Everex will launch this year two mini notebooks one with a 10 inches display and another with a 8.6 display. This news is coming from InfoWorld.
Everex Systems will launch a new mini-laptop with a 10.2-inch screen in November, the company's Taiwan partner said.
The company will also launch new 8.9-inch mini-laptops by the end of August, along with a model with WiMax wireless Internet capability in September.
My colleague Rob Bushway from GottaBeMobile has just published a video about the RazorBook 400, a subnotebook with a price tag of 299 dollars. Another one against the Asus Eee PC.
3K Computers is a company based in Boca Raton, Florida, about 20 miles north of where I live. This company has just released a low cost small factor PC: the 3K RazorBook 400.
3K RazorBook 400 - Mini-Notebook PC (UMPC) Ultra Mobile PC - Internet-Ready, Ultra Lightweight Notebook under 2 lbs with Powerful features. Entertain, Play, Relax and Surf on the go with shock-proof design. At 7" and weighing less than 2lbs, you can take the RazorBook 400 Mini-Notebook PC anywhere. Bumps and shocks are no longer issues. With a dependable solid-state disk, you get unparalleled shock-protection and reliability. Power-efficient design provides longer operating time when on the go. With a rapid start-up time that takes only 15secs to boot, the RazorBook 400 is always ready to get into action. No technical manual required with the specially designed, User-friendly and intuitive Full-Flash graphic interface. You're always connected with built-in WiFi 802.11 b/g that automatically detects and connects to the Internet at any hotspot.
I invite you guys to check the specifications of this device. It uses an Ingenic 400MHz 32Bits Single Core Mobile Processor. I have to confess that I never have heard about this processor. But at treat clock speed it does not surprise me to see that's using Linux. The device uses a 4 Gb SSD and a 7" display.
Mini Notebook UMPC? What the heck is that? Is not this a Ultra Low Cost PC? A subnotebook? or Just a mini notebook? I'm all confused. A year ago all was clear, UMPC was anything small PC with touch screen of 7 inches or less and a weight of less than 2 pounds. Now everything is called UMPC. And probably to call the original origami devices UMPC was a mistake because anything could be called UMPC. What a mess! Anyway... SlipperyBrick has posted about a new "mini subnotebook" from 3K Computers.
3K Computers has announced a new laptop computer the company considers to fit in the UMPC mold. It is priced starting at around $400 and is known as the Longitude 400 Mini Notebook UMPC.
The 3K Longitude 400 weighs under two pounds and sports a seven-inch display. It runs off of a 400 MHz 32-bit single core mobile processor, 512 MB of DDR2 RAM and a 1GB internal flash drive for file storage. The operating system is Linux based as well.
400 MHz processor? No wonder it needs Linux! 1 Gb of internal flash drive! No wonder it needs Linux! If OEMs keep lowing the costs we are going to end with smart calculators in our pockets! Well, now that I think about it, my Pocket PC has a 600 MHz processor so probably we can call this a Pocket PC!
This news comes from my friends at GottabeMobile, it's a new... a new... well, a new subnotebook from HP. There is not any way we can call this a UMPC when it does not have a touch screen, it has a 8.9 inches display and the Specs say that its weight is... more than 5 pounds!
With prices listed from $549 - $849, there's a pretty large range of affordability. The $849 version may be an anomaly - it's listed as "Regional" and at a price higher than the Vista Business model with more RAM.
