UMPC Updates — March

The biggest news in march is the HTC Shift

A while ago, we thought it was only the HTC Athena or the Ameo or the Advantage that they were talking about — NO,  HTC has announced the “Shift” the UMPC that we’ve all been waiting for.

…the Shift (codename Shangri-La), is officially announced today. We don’t yet have hard details on release date or price, but we do know it should be available in Q3 (we’d estimate for under $2,000). As for features, we know not to expect anything out of the ordinary (except lots of 3G)…

The specs of the device are

• VIA CPU (the one we tried had a 1.2GHz chip)
• Vista business (yes, it was running Aero)
• 7-inch sliding, tiling wide-touchscreen
• 30GB drive
• Tri-band UMTS / HSDPA, quad-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE
• WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0
• Biometric reader, front-facing camera

The design looks impressive, and the keyboard is very much the same as they have used it in their previous model. Hope the pricing will be as engadget puts it (under $2000) — that could mean $1999, but we’ll like it to be around a grand.

• Will Stevy ever want a share of this pie?
• Deepfish — We need’em for UMPCs too
• So What exactly in an UMPC?
• OQO Model 2 — Shipping Now
• HTC Shift — UMPC with a class
• Should we say: UMPCs are catching up!
• HTC X7500 unboxing & first impression
• Gallery of UMPCs from CeBIT
• US700 Videos from CeBIT
• TabletKiosk’s all new UMPC — eo TufTab™
• Asus T83 specs and video
• HTC’s almost UMPC gets a price in UK
• Samsung Q1 Ultra, hands on Video
• iStation G43 — Video
• Asus T83 — More details emerge
• Digital Cube’s iStation G43
• Asus introduces rugged UMPC
• Don’t drop me! – I’ll scream if you do so
• Samsung Q1 Ultra — no Q2 yet
• Averatec getting ready with its AHI
• Samsung Q2 — dozens of upgrades
• Flipstart Hands on & Gallery
• FlipStart gets a start
• Vista — To be or Not to be

UMPC updates: Feb 2007

• Amtek T770 – New UMPC on its way
• Medion gets delayed & Gigabyte wants to join
• Dual screen phones, why not laptops?
• So what’s coming from Samsung?
• HTC — Athena, Ameo and now the Advantage
• Watch out for these devices!
• Recapping the UMPC updates

UMPC Updates: Jan 2007

• Asus R2H gets reviewed by CNET
• OQO 2, Unboxing & firstlook
• Pre-order your Medion UMPC
• Ameo — First look & more pics
• Ameo — The HTC Athena
• US700 UMPC — More deets & pics.
• UMPC as the main Computer
• Stuff TV names UMPCs as one of the most wanted.
• The US700 series — all new UMPCs
• OQO Model 02 – First look
• Second generation of UMPCs
• Medion UMPC – more deets and pics
• Origami Experience™ – Video & Screenshots
• Apple Tablet
• FlipStart: Any updates?
• iPhone: deets and comparison
• Where are you Averatec AHI
• Origami Experience™ – Improved Touchpack
• OQO Model 02 makes the public appearence
• Medion UMPC available on January 30
• Brighthand reviews the Asus R2H
• Catching up with the updates
• Will you be attending the CES?
• A great year ahead

UMPC updates: December

• Next generation of UMPCs
• Asus to partner with HTC for nextgen UMPC
• HTC Athena is a PPC
• Video: Mac OS X on Asus R2H
• Samsung SPH-P9000 UMPC more deets
• Mac OS X on Asus R2H
• Windows Vista Upgrade for Asus R2H
• eWallet – You get the idea.
• Glide Next aims at UMPCs too
• M*Free from MIU: So what do you think?
• Windows Vista on Asus R2H Video
• iMobile Car PC

Asus to partner with HTC to make nextgen UMPC

Looks like HTC would prefer to partner with OEMs to get their products out there, as it has always done. DigiTimes reports that

The stock price of VIA rose nearly 7% to close at NT$27.15 on December 19 due to rumors that the company will partner with High Tech Computer (HTC) on development of a new UMPC. The price reached a three month peak.

If this happens we’d have the best of breed UMPC. DigiTimes also confirmed that Asus is working on its 2nd release of UMPCs which this time will be powered by VIA. The company has already showcased them. It is also predicted that UMPC market will hit a whopping 130 million units during 2007.

VIA to take aim at UMPC Market [DigiTimes]