UMPC

on Thursday, June 05, 2008

UMPC stand for Ultra Mobile Personal Computer, The new wave of new categories of personal laptop is on the rise. It's just a matter of popularity, and usefulness. It's a killer tool for road warrior, some use it as their second laptop. But it proves to be popular among student. Microsoft's codename Origami, it's generally have a touchscreen, about 9 inches, with or without keyboad attach (some in conventional type, some in others form factor. Well! price is the factor, most are in sub K$, and the one that run Linux perhaps in sub-500$!

I'm listing some:

-Samsung Q1 UMPC
-Asus Eee PC
-HP 2133 Mininote
-Acer Aspire One
-MSI Wind
-Via Openbook Mininote
-HTC Shift
-Gigabyte M704 UMPC
-ECS G101L
-Fujitsu U2010 UMPC
-Everun S32S Dic
-Kohjinsha SR8KPO6S UMPC
-WiBrain B1 UMPC
-Van de Led Jisus V2
-Sony UX1

and more are to release to pie the market share.
Do you think it will be necessary to get one? Me, I'm still considering pros and cons

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