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

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Tuesday, 21 July 2009

    Samsung today announced the first commercially available mobile Internet device (MID) with WiMax connectivity in the U.S. Conceivably, this is much closer to the type of device we would have imagined Microsoft ...

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

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 25 May 2009

   ... in the past, it is clear that companies such as Intel and AMD will always have a difficult time to think the way a CE company does. That is where Kim comes in: He joined Intel from Samsung to get the company’s ...

3. Five products Apple should build

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

   Friday, 24 October 2008

   ... such as Samsung or Asus to get this category right. While the UMPC was originally envisioned by Microsoft and Intel as a consumer device, it is now the MID that becomes the Internet companion the UMPC ...

4. Apple and Palm new targets in touchscreen patent crusade

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Tuesday, 24 June 2008

   ... Information Systems, Lenovo U.S., Panasonic  of North America; HTC America, Palm, Samsung Electronics America, Nokia and LG Electronics USA as defendants.   “The addition of these defendants ...

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

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 10 June 2008

   ... is more than sufficient, but when installed in a PC that is designed to deliver a certain performance, this is certainly not the product category of choice. Samsung and Toshiba reacted last year in August ...

6. Intel fires up new Atom processors

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 01 April 2008

   ... 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 ...

7. Can we screw up WiMax, too?

   (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

   Wednesday, 26 September 2007

   ... 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 ...

8. Samsung starts mass producing 64 GB 1.8 inch SSDs

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 25 June 2007

   Samsung announced today that it has begun mass producing 1.8 inch solid state drives (SSDs) with 64 GB. Seoul (South Korea) - Samsung announced today that it has begun mass producing 1.8 inch solid state ...

9. Samsung launches Q1 Ultra UMPC in the U.S.

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Monday, 07 May 2007

   Following the introduction of the device in Europe back in March, Samsung today launched its second generation UMPC on these shores. New York (NY) - Following the introduction of the device in Europe ...

10. The UMPC dies. And no one notices.

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 03 May 2007

    ... and often battery hungry small tablets that lacked a user friendly interface and ended up collecting dust on store shelves. The most recent UMPC generation shown by Samsung finally has WWAN capability, ...

11. Samsung unveils 1.8” 64 GB flash hard drive

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 27 March 2007

    ... you soon may have a few options: Samsung today unveiled a 64 GB drive – which indicates that capacities are rising quickly and prices may be dropping at a similar pace. Taipei (Taiwan) – Is ...

12. Samsung debuts UMPC with mobile broadband

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 15 March 2007

    ... features. Samsung has redesigned its Q1 for 2007 - and believes that the Q1 Ultra will fill the Q1's gaps. Hannover (Germany) - Following Microsoft's Origami campaign last year, we expected a world-changing ...

13. Samsung's UMPC runs Windows Vista

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 06 March 2007

    Samsung announced today that its Q1P ultra mobile PC (UMPC) is its first UMPC to get Windows Vista certification. Irvine (CA) - Samsung announced today that its Q1P ultra mobile PC (UMPC) is its first ...

14. CES 2007: OQO releases model 02 UMPC

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 08 January 2007

    ... somewhat expensive even for a very stylish UMPC that can't run Windows Vista. At about $2500 for the fully decked out model 02, some customers may be looking over to Samsung's latest Q1 UMPC, which ...

15. CES 2007: Samsung launches UMPC with flash hard drive

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Sunday, 07 January 2007

    One of the first opportunities to get your hands on a 1.8", NAND flash-based solid state disk (SSD) drives may be Samsung's upgraded ultra mobile PC (UMPC). Las Vegas (NV) - One of the first opportunities ...

16. CES 2007: First live demo of mobile Wimax

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Saturday, 06 January 2007

    Sprint-Nextel, Samsung, Motorola and Intel are offering a glimpse at mobile Wimax, also known as 802.16e or - in Sprint terms - 4G, with a first public demonstration of the technology at CES 2007. Las ...

17. Consumer Electronics Show 2007

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    Sunday, 31 December 2006

    ... 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 ...

18. Next-gen OQO ultra-portable computer coming

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 05 December 2006

    ... to run Windows Vista. Pricing of the model 02 could also be substantially lower than the $2000 of the original device. Samsung's and Asus' UMPCs, which will be direct competitors with the model 02, are ...

19. Samsung's Q1 UMPC to start selling at Best Buy

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 01 May 2006

    Samsung has announced that it will start selling the Q1 ultra mobile PC (UMPC) at Best Buy. The Q1 is a small keyboard-less computer that will play back music and videos, but will also have some horsepower ...

20. Intel preferred over VIA for UMPCs

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Wednesday, 19 April 2006

    ... as VIA's C7-M embedded processor is priced at $700-800, compared to the Intel Celeron M and Pentium M series at $1200-1400. VIA's chip, however, is not preferred by OEM vendors, including Samsung Electronics ...

21. Will the price of UMPC ascend well into the four-digit range?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 14 April 2006

    Yesterday, news of the first available UMPC devices emerged from South Korea, where Samsung is premiering its "Sens Q1" early next month. Its suggested sale price puts it well above the four-digit price ...

22. Microsoft's Origami UMPC: What were they thinking?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 14 March 2006

    ... a market segment? Think about this simple question: Today's first-edition UMPCs, including the Samsung Q1, will run Windows XP Tablet Edition 2005; the full-blown Windows Vista that the UMPC framework ...

23. UMPC prototypes at CeBIT running 15 minutes on full battery charge :BBC

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 09 March 2006

    ... a few hours' battery life more or less doesn't matter much. Without attributing its comments to anyone in particular or to attendees in general, the BBC report characterizes initial impressions of Samsung's ...

24. Microsoft reveals baseline specifications for 'Origami' ultra-mobile PCs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 09 March 2006

    ... engineers to place controls along the left and right sides of the landscape-oriented screen. Two samples of soon-to-ship UMPCs from Asus (top) and Samsung (bottom). But from there, a quick check of the ...

25. Can IDF relight Intel's fire?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Sunday, 05 March 2006

    ... platform, there will be several other UMPCs on display. Sources told us that Samsung, Asus and Founder will be the first manufacturers to ship UMPCs. The devices will be based an a ULV Pentium M processor ...

26. Clues point to March 9 launch for Microsoft / Intel mobile PC platform

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 02 March 2006

    ... refers to Microsoft's software and functional implementation of Intel's UMPC. As we reported last month, Samsung, Asus, and Founder are likely to be the first companies to ship UMPC products during the ...

27. Intel's Ultra Mobile PC on track for Q1 release

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 06 February 2006

    ... product in 2006. Sources now indicate that Intel is on track to take the wraps off the platform sometime this quarter: Samsung, Asus and Founder will the first companies to launch UMPCs. The company previously ...