Kohjinsha rebrands mbook M1, calls it the PM series UMPC

Hey, remember that cute little mbook M1 that was all the rage earlier this year? Yeah, you're looking at it again, only this time it's sporting a cleaner look and a Kohjinsha badge. The rebranded UMPC gets powered by a 1.1GHz Atom N510 CPU and also features 512MB of RAM, a 16GB SSD, 4.8-inch LCD (1,024 x 600), 1.3 megapixel camera, USB 2.0, a microSDHC expansion slot, built-in WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and a headphone jack. It doesn't appear to tout any sort of inbuilt WWAN, though the included battery should last for right around seven hours before petering out. The only problem? That Texas-sized ¥59,800 ($647) price tag, which should do a commendable job of hindering widespread adoption.

[Via Pocketables]

[Chaosdivine Posted Sep 10th 2009 3:18AM]

And it hovers too!

[One Love Posted Sep 10th 2009 10:31AM]

a whole 512MB of RAM. wow.

[Hydra Posted Sep 10th 2009 3:30AM]

Wow, so small , under powered and overpriced!

[Plothole Posted Sep 10th 2009 4:03AM]

Well all mobile computing devices are inevitably a compromise between portability factor (size+weight), performance, and price. And this device obviously leans heavily towards the first.

[Steveorevo Posted Sep 10th 2009 5:05PM]

the irony is that running PuppyLinux with Firefox, Thunderbird, and Sunbird would still run circles around Windows7. And yet, you'd be technologically ahead with HTML5, Flash 10 (without the security leak), and the Only system that updates for such vulnerabilities.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2009 3:31AM]

Holy crap, people buy these things? I bet I could type faster on my Blackberry or iPod than on that ridiculously undersized keyboard. 4.8" screen? Stop me before I vomit.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2009 3:54AM]

interesting gadget.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2009 3:55AM]

Perfect little machine for work VPN access without the bulk!

Want!

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2009 4:10AM]

Whoa, way too expensive for those specs!

IMO, my MacBook is small enough, thankyouverymuch. :)

[Strangefate Posted Sep 10th 2009 5:05AM]

Wow fanboys, this looks nothing like an iPhone.

[sinjinn Posted Sep 10th 2009 5:56AM]

ofcourse it does. they just turned it on its side and added a keyboard, made the screen a bit bigger, added winblows xp and lowered the price.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2009 6:12AM]

What a waste of good plastic. I wonder how some marketing & manufacturing engineers are able to keep their jobs after releasing something this expensive. Why would anyone waste $600 on something like this when the Apple tablet will sell in the same price range ( I Hope) & put this gadgets capabilities to shame.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2009 6:47AM]

Let's hope they won't be firing any marketing and engineering personnel, purely based on speculative drivel spouted by an uninformed apple-fanboi going by the name of "Lancelot".

You = FAIL

[Professor Kaos Posted Sep 10th 2009 6:21AM]

And thats why UMPCs are a waste of time

[Gadgety Posted Sep 10th 2009 8:36AM]

I like the fact the M1 is built for portability, weighs only 312g, has a webcam. Now give it 3.5g and 1gig RAM and I'd be really tempted.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2009 3:14PM]

So it's like that Sharp one, but awesome since it can run Windows.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2009 8:05PM]

mmm poor specs, but I will really like to see it running maemo

that would be great

[yrag Posted Sep 11th 2009 2:03AM]

"The only problem? That Texas-sized ¥59,800 ($647) price tag, which should do a commendable job of hindering widespread adoption.'

Yeah, but come on.What you're paying for is that coveted Kohjinsha brand name.

After all, we all know that Kohjinsha stands for . . . umm . . . represents . . . ahh . . . means . . . hmm . . . THAT IT'S A KOHJINSHA!

What else do you need to know?