If you are an American HTC fan, you must have been excited about the HTC Advantage 7510 (the updated 3G UMPC). Well, bad news for you. The 7510 is not coming to the U.S. because the Qualcomm chipset is restricted from sale on American soil.
Lenovo has just released a new Ideapad series UMPC, at Intel’s IDF in Shandhai. Called U8, it features a Intel Atom processor, 4.8-inch touchscreen and bullseye, optical mouse, EDGE and 3G and possibly TD-SCDMA for China.
Also it supports MS Office applications, it sports Live GPS, hand written notes and probably the 12-key pad is headed for calling. The Ideapad U8 will come with Linux and if you want to see with your own eyes what we are talking about, watch the following video.
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French designer Jean Hong created a device that combines an alarm clock with a browsing PC. It is an interesting concept, as many of us surf the net first thing in the morning, with a cup of coffee beside. The alarm clock can be removed when browsing the web, and reattached at night, after setting the hour to wake up the next day.
It is called the Pix-L mini PC and was designed to wear the Microsoft sign on it. Maybe the IT Goliath will take a look at the small David and decide to give him a chance in joining him…
Wibrain released a new portable computer that has full functioning of a regular PC, but fits the palm of your hand. The Ultra-Mobile PC is a response to the Macbook Air that divided people into those who liked it and those who didn’t and, as the name says, it really is ultra mobile.
It has a weight of just over 500 grams (1.15 pounds) and it has the same power of components as a desktop computer: a 1.6 gigahertz processor, a 60Gb hard drive, Wifi and Bluetooth capabilities, a webcam and microphone for Skype and other communication programs and a resolution of 1024 X 600.
The system comes with Windows XP installed, and of course, has a full QWERTY pad and extra controls for games along with a touchscreen with stylus included. The device is already in retail, and you can get one for $850.
I was surfing on the Internet and I came across to one of the most interesting designs for the PC of the future. The PC concept is called Cuppa and is based on the RFID which stands for Radio-Frequency Identification. This method is used by small devices named tags which are integrated in objects in order to be identified from a few meters through radio waves, but there are also RFID versions without chips.
Cuppa could be used by everyone and it can be connected to many devices in your home like a TV or a cell phone and is most useful when you want to access your PC from all around your house. This future-PC was designed to be very portable therefore it will have a width of 266mm, a height of 111 mm and a thickness of 20mm.
The users of Cuppa also might see the informations they want on the TV screen, but they would need some extra chips in order to be able to show the applications on the TV. The Cuppa will also be capable to detect when of his “brothers” Cuppa is near and because is dubbed as the PC of the future the designers say that this device will be environmental-friendly.
