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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Prices of older UMPCS have really came down a lot since the introduction of newer models like the HP2133, MSI Wind and Asus EEE 900. We have already seen the prices of Everex CloudBook CE1200V dropping from USD399 to USD349.
Now, at PC Show Singapore, which is held from 12 June to 15 June, Asus is […]

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A tribute to the first photo of black Asus Eee PC 900 that got circulated around the internet and received a lot of comments.

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It looks like that Chinese manufacturer Tsinghua TongFang might be first to release a Mini-Note with VIA Nano processor. Presented at Computex 08, the TongFang Imini S1 Mini-Note sported a 1.2GHz VIA Nano processor. The Mini-Note also comes with the VIA VX700 chipset, 512MB of RAM and an 80GB traditional hard-drive.

It’s disappointing that Tsinghua TongFang […]

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