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Dell Inspiron 910 Gets Release Date: This Friday, September 5th.

We've been following the news and leaks on Dell's Eee PC answer, the Inspiron 910, and now here's some more info: we've learned it'll be released on September 5th. The news is not concrete, for sure, and there's no word on pricing, but that date's soon: this Friday, ultra-portable PC fans. Update: The Wall St Journal is now reporting a different date, September 4th.

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7:20 AM on Tue Sep 2 2008
By Kit Eaton
14,812 views, 39 comments

Latest by Killjoy: Dell, Dell, Dell. August, Dell. That ring a bell? The only reason the Aspire One isn't in the mail is because more »

umpc

Specs and Prices for Lenovo's Ideapad S9 Lite Notebook Hits Web

Lenovo recently went official with details on the upcoming Ideapad S10 ultra-portable notebook, and now there's data on a little brother version, the S9 Lite. The S9 will have a slightly smaller screen, at 8.9-inches, with a 300-kilopixel webcam, 512MB of RAM and a 4GB SSD. It's got the same Atom N270 and 945 GSE chipset, though, so it sounds very much like its bigger S10 brother, and comes with Linux and a "multitouch function" trackpad. In three colors, the diminutive PC will cost you $370 upon launch in Hong Kong. [UMPCFever via Engadget]

4:43 AM on Mon Aug 18 2008
By Kit Eaton
3,963 views, 5 comments

Latest by eblingmis: @Cordfucious v 2.0.1: Cordfucious, get yourself a rabbit pelt and let off some of that steam. more »

umpc

Lenovo's Ideapad S10 Ultra-Portable Notebook PC Officially Due in September

Lenovo's gone official with details on its Ideapad S10 ultra-portable notebook: it'll come with Windows XP pre-installed, measure 9.8 x 7.2 inches, weigh just 2.4-pounds in its lightest configuration, and pack in a LED back-lit 10-inch screen. Powered by Intel Atom N270 and 945 GSE express chipset, the diminutive PC also has some advanced heat-dissipation tech so that your lap and wrists won't get overheated. Interestingly Lenovo notes that "In some countries there will be 9-inch versions," different colors and "Linux preloads"... but doesn't say if those systems will hit the US eventually. Initially then, the S10 will cost you either $399 for a 512MB memory, 80GB HDD model or $450 for a 1GB, 160GB HDD model, and comes in black red or white. Press release info below. More »

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6:00 AM on Mon Aug 4 2008
By Kit Eaton
26,240 views, 26 comments

Latest by Scott: This is now available on the Lenovo website for pre order. With the 15% discount at the checkout it ran more »

home entertainment

The Mvix MV-2500U: An Ultra Portable, HDD-Based High-Def Media Center

Mvix has announced their new, mini MV-2500U media player, which supports a 2.5-inch hard drive but can still cram in most of the features of its big brothers (the MX-780HD and MX-760) in a package about the size of a PDA. It can also support drives as big as 250GB, which should be enough to store about 100 DVD-quality movie titles. Other features include: 480p, 720p, 1080i compatibility and support for MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4, DVD (VOB, IFO), DivX (3/4/5/6), Xvid, BivX, VCD (DAT) formats. The MV-2500U is available now for $149. Press release after the break.

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3:35 PM on Thu May 1 2008
By Sean Fallon
3,800 views, 22 comments

Latest by hnkelley: @defn: I see. It looks good, but I found why it isn't on hardware: [en.wikipedia.org] (Criticisms section). more »

laptops

MSI Wind Notebook To Come In 8.9 and 10-Inch Flavors

MSI has dropped some new info on its contender to the Eee-PC throne, the Wind Notebook, which we first peeked at in March. The roughly 2.2 lb UMPC will come with either an 8.9 inch or 10 inch LCD display sporting a 1024 x 600 resolution. MSI says the Wind will feature a 2.5-inch HDD with an 80 GB capacity and have a purported 7 hours of battery life—compare that with the Eee PC's 20GBs and puny two-hour battery. More »

10:30 AM on Sat Apr 19 2008
By Elaine Chow
21,136 views, 19 comments

Latest by N/A: @Guizzy: One other thing that's important to a few of us and never seems to get mentioned in specs or more »

ultra-portable projector

Sanyo Claims XGA LCD Projector World's Smallest and Lightest

This is the PLC-XW60, the world's smallest and lightest XGA LCD projector—according to its maker, Sanyo. Weighing in at just 3.6 pounds, the projector can beam a 1024 x 768-resolution, 100-inch image on a wall just nine to 11 feet away and is aimed at teachers and travellers. Find out what else the compact little blighter can do below. More »

4:56 AM on Fri Mar 28 2008
By AddyDugdale
2,653 views, 6 comments

Latest by Dont Know Me? You Are Me.: @James: I have a six year old proxima XGA projector that is both smaller and lighter than this one, but more »

laptops

G10IL Takes on the Eee PC: Is it Getting Crowded in Here?

If you were claustrophobic and sitting in a room filled with all of the competitors trying to step to Asustek's Eee PC—you would be freaking out right now. This time, the wannable comes in the form of the G10IL PC from Taiwanese manufactuerer Elitegroup Computer Systems. Users can expect Intel's new Atom processors, an 8.9 or 10.2-inch screen, up to 2GB of RAM, 7.2Mbps mobile broadband (HSPA) connectivity and your choice of the XP or Linux OS. More »

6:15 PM on Thu Mar 20 2008
By Sean Fallon
8,991 views, 26 comments

Latest by N/A: Toshiba already sells laptops for about $500 make it cheap so i can buy my grandmother who only web surfs more »

umpcs

MSI Wind Laptop to Make Eee PC Cry, "Eeek!"

Check out the latest entrant in the UMPC race, the MSI Wind, which we missed at CeBIT earlier last week. Toting a 10-inch display, Intel Shelton'08 platform, with variable processor speeds from 1.0GHz - 1.6GHz; 2.5-inch HDD or SSD, 1GB RAM, a reported 7-hour battery life and running either Linux or Windows operating systems, it seems MSI's offering holds a lot of promise. More »

12:50 AM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Haroon Malik
140,517 views, 48 comments

Latest by N/A: The pricing is closer to $600 range, not $1000, so it's reasonable. Yes, it's possible to buy a full-size laptop more »

sub-notebook

Kojinsha's New E8 Is Tablet Competitor for EEE PC

Clearly aiming for the same market as the EEE PC, Kojinsha's new E8 UMPC has the added bonus of being a touchscreen tablet. It does, however, beat me how the Korean-made E8 is being labelled by some as a UMPC—it looks more like a sub-notebook to me. More »

6:18 AM on Thu Feb 21 2008
By Kit Eaton
13,460 views, 26 comments

Latest by N/A: I Picasa on the go with my eee - a great way to do "first cut" photo editing while on more »

laptops

MSI Readying Its Own Ultra-Low Cost Laptop

If you prefer MSI boards over brands like Asus (although I certainly do not fall into that category), you will be happy to know that MSI is planning on throwing its hat into the increasingly crowded ultra-low cost laptop ring. MSI is hard at work on the new device and they are betting on Intel's upcoming Diamondville microprocessor to give it an edge over devices like Asustek's Eee PC. According to an MSI executive, the product should be out sometime in July or August—just a few months after Diamondville is slated to be unveiled at the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai. [PC World]

8:30 PM on Mon Jan 28 2008
By Sean Fallon
3,532 views, 10 comments

Latest by Nyle: I've had such good luck with MSI products that I haven't had to do much with support. The one time more »

speedy

Fujitsu LifeBook U810 and T2010 Ultra-Portables Get Built-In HSUPA

Fujitsu has announced that the LifeBook U810 UMPC and the ultra-portable LifeBook T2010 convertible notebooks have been upgraded to include a built-in cellular modem capable of accessing AT&T's BroadbandConnect High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) network. That means users can enjoy upload speeds between 500 Kbps and 800 Kbps and downloads between 600 to 1400 Kbps. [Fujitsu]

1:52 PM on Sun Jan 6 2008
By Sean Fallon
2,389 views, 1 comment

Latest by N/A: I think they could sell millions more of the mobile u810 if they changed it or added a new model more »

unconfirmed

AppleInsider Says Apple Ultra-Portable 13" Laptop at Macworld

We've heard rumblings about that ultra-portable 13-inch notebook on its way from Apple for a while now, but now AppleInsider says it'll finally be rolled out at the MacWorld Expo and Conference in the middle of January. Because an optical disc will be reportedly omitted from the design, the new Mac book will be 50% lighter than the 15-inch MacBook Pro, putting it at a featherweight 3.4 pounds with battery. If AppleInsider's assertions are true, there are a lot more sweet features on the way, too. More »

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11:49 AM on Mon Nov 12 2007
By Charlie White
17,991 views, 40 comments

Latest by N/A: I agree that nothing over 2 pounds is featherweight. I so miss my 1.8 pound Dell, but I got more »

altec lansing

Altec Lansing Sends Ultra Portable Speakers Into Orbit

Altec Lansing's release today of five new speaker systems brought about another line of ultra portable speakers, branded Orbit. Simply designed and weighing only 8oz, the iMT207 Orbit-M and iM207 Orbit-MP3 offers Altec Lansing's Fusion360 technology; which produces a full 360-degree sound field. The iMT207 Orbit-M is mobile phone specific with a 3.5mm stereo connection that is iPhone compatible and also includes a 3.5mm to 2.5mm converter cable for use with compatible music phones. Both models are shock resistant and feature 24 hours of continuous play off 3 AAA batteries. With a release soon, these $39 speakers could serve as an adequate sounding ultra portable speaker. [Altec Lansing via infoSync World]

7:00 PM on Mon Sep 10 2007
By Christopher Mascari
1,476 views, 3 comments

Latest by NotMe: @pepe "what the fuck is an aaa battery?" Uhmm, they are..."AAA" batteries, otherwise known as "triple a". Get out much? more »

pcs

Dospara Prime A Note Cressida 64TW

No, that's not an iBook, but a "Prime A Note Cressida 64TW." If the name doesn't clue you in, it's an ultra portable notebook computer from Japan, land of super happy fun quirkiness. Obviously, the best thing it's got going for it is its size: it weighs only four pounds, making it light enough to easily carry from lecture hall to lecture hall while dodging bullies. Since it's of the ultra portable variety, don't expect the specs to leave your jaw on the floor: a 1.6GHz AMD Turion MT-30 crunches the numbers and a 60GB hard drive provides just enough space to hold a decent-sized digital music library. There's also the usual smattering of USB 2.0 ports, integrated memory card reader and built-in Wi-Fi. More »

10:42 AM on Tue Jul 25 2006
By Gizloco
215 views, 1 comment

Latest by Bakafish: Ahh, good old Japanese consensus at work. These names come about because you have a comity of people all unwilling more »

laptops

Acer Intros TravelMate 3020 Ultra-Portable

Acer rolled out its TravelMate 3020 dual core laptop in the UK this morning, with a 12.1-inch 1280x800 screen and an Intel Core Duo processor inside. A few nice touches are added to the mini-notebook me-too mix, such as a 1.3-megapixel webcam, 5-in-1 card reader which can come in quite handy on the road, and a 3.63 lb. weight even with the largest battery pack on board. Plus, you can stoke it with two gigs of RAM. More »

9:04 AM on Tue Jun 27 2006
By Charlie White
864 views, 1 comment

Latest by GadgetGav: Not bad looking if you look past the fact that the camera seems like a late addition and that it's more »

pcs

DualCor Portable PC Packs Pair of Processors, Puny Price

With all this babble about Origami and ultra-portable PCs, let's don't let the DualCor mobile computer slip under the radar. Here's a processor-packed portable PC that actually has two chips inside, one of them a 400MHz mobile processor and another a 1.5GHz laptop chip that runs Windows. It only uses one chip at a time to save battery power. With an 800x480 touchscreen, a VGA port and a $1500 price, this could make the Origami designers consider a trip back to the old drawing board. More »

10:18 AM on Tue Mar 7 2006
By Charlie White
1,325 views, 5 comments

Latest by quen: Sounds like the two chips are going to be running two totally separate interfaces (one being Windows, the other being more »

pcs

LG Xnote TX is Ultra-Portable, Impossibly Thin


The LG Xnote TX is reed-thin and weighs just 2.4 pounds, but still finds room for a 1.3 GHz Pentium-M ULV 773, a 60-gig hard drive and a gigabyte of RAM. You won't be playing a lot of rip-roaring games with its GForce Go7300 64MB graphics card, but that 64MB will be a gracious plenty for those road-warrior PowerPoint presentations. Its 12.1-inch screen will fit quite nicely between you and that airplane seat reclining into your lap, too. We've used notebooks this size before, and we're here to tell you, this is a perfect blend of size and performance for those on the go. No release date or price were announced. Now that's one stylin and impossibly-thin notebook. More »

9:58 AM on Fri Mar 3 2006
By Charlie White
1,430 views, 6 comments

Latest by hezz: "While raising, the bedspread which is a case first which it sees. Depending on broad way ranking volume. Efficiency Oh, more »