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Kohjinsha Adds SSD to UMPC, Still Lame

Kohjinsha have updated their UMPC product line with the introduction of the SH6KPS3ABX model. The new addition to the family brings a welcome progression, a 32GB SSD.

The device boasts an otherwise yawn-worthy specification: Weighing in at 993g, it will incorporate an Intel processor A100 (clocked @ 600MHz), 1GB RAM (PC2-3200), a 7.0" TFT LED touch screen liquid crystal display (1024x600), 802.11b/g Wireless, Bluetooth 2.0, an integrated media card reader, two USB 2.0 ports, a 1.3MP camera and a TV tuner that is redundant outside of Japan. The battery has a reported 3.5hour runtime, which likely translates to 1.5minutes doing anything useful.

With the specifications as they are you will probably not want to go down the Vista route. However, there is something promising to come of this nonetheless:

The UMPC market is sure to adopt the more robust SSD storage medium, but has until now, been slow to do so. Understandably, cost is an issue as the ridiculously overpriced Samsung Q1 demonstrated. Kohjinsha are set to be one of the first in the market to utilise the SSD, again it shall be at a price; starting at $2,084.83, it is not really making any improvement on the financial feasibility of the medium. At least then, the SSD has taken the first few steps to ubiquity that shall secure its prevalence in the future. [Product Page Via Akihabara].

5:45 PM on Sat Aug 4 2007
By Haroon Malik
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ppeetteeyy at 05:57 PM on 08/04/07
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still lame??? kohjinsa isn't lame, I have the older model of their umpc (which the are still producing) it was only $600 (40gb hard drive 512 ram) that doesn't sound lame to me. at $800 you can get their cheaper touch screen model. price and and product wise they are the best in the small laptop market.
tommo at 06:48 PM on 08/04/07
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Yeah, they're still lame.
leviathan3k at 06:55 PM on 08/04/07
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I believe that is a superfluous tuner, not a redundant one
Pixlmonkey at 11:12 PM on 08/04/07
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True, true, also in the news: Haroon Malik still sucks as Giz contributor.
genericman at 12:50 AM on 08/05/07
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Dear Haroon,

Your MacBook Pro blows. SSD > HDD.

Love,
g.m.
packetsniffer at 01:11 AM on 08/05/07
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"and a TV tuner that is redundant outside of Japan"
@leviathan3k & @vladx
Yeah, really, how is "not usable" or "superfluous" equal to "redundant"? I agree with both of you.
Hvedhrungr at 03:50 AM on 08/05/07
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I wouldn't care about the TV tuner, if the antenna didn't look as 80's as it does sticking out of the display. Seriously, what's with design people these days?!
stevechippy at 06:10 PM on 08/17/07
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Vista is working quite well on this model. The screen is stunning too.

They have even got the keyboard up to scratch. i would highly recommend this for digital photographers with 2gb ram and a 120gb drive.

steve
.tox at 04:41 PM on 04/10/08
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This writer has no idea what he's talking about. Kohjinsha is by far not lame, and their establishment and growing demand proves so. In fact Kohjinsha is still one of the top players in the UMPC sector. These specs are very reasonable for the UMPC market, even more so since this was written in Aug 2007.