Viliv S5 Air, HSDPA-equipped Air Ready coming to China in June

The Viliv S5 has had its fair share of positive reviews, in spite of its not-as-friendly $600 price tag, and now it looks like the company's ready to up the ante with the S5 Air and S5 Air Ready, according to a report from our friends at Engadget Chinese. From what we gather, both will see an improved, haptic keyboard and support Chinese character input / handwriting input, while the Air Ready also throws in HSDPA to boot. Those in the country can pick one up reportedly in June for an as of yet unknown price, while the rest of us around the world will just have to wait and see if Viliv decides to launch it anywhere else.

[ROFL Posted May 27th 2009 12:56AM]

Anti-first patrol, on duty!

[(Unverified) Posted May 27th 2009 2:05AM]

thank god for you

[Lazarpandar Posted May 27th 2009 3:17AM]

I'd rather just a normal post be first. Or is that not an option at this point?

[(Unverified) Posted May 27th 2009 1:00AM]

Look at that fakeass tea

[insky Posted May 27th 2009 1:07AM]

Notice the coffee beans?

[letstakeawalk Posted May 27th 2009 1:11AM]

It looks strangely familiar...

http://i555.photobucket.com/albums/jj456/letstakeawalk42/606794303_l.jpg

kudos to the barista!

[(Unverified) Posted May 27th 2009 5:17AM]

A corn circle?

[insky Posted May 27th 2009 1:06AM]

I'd rather have the Cappuccino.

[(Unverified) Posted May 27th 2009 1:45AM]

Except for what looks like a cartoon tiger face.

[glenskey Posted May 27th 2009 1:12AM]

someone is going to need some very large mouse traps to catch whatever left those in the background.

[Mushrooshi Posted May 27th 2009 1:17AM]

OH NOES ITS CALLED AIR ITS CALLED AIR ITS A MACBOOK AIR RIPOFF AND AN IPOD TOUCH RIPOFF THE SKY IS FALLING THE SKY IS FALLING[/bullshit]

Anyways, this looks pretty cool. Why can't cellphones be like this? I was surprised UMPCs didn't take off... but I guess netbooks fill their void.

[(Unverified) Posted May 27th 2009 3:24AM]

I think the while problem with them was price. The original concept had UMPC's in the $500 range and pocketable. Only now are they starting to get there. The problem is now netbooks are all over that range where nothing was there 4 years ago.

[Mushrooshi Posted May 27th 2009 3:44AM]

Also, FIX YOUR COMMENT SYSTEM!

My avatar keeps flipflopping from a Macbook to a pic of my guinea pigs. I am no longer an Apple fan, and while I do enjoy some of their products, I have gripes with their prices and overall product quality, which though my sample of over 6 apple products, 3 have failed in some way. I want my guinea pigs!

[Please forgive me Posted May 27th 2009 6:51AM]

I also want this kind of device as a phone... that kind of convergence, I'm interested in. Phone, Camera, UMPC in one, with a largish 5" display just like this device is superb.

For god's sake, choice of OS would be lovely as well... there are so many phones where you might like the form but not the OS...

[Steveorevo Posted May 27th 2009 8:04AM]

Looks like my iPhone running Teleport (Jadu RDP) to my XPS at home, although I'd go blind and dumb without pinch and squeez zoom, multitouch, or a quad core on the other end actually getting work done. Whats the battery life on this crap?

[gadgetfanboy Posted May 27th 2009 1:45AM]

That's quite a nice cappuccino, Ross. I'd take it over that gadget even :)

Well maybe not. But still, it is a MID.

Are you a fellow espresso lover?

[(Unverified) Posted May 27th 2009 3:03AM]

I own the current viliv s5 out and I hope that they also bring the haptic keyboard improvement update to the old devices as its just software.

[(Unverified) Posted May 27th 2009 5:02AM]

I wonder though, what they can improve about pressing an onscreen key and the unit vibrating?

I love my s5 BTW!

[(Unverified) Posted May 27th 2009 9:29AM]

Overroasted beans. That, or a wierd exposure ofcourse.

[(Unverified) Posted May 27th 2009 9:41AM]

Reminds me of a Sega GameGear