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1. Apple to debut $700 tablet in September?

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... Origami idea, also known as UMPC. From what we have heard from analysts is that the Apple iPad (that name is purely our guess, by the way) will be basically a monstrous iPod touch with a 10” screen and ...

2. UMPC, take 2: Samsung touts first WiMax MID

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... Origami concept and the UMPC to look like, even if it does not take much to predict that Samsung’s new MID is dead right out of the gate.  Chicago (IL) – Samsung today announced the first commercially ...

3. CE3100: Intel squeezes yet another chip out of the old Dothan core

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... to a 45 nm Atom core in the second half of this year. Interestingly enough this is the same strategy that built Intel’s success in the netbook market: The A100/A110 processor used in UMPCs  in 2005 ...

4. Apple rumor season: High on speculation, low on details

   (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

   ... much more like a mix between a UMPC and a tablet PC. Even the Wall Street Journal, which seems to have secret sources deeply planted into Apple and Steve Jobs’ private home, was present at the very beginning ...

5. HP dv2: Better than a netbook?

   (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

   ... hoped the UMPC to be.     It is clear to me that the dv2 and similar notebooks will not kill the netbook. But it is another option for the mainstream and there is nothing wrong with that. It ...

6. Five products Apple should build

   (Opinion/Opinion Features)

   ... in a 7-9” form factor   5. iTablet This is a really old one and it may always remain a niche opportunity. What we are thinking of is a UMPC-like tablet for vertical markets that helps other manufacturers ...

7. Netbooks and MIDs need some Apple Magic

   (Opinion/Opinion Features)

     Analyst Opinion - Given the number of problems the iPhone had, the device was lucky to have been brought to market by Apple. Any other company would be dead in the market. Battery life is terrible, ...

8. The perfect portable computing device of 2015

   (Opinion/Opinion Features)

   ... and could be expanded to the size of an UMPC for computing. The other great feature was a voice and touch interface, which enabled the user to get around the lack of a keyboard, but - you will notice this ...

9. A 1-2-3-4 plan for AMD to beat Intel

   (Opinion/Opinion Features)

   ... in markets where the playing field is more even.  Consumer, MIDs/UMPCs, cell phones, and home automation largely don’t care about Intel inside and are looking for something they currently aren’t getting ...

10. National Semiconductor reinvents itself and goes solar

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... light conditions. Remember NSC? It is one of the big Silicon Valley chip makers, which most recently promoted consumer products during the dotcom boom in 2001 and pitched a UMPC-like tablet PC called ...

11. Toshiba preps 1.8” 160 GB hard drives for PCs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... value proposition for small PCs such as UMPCs, MIDs or subnotebooks. Toshiba offers its new models in a one-platter (80 GB) and a 2-platter version (160 GB), translating into a storage density of 228 Gb ...

12. WWDC 2008: Last minute round-up

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... about a 3G iPhone the device is a sure bet, but there have been speculations about a new operating system, new iPods, a UMPC/MID and possibly new displays. TG Daily will report from WWDC 2008 and took ...

13. 50% chance of a new multi-touch Apple device at WWDC, says analyst

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... to Apple about an UMPC-like device. To us, such a device makes perfect sense in Apple’s product strategy. And if we stay with Apple-focused websites, AppleInsider has been supporting the Mac-tablet idea ...

14. Via launches Nano processor, carves out CPU niche

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... Wind, as well as UMPCs. The most attractive market for Nano could actually become PCs for emerging markets, which is targeted by Intel’s single- and upcoming dual-core Atom processors as well. We will ...

15. Five reasons why an Apple tablet makes sense now

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... UMPC/tablet.   Chicago (IL) - With WWDC just around the corner, the stage is set for Steve Jobs' keynote and the unveiling of the iPhone. But Apple would not be not Apple if there wasn’t a ...

16. 3G iPhone this week, Newton multi-touch handheld at WWDC?

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... space. And, after all, we have been saying it all along that the world needs an Apple UMPC-like device. Either way, there is clearly something going on with this sudden iPhone shortage. We just hope that ...

17. Intel fires up new Atom processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... let’s take a brief look where the processor actually comes from. Atom, who are you? The UMPC disaster (Intel actually disagrees that the UMPC platform was a failure, since vendors such as Samsung were ...

18. A new goldmine for Intel: The $6 Atom processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... targeting Silverthorne models and the MID/UMPC segment, while Diamondville (possibly dual-core) chips are rumored to go into cheap notebooks and desktops with prices of $500 and less. Based on Intel’s ...

19. Inside Intel's ray tracing research

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... cost. You talked about networking four systems with quad-core processors. At GDC, you demonstrated a Quake 4 RT on a Sony UMPC device. How were you able to scale down the requirements for RT? Daniel Pohl: ...

20. The HTC Shift + ThinkPad X300 + The MacBook Air = Perfect Notebook

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... can be used for business successfully. Unlike the first generation Origami and UMPC products, this thing is actually surprisingly snappy, but it won’t set any performance records. By the way, it was fully ...

21. 10 things you didn’t know about … Anand Chandrasekher

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... products, ultra-mobile PC’s (such as UMPCs and mobile Internet devices, short MIDs) and the smart mobile and hand-held market segment. Chandrasekher’s responsibilities at Intel include strategic direction, ...

22. Tim Sweeney, Part 2: “DirectX 10 is the last relevant graphics API”

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... as Intel's research scientist] recently showed ray-tracing on a Sony UMPC, an ultraportable device equipped with a single-core processor. True, the resolution was much lower than on PCs of today, but it ...

23. Intel preps Atom for world domination

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... the company markets for the most recent UMPC generation), and Atom is built up as a serious attempt to capture market share in mobile devices and low-cost devices. The company will offer two versions of ...

24. Has Lenovo created the “perfect” laptop?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... is Intel’s next-generation technology for UMPCs and it has thermal advantages that enable even thinner and more power efficient products. Hybrid Graphics - a combination of chipset and discrete graphics ...

25. Intel pads MID launch with tiny solid state drives

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    We have no doubt, the Mobile Internet Device will turn out to be what the UMPC was intended to become – a mass market pocket computing platform. And Intel finally develops the components such a ...

26. Is Kindle the next big thing after the iPod?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... iPhone, iPod Touch, Zune II, MID, UMPC, and Kindle are all tracking to become the parents of some future more capable, always connected, device that will transform the way we work and play.   ...

27. Intel's Silverthorne processor to run at up to 1.7 GHz

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... will not break any speed records, but it may open up new markets for Intel: The 45 nm CPU is expected to make its way into MIDs, UMPC as well as low-priced computers for emerging markets. Intel's recently ...

28. Can we screw up WiMax, too?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... up and running on the showfloor, Siemens Nokia had a pimped out Mini with functional WiMax gear, there were Xbox 360 consoles networked via WiMax, Samsung showed off a WiMax-quipped Q1 Ultra UMPC as well ...

29. Intel's goal for Penryn: "Ramp and win as fast as possible"

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... Mobile Internet Devices, UMPCs, Moorestown, Silverthorne and the $100 laptop           TG Daily: I have to admit, the most interesting device we have seen so far at IDF was ...

30. IDF: Intel to dump Microsoft as OS supplier for Mobile Internet Devices?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... initial MID platform code-named "Menlow" will bring a big departure from previous product strategies for Intel. The MID itself appears to develop more and more into a product the UMPC was promised ...

31. Nokia, Sprint to offer N800 tablet with Wimax capability

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... as "Mobile Internet Devices" – a new class of mobile computers that are much smaller than UMPCs and foremost serve as entertainment and communication devices and allow consumers to stay ...

32. Can anyone get the connected home right?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... by Intel for the UMPC concept comes close to what I think the home of the future should have. A technology envelope, some of which goes with you, and some of which exists in your car, your place of employment, ...

33. 10 things I have learned about the iPhone

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... comes darn close to what Intel recently described as a Mobile Internet Device (MID) – a product category that we once knew as “UMPC” (future UMPCs are likely to take the place of today’s ...

34. In praise of the iPhone with some rough seas ahead

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... validates the concept of the UMPC as Intel envisions it (the iPhone is more computer than phone and even runs a UNIX derivative).   Did the iPhone meet expectations? I doubt that was possible, but ...

35. Computex Wars: AMD vs. Intel vs. VIA - and some unexpected implications

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... increasingly Intel and AMD are starting to focus on this area. While I don’t know how much resource AMD has put on this, Intel has put 1200 engineers on their UMPC efforts and expects to have systems ...

36. The UMPC dies. And no one notices.

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Background - We just started to like the concept of the UMPC. But the truth of the matter is that the UMPC, at least in the shape we saw these little computers over the past year, will join the Tablet ...

37. Flipstart compact PC goes on sale

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... in base versions. The Flipstart PC, in some way, appears to be OQO model 01 all over again: A package of nice features that costs more than two decent notebook PCs (or two UMPCs.) The Flipstart PC is ...

38. FlipStart shows off “super compact” computer

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Flipstart has unveiled its long awaited compact PC at the CTIA 2007 tradeshow. Orlando (FL) - Compact palm-sized computers have often garnered headlines, but leave a great deal to be desired in the actual ...

39. Samsung unveils 1.8” 64 GB flash hard drive

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... and Sandisk targeting a Q2 release of 1.8” and 2.5” form factor SSDs that will be available in ultra mobile devices such as UMPCs as well as higher end notebooks. So far, we have been hearing ...

40. Samsung debuts UMPC with mobile broadband

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... will fill the Q1's gaps. But we still have the impression that UMPCs remain half-baked products.   Samsung's second-gen UMPC ...   But let's talk about the improvements first. ...

41. Intel's Robson gets a real name: Turbo Memory

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... card. Going with the mobile theme, Intel will participate in what appears to become the second industry-wide push of Ultra Mobile PCs (UMPCs). The first generation, launched at Cebit 2006, was less than ...

42. The Apple iPhone: Hit or miss?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... to OS X. Finally, Apple rarely announces things in advanced and they were supposed to be working on two phones. There may be a surprise still up in the air. The UMPC done right? How many of you have ...

43. CES 2007: OQO releases model 02 UMPC

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    OQO has released the second generation of its ultra mobile computer, which is now officially designated as an ultra mobile PC (UMPC). There is more of everything and an innovative enticing new accessory ...

44. Get into the hotseat: CES 2007 Unveiled - slideshow

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... - including the new generation of UMPCs, Asus' external graphics station, 16-core computers, interactive toys and - remember, it's CES - new LCD TVs. Las Vegas (LV) - CES Unveiled is the first official ...

45. Consumer Electronics Show 2007

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    ... touts HDD/DVD hybrid camcorder and a $2500 50" LCD OQO releases model 02 UMPC Battle of the 108-inchers Samsung launches UMPC with flash hard ...

46. Next-gen OQO ultra-portable computer coming

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... PCs (UMPCs). Rumors about a potential successor have flying around for some time, but a FCC filing now confirms that the device will be announced soon. Chicago (IL) - OQO has been selling its portable ...

47. Opinion: Should you buy a PC now or wait?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... the early release of Leopard along with iTV but there is increasing buzz that Apple will deliver Intel's UMPC baby and that would indicate some changes in the laptop lines as well. So, I would suggest ...

48. Is Intel back and do they love Apple? You betcha!

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... these two platforms can do against each other. My new car and my new UMPC I know a lot of you have written off the UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC, called Origami by Microsoft) but Intel brought out a second generation ...

49. After the AMD / ATI merger: Will Nvidia GeForce still compete with ATI Radeon?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... PC is consumer usage models. The UMPC is one example of a platform designed around a usage model - it isn't particularly a working example, he concedes, but he believes by its next generation, it will ...

50. Microsoft confirms 'Zune' device to compete with Ipod

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... of what were stated to be prototype UMPC devices, along with a logo - both of which Microsoft denied early on - turned out to be legitimate. Some years back, "Zune" was used as the name for a prototype ...