There have been a number of UMPCs released this year, some with keyboards (convertibles) and others without (slates). As useful as slate UMPCs can be, there are still times when a little keyboard would add some utility that is missing. Those folks at Brando, makers of a wide range of computer gear, have a wireless keyboard that is designed for such use with UMPCs.

The USB Wireless Handheld Keyboard and Touchpad is exactly that, a portable keyboard that works with Windows systems that need a thumb keyboard solution. What sets this gadget apart from others that have appeared in the past is the inclusion of a touchpad with two mouse buttons. It uses a USB dongle on the UMPC side to provide a wireless connection to the keyboard. It might be useful to those slate users who run programs that have a lot of key commands. The keyboard features backlit keys and comes with a charging cradle. $60.

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Welcome to our newest Monday feature — Android Ecosystem! My own little experiment in running Android on an Intel Core Solo UMPC is about to take another step forward. The Android-x86 team has a new stable build that I’m downloading this very second. As I’ve shown before in video (shown below), Android (s goog) really flies with a mobile notebook processor. Unfortunately, these custom builds are meant to work with the lowest common denominators, so many device-specific features aren’t yet working for me. The biggest killer for me is the lack of a Menu key, but that functionality is now integrated into Android’s menubar — even if my touchscreen isn’t working, I should be able to access it with the integrated joystick. More to follow once I get the image installed.

Of course, when most people think of Android, they’re thinking of handhelds, not computers. And Android handhelds are growing in acceptance by web users according to the latest numbers from AdMob. Om reviews the latest report over at GigaOm and while AdMob only measures usage from sites and apps that use its advertising platform, there’s a big jump in web traffic from Android units. Out of all of the AdMob-measured traffic, the Motorola Droid accounts for 24% of requests. Motorola’s CLIQ generated another 6%, but HTC is still the dominant player as measured by AdMob: its Magic, Dream and Hero combined generated 59% 0f all Android traffic through AdMob sites and apps last month.

Another Android is about to launch next month and Pocketables has video demonstration to show you the Camangi WebStation. Like my UMPC, this tablet has a 7″ touchscreen, but it’s far thinner. In fact, it’s iPhone thin and looks like what most people would envision when asked “what might an Apple slate tablet look like?” Unfortunately, the $399 device appears rather constrained by a low-powered processor — YouTube videos showed frame drops left and right. That’s a tragedy because an 800 x 480 display at that size is crying out for solid media playback. The form factor gets a thumbs-up from me, but the processor, not so much — especially at this price.

Нетбук: MSI U200 – pcmania.bg/articleId=2530 – 16.10.2009 | автор: Георги Панайотов , newegg.com/Product=N82E16834152144

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I had an appointment early this afternoon and once that was over I stopped in the local brew shop for some caffeine to get some work done. I decided small and light was the order of the day, so today I’ve got the loaner Viliv S7 convertible UMPC along for the ride. It’s working pretty well — I’m even getting used to the super-small keyboard. I am touch typing, although slowly and surely. I decided to snap a pic of the rig before the Droid decides to screw up the auto-focus again.

Обзор на N-серията на Asus

Компанията Asus представи новата си серия лаптопи Asus N. Всеки лаптоп от тази серия предлага на потребителите такива иновационни технологии катоSuper Hybrid Engine (SHE), която автоматически осигурява най-ефективно енергопотребление; вградена “операционна система” Express Gate, която ви дава достъп до най-използваните програми за 8 секунди като не се налага да чакате да дозареди операционната система.  Функция SmartLogon,  осигуряваща достъп до  информация  после  авторизацията на  владелеца  с помоща на веб камерата.
N-серията на Asus :

N10: решение за тези, които са постоянно в движение.Компактният лаптоп е снабден с 10.2 инчова матрица, като също така разполага с видео карта NVIDIA GeForce 9300M и процесор Intel Atom.

N20: с диагонал 12.1″ работи автономно 1-2 часа.Благодарение на Altec Lansing този лаптоп осигурява превъзходно качество на звука,което прави N20 подходящ както за работа, така и за развлечение.

N50: Потребителите ще оценят този лаптоп сами за себе си.Има доста мултимедийни бутони, които помагат при управлението на различните приложения,а още една уникална екстра в N50 е вграденият йонизатор на въздуха.

N80: Ориентиран към деловите хора, ASUS N80 притежава 14.1″ дисплей и видео карта NVIDIA GeForce 9 Series с 1 ГБ, като с тази “играчка” е подходяща за широк кръг задачи.

Express Gate – лаптопите от N сероята притежават вградена
ОС ASUS Express Gate. Express Gate, която позволява използването на Skype™, слушането на музика, получаването-изпращането на мейлове или търсенето на информация в интернет само след 8 секунди след като натиснете копчето за включване на лаптопа.

SmartLogon –  ексклюзивна програмка от Асус, която ви позволява да не вкарвате парола,  за започване на работата ви.Вие автоматично ще бъдете допуснат към документите ви след като преминете проверката през веб камерата.

Технически характеристики :

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Източник: laptopa.bg – От: A_L_E_X – Публикуванa на: 28 Октомври 2008

Got everything humming in Windows 7 so I thought I’d build my travel setup for the interstate trips I’m about to begin taking.

The setup consists of:

Viliv X70 with Windows 7 Ultimate and Open Office

Think Outside Stowaway universal bluetooth keyboard

Think Outside Stowaway travel mouse

netbook si laptop mini

laptop yang berukuran kecil dan ringan (light) lagi booming sekarang ini.
istilah lain dari laptop mini ini adalah Laptop Kecil, Mini-notebook, UMPC, MID, Subnotebook, Netbook.
berkembangnya laptop mini diawali semenjak ada OLPC dan terutama setelah boomingnya Asus Eee, ternyata harga notebook/laptop yang murah bisa laku keras.
perusahaan-perusahaan komputer dunia akhirnya berlomba-lomba menjaring pasar dengan mengeluarkan produk semacam itu.
mulai dari Sony, IBM, Acer, lenovo, HP, fujitsu, Toshiba, Samsung.
perusahaan lokal pun juga tak mau kalah semacam axioo, advan, dan Everex.
apa yang menjadi daya tarik Netbook sehingga banayak diburu konsumen?

1.minimalis dengan ukuran yang cukup kecil (LCD 10 inch atau kurang dan bobotnya dibawah 1 kg)
2.mobile cocok untuk dibawa kemana-mana termasuk bepergian keluar kota.
3.konektifitas biasanya dibuat cukup lengkap. akses Wi-fi, bluetooth, Card reader, web camera dan USB.
4.irit daya listrik (jika menggunakan baterai bisa digunakan antara 3 sampai 6 jam)
kalau digunakan untuk main di hotspot bisa agak lama,
5.harga cukup ekonomis (berkisar antara 3 sampai 6 juta rupiah)

untuk info yang lebih detail tentang spesifikasi, kelebihan dan kekurangan netbook anda bisa mengikuti review beberapa Netbook di link berikut ini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_netbooks
http://blog.laptopmag.com/low-cost-laptop-cheat-sheet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_subnotebooks
http://www.umpcportal.com/products/

dalam posting saya kali ini hanya membahas beberapa Netbook yang cukup diperhitungkan yaitu

1. MSI Wind (ada kemiripan dengan Axioo Pico, Forsa)

Spesifikasi: 1.6 GHz Intel Atom, 10 inch (1024×600), chipset Intel 945GMS, 80 GB SATA, WLAN b/g, Webcam 1,3 MP, 3-cell 2200 mAh (2.5 hours)/6-cell 5200 mAh (5.5 hours), 1.04/1.18 kg, OS: Linux (RAM 512 MB DDR2) /Windows XP (RAM 1GB +Bluetooth).

Harga MSI Wind di UK: $620 (Linux)/$678 (Windows XP), Harga di US: $399 (SuSE Linux)/$499 (Windows XP)

Harga Axioo Pico: 4 jutaan (juli 2008)

2. Acer Aspire One

Spesifikasi: Intel Centrino Atom Single Core N270 1.6 GHz, 8,9 inch LCD (1024×600), SSD 4GB/8GB/HDD 80GB, RAM 512 MB, WLAN b/g, Webcam, Ethernet port, 3 USB port, Card reader, Audio, VGA out, 3-cell/6-cell Li-ion, 0,98 kg, OS: Windows XP/Linpus Linux Lite

3. ECS G10IL

Notebook dengan koneksi HSDPA, Intel Atom 1.6GHz, Layar 8.9 inch, RAM 1GB, Intel GMA 950, 3 USB port, Ethernet, RJ-11, card reader, 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth

4. Toshiba NB100

layar 8.9 inch Widescreen (1024×600), Intel Atom N270 (1.6GHz), RAM 1GB, HDD 120GB, WLAN 802.11b/g, 3 USB 2.0, Webcam 1.3MP

Harga: $470

5. Lenovo S9 & S10 Ideapad

layar 8.9 inch (S9)/ 10 inch (S10), Windows XP, 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270, RAM512MB+HDD80GB/RAM1GB+HDD160GB, 1.3MP Webcam, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 4-in-1 card reader.

Here is my layman’s review of the umid after using it for  3 days.

In summary, I really like the UMID mbook due to a very useable keyboard, a touch friendly responsive bright screen, being truly pocketable and a great battery life..all the criteria I am looking for in a MID.  It is by no means perfect but the good outweighs the bad and ugly for me.

The next gen M2 mBook is tipped to address the flaws so I can’t wait for that!

The good

- Truly pocketable. 303g,slightly larger than a Nintendo DS. I was able to put this in the front trouser pocket.
- Great battery life at 6 hours
- Thumb friendly keyboard with great tactile feel and easy reach to all keys.
- Lovely touchscreen..bright and responsive
- Great resolution 1024×600 res on a 4.8inch screen.
- Has a microSD slot..yay..
- Has a SSD drive…this is really quick.
- Has a 1.3MP webcam and in built mic for video conferencing
- Runs XP very well with an Atom 1.33mhz cpu and 512mb Ram
- Runs most apps under XP well.

The bad

- Screen does not tilt back quite far enough so not ideal viewing ergonomics when typing..does not bother me though.
- Reports that Win 7 doesnt run efficiently with just 512mb Ram
- Mono speaker not audible in a moderately noisy environment
- Youtube videos can be jerky at times

The ugly

- No proper standard usb port..requires a dongle..can get annoying!
- Wireless and BT automatically turns off when device is put to sleep..so you will need to turn on upon resume
- No proper headphone jack but comes with a proprietary headphones,

Oops, with D in gadget filled Akihabara and ending up with a X70 over the last 2-3 weeks, I got bitten by the the gadget bug and went on a gadget online shopping frenzy.

I ended up getting a Netwalker from www.conics.net 3 weeks back and no sooner did I get my grubby hands on the Netwalker and being a bit underwhelmed by it as an effective MID for me, I ordered a UMID M1 from www.justek.com.au last week which arrived last friday.

So now I now have 2 MIDs, much to the dismay of my wife!

So stay tuned as I’ll be writing on my personal experiences using the Netwalker and why it doesn’t really suit my needs as a MID.

On the flipside, I’ll also be writing how the far from perfect mBook is fast becoming one of my favourite pocketable devices…can’t wait for the M2 now ’cause I’m definitely getting one after falling in “liking” with the  M1 (am refraining from saying falling in “love” with any gadgets from hereon else Mrs J will hit me over the head with her trusty white Macbook!

Just a word to say that shopping @ www.conics.net and www.justek.com.au has been a great experience and delivery promptly and good communications. I recommend ‘em both!

Alex Albrecht of Diggnation unboxes the Nokia Booklet 3G netbook as Kevin Rose watches

Thanks Luca

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I’m working on a home automation project that involves amongst other things creating a software application that operates on Windows XP Tablet Edition running on a touchscreen-enabled Samsung Q1-Ultra Ultra Mobile Personal Computer (or UMPC).

One of the requirements of this application is that the UMPC will operate in a kiosk mode – okay simple enough, [perhaps I'll post some information on accomplishing this by trapping certain key combinations and using the Windows Group Policy Editor if anyone is interested] but for this article the question is, “How do I disable some of the hardware buttons on the computer?”

We still want some of the hardware buttons to be available to the user.  Buttons such as “Vol-”, “Vol+”, as well as the traditional keyboard characters will be very useful, so we don’t want to disable them.  Other buttons will come in quite handy for purposes other than their intended uses, for example the arrow up and arrow down buttons on the user pad to the right will provide the user with handy Volume Up and Volume Down buttons (the Vol- and Vol+ buttons are used to control the volume locally on the UMPC where as these arrow up and arrow down buttons will send a control code to the AMX brain that will in-turn adjust the actual source volume for the various routed zones.

The first step of this task after determining the list of which hardware buttons we need to control or disable, is to identify how the system addresses these hardware keys.  I wrote a simple application that hooked into the low-level keyboard handler and trapped all values that came through.  From there I was able to create a table that shows for each hardware button what the BIOS key value is in both Hex and Decimal as well as the constants defined for those values in the Windows API WinUser.DLL library file and the .NET Windows.Forms.Key Keys enumerator.  Both of these are necessary because I wanted to trap some key codes in a dll and utilize some of the keys within the managed C# application.

Below I have provided the table showing the button mappings and the buttons’ relative positions on the UMPC.

One of the biggest concerns was the Internet button.  In a kiosk-type application that does not use the Internet, this button is a huge security hole in that people could launch Internet explorer and in the address bar use “File///…” and access anything within the UMPC.  It was a relief to me when I discovered that Samsung had used a standard keyboard key for the number 2 (above the Q and W on a QWERTY keyboard).  This meant there is a way to trap for that keystroke and prohibit it from launching the (in this case) Internet Explorer application.

In another article I will demonstrate how to use this information in a C# application to trap for and use these buttons.

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It can open and close easily for using with magnetic studs.
The stylish stitch finishing, making the case look more beautiful.

Front view

Back View

Open view

With paper holder design, it is not only for protection, but also for your convenient

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It can open and close easily for using with magnetic studs.
The stylish stitch finishing, making the case look more beautiful.

Front view

Back View

Open view

With paper holder design, it is not only for protection, but also for your convenient

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Gigabyte M912M overview – youtube.com , youtube.com

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It’s not often these days that I get to write about a new slate tablet powered by Microsoft (s msft) Windows, so I’m going to savor this for a while. I’m talking about the eviGroup Pad that Steve just added to the database over at UMPC Portal. I’d say the Pad is an evolutionary upgrade to the Samsung Q1UP that I still have, although that ol’ gal now runs Android 1.6 for the moment, not Windows. EviGroup’s Pad, selling for 599 euros ($885), is essentially composed of netbook guts tucked into a 10.6″ slate tablet with a 1024 x 600 resistive touchscreen. It runs Windows 7 Home Premium, so all of the Tablet PC functions are there, but it will be a challenge to use them effectively without an active digitizer. Here’s a rundown on the specs for those pining for an updated UMPC:

• Intel Atom N270 – 1.6GHz
• 1 GB of RAM in a single slot — it should take a 2GB memory module
• 2.5″ 160GB hard drive
• Integrated 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi, 3G, but no Bluetooth (a huge omission, in my opinion)
• Microphone and 0.3-megapixel webcam
• Weight of 990 grams, or right around 2 pounds
• VGA out and three USB ports

EviGroup estimates the actual battery life in real-world conditions to be around 3 to 3.5 hours, although they do say if you stress the Pad out with lots of YouTube vids on full brightness over 3G, that figure will drop to around 2 to 2.5 hours. You know, depending on the components used for the Pad, you could always try to install Mac OS X and make your own Apple slate tablet. Hmm…this type of project has been done before.

Please, Australia Post, please deliver it tomorrow (friday) so I get my hands on the Netwalker before the weekend!!

I’ll be eagerly waiting for a call from the concierge desk at work tomorrow..it’s going to be hard to focus at work ..:)