ubuntu onto it.
I guess it doesnt have any USBs...
Has anyone heard about VIAs Mobile ITX project?
Mobo the size of a business card @ 1Ghz.
has 2 usb, http://www.trigem.co.kr/tgshop/specialshop/eventshop/081203/images/mobbit_in_20.jpghttp://www.trigem.co.kr/tgshop/specialshop/eventshop/081203/images/mobbit_in_20.jpg
I would put that in my car in a heartbeat...wait GPS is a no... well i could probably put something in via USB, not that i ever get lost while driving -.-
USB and headphone are a go!
The Korean won got hit hard by the recession; it lost around a third of its value in the past few months alone. If you went by exchange rate a year ago, the price would be closer to $600. I dunno if this would really sell for $400 if it was sold in the US.
Not 1 comment about the icons? I guess it's too early for those people.
I didn't want to be the first to bring up the OS X-ish style. Spot on spot on
I don't think anybody wanted to be "that" guy.
More images, specs...
http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/12/tgs-lluon-mobbit-xp-based-mid
It's got a 16wh battery which should be good for 4-6 hours of use. 'Bloody happy to see this device, with these specs, at this price! Just some design lacking. (And for many, the keyboard but if it had a keyboard, the battery wouldn't be half the size!)
Chippy
http://www.umpcportal.com/gallery/v/lluonmobbit/lluonmobbit2.jpg.html
I just want to know why
good
Would consider it if it had Windows 7 on it and supported W7 multitouch....
The thing is these devices ARE late on the scene. Smartphones are advancing a lot faster and their screens are getting a whole lot bigger.
PMP and Video though. Smartphones are way away from H.264 @ 1080p and desktop speed, 1024x600 browsing.
I'd take a cheaper, smaller phone, save my voice battery life and consider one of these for pro-level browsing and video. I'm sure a lot of others will too.
Steve
That's a reasonable choice, however:
Regarding HD hi-res video output, this will all change with NVidia's Tegra chip (demoed last year at the WMC). Google it. It's a game changer, no doubt.
Battery life, again: Tegra is capable of 10 hours of continuous HD video output. It's ultra-low power, designed for smartphones. Add that to OLED screens that don't demand backlighting, and you have another battery life saver.
The best browser is like the best camera: it's the one you always have with you. Mobile browsing is taking a huge leap, and we will be seeing full flash support on 800X600 screens on smartphones all over 2009.
PMPs and MIDs will always be better for videos, but it's about convergence with minimal loss of quality, and smartphones in early 2009 will me more than capable to achieve that. So you can walk around with everything, in your pocket.
Jack of all trades are perfect when you don't have or want a dedicated device. Most of us tech-oriented people will end up carrying one but...this device has nothing to do with that. This is like a PMP, DAP, DigiCam, Ebook reader, carputer, Navigation device - a dedicated piece of consumer/pro-sumer electronics aimed at a niche segment with sales targets and pricing to match. Many people (many many many millions) require/can justify these dedicated pro-level device in addition to anything else they may have or want. Web,pmp,navigation,productivity,battery life. For the time being, smartphones just don't cut it in these segments.
Even Tegra in a smartphone isn't going to help with screen size if that's what you value. Even a 5MP Karl Zeiss lens wont help if you need quality moving optics. Even Cortex A8 won't help if you want to run XP. Even an on-screen keyboard won't help if you need to input lots of data. etc. etc.
Smartphones will remain good, neh, excellent, jack-of-all-trades for the average consumer but for pro-sumers, people that really value quality, dedicated devices will remain and that's exactly where this one is aimed - Desktop quality browsing (this will bring amazingly fast and productive web to the hand, even compared to the best smartphones and probably any that will appear in the next 12 months). High Quality video playback. Long online battery life. Desktop OS.
O so close to the magic 1080x 720 res
I quite like this but those models couldn't look like they gave less of a s**t if they tried!
I bet that's not the G spo......er sweet spots he thinking of.
... but can it make phone calls?
Finally, the dropping price of won made Microsoft's dream come true
what about graphics?? can it play morrowind? that would be super nice!
#1 on my "bucket list": Make it with a hot Asian chick.
hmm slim it down, take out unnecessary radios and put in gsm/hsdpa/cdma, swap out XP for a more useful operating system one that matches the hardware (Android/WM7) a little multi-touch for the folks and bam instant awesome smartphone
If it had HSPA and a front mounted cam for chatting I'd buy it in a heartbeat. I guess with BT I could run it tethered.
SO I see the pic and am like "the first 10 comments will have something about the hot chick" but i'm wrong, it's the first one....btw decent umpc I would say
good!