Intel to show concept — “Donley”This time its the “Donley”, we’ve seen something very similar to this in the past . So the biggest question is “when is Intel moving to production?” We’ve seen many designs from Intel on the UMPC Portal and till date there has not been one that has moved on to production or has any confirmation of the launch date.

The concept has a 5″ display, seems to be running vista with all communications built in and an improved design for mobility.

Intel to introduce 5-inch portable concept PC ‘Donley’ [AVING]

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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.

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• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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]

Yes you read it right. We feel it’s not going to be easy and you might be in great deal of issues. But one of our reader Igor sent us this email.

UPDATE: Check out the Video of Mac OS X running on the Asus R2H

Today I had too much free time on my hands and didn’t know what to do with it so I picked up my Asus R2H and installed Mac OS X 10.4.7 on it (yes you read it
right). After some try-and-errors I finally managed to install it. Errors during installation were caused by my bad installation DVD. After replacing it the installation went very smooth. The installation process took about 45 minutes. The installation is not designed for 800 x 480 resolution, so you cannot se back and next buttons.

OS boot takes about 1min and 10 sec. UI is pretty slow, but it is not that annoying. This is most annoying Screen calibration is off, Most of the devices don’t work except Bluetooth and LAN. Will try to find as many drivers I can.

Not just the email he had sent us some pictures too.

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• Asus R2H, 13.5 dozens of Photos
• Asus R2H, Now in Australia
• Fujitsu – Concept to Prototype
• Wow – Expect the Averatec AHI very soon.
• Remember the Q1 on Woot?
• HTC to make UMPCs
• Samsung Q1 $749 at Woot
• Asus R2H: Getting the Wireless working on Vista
• Kohjinsha SA1F00A gets reviewed
• INFILL – drive with the UMPC
• Fujitsu unveils a new UMPC
• Sodiff’s KT WiBro more info
• YAUMPC: Amira UM650UV1
• Kohjinsha – UMPC alternative
• Samsung rethinks Origami
• Backstage
• Playing with Vista on the Asus R2H

What’s in the Box?

There has been a lot of speculation that all the US models will have the double pack battery, still no confirmation on that. But the one that I got, did come with the double pack battery.

1. Main unit (Asus R2H UMPC)
2. Double pack battery
3. Power Cable
4. VGA cable
5. Mini USB to standard USB connector
6. USB Sync kit and a case for it
7. Screen care / cleaning cloth
8. A really nice ASUS branded case
9. A Mini mouse with built in cord organizer
10. Windows XP Tablet OS CD
11. All Asus Installed Software CDs
12. Microsoft Streets & Maps 2006 (was expecting the 2007!)
13. Product Manual & Quick start guide.
14. and a stand

If you’ve not seen the unpacking pictures, head over here for dozens of it.

I guess you don’t need anything more than this. Well, for some, may be a keyboard. Let’s jump in and explore more… >> First Impression

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