Just a day after posting Everex’s change of ownership, Maxdata, the maker of the Belinea s.book 1, has announced that it’s filing for insolvency. The company blamed their demise on the intense competition and falling prices in the IT industry. The proceedings affect all Maxdata subsidiaries in Germany and abroad, but excludes the sales companies […]

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NewMarket Technology, Inc just announced that they had entered into a binding agreement with FIC of Taiwan to acquire a 75% interest in Everex of Fremont, CA.
Here’s the shareholder letter from NewMarket Technology CEO Philip M. Verges.
Dear Fellow Shareholders,
Yesterday afternoon NewMarket Technology announced an agreement with FIC of Taiwan to acquire a 75% interest in […]

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Some of you might have watched the recent Youtube video showing VIA’s Tim Brown taking apart the VIA OpenBook. While it’s interesting to see the innards of the UMPC, it’s also worth noting VIA’s promotional efforts on the OpenBook. Besides creating a dedicated website with OpenBook resources, VIA has created a dissecting video which I […]

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Just when it looks like UMPCs are getting bigger, heavier, faster and more expensive, a Chinese company decided to go the opposite way. Guangzhou Skytone Transmission Technologies, unveiled the minimalist Alpha-400 UMPC at CommunicAsia 2008. According to the staffs, the Skytone Alpha-400 weighs 600 grams, has a battery life of 3.5 hours and is slated […]

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Definitely one of the most unique UMPCs around, Elead’s Noadpad makes a surprise appearance at CommunicAsia 2008 under Garmin’s booth to showcase Garmin’s navigation software.

The Noahpad features two large touch sensitive buttons that serve as both the touchpad and keyboard. Typing on the Noahpad is actually not as bad as it looks. On my first […]

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Indonesian PC maker, Zyrex, is one of the few UMPC vendors to make their appearance at CommuniAsia 2008, an information and communications technology event hosted in Singapore. The staffs from Zyrex were pleasantly surprised to learn that I have heard of Zyrex […]

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Not long after the announcement of the Aristo Pico 740, we now have the Aristo Pico 640. Compared to the Aristo Pico 740, Aristo Pico 640 comes with a slower VIA C7 1.0GHz processor but runs on the newer VIA VX800U chipset. It also has a integrated webcam instead of the modular version found on […]

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LaptopMag has posted a short hands-on review on the Everex CloudBook Max and they are of the opinion that the new model is an improvement over the original CloudBook. Here’s what they have to say:
As for hardware, the system feels a lot more sturdy. With a larger 8.9-inch footprint, the system gives you more real […]

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