Thursday 8 December 2011

History

In February 2006, a viral business attack was agilely launched for the UMPC, again still referred to by its codename, "Project Origami". Belief over "what is Origami?" and pictures of the accounted prototypes were anesthetized about and covered abundantly on Engadget, Scobleizer,4 Thatedeguy5 and added technology sites. Finalization of the Origami activity was appear in time to accumulate the action akin aerial for CeBIT.

Much belief positioned Origami as a carriageable gaming accessory that would anon attempt with Nintendo's DS and Sony's PSP. This rumor acquired believability afterwards videos were leaked assuming Halo: Combat Evolved actuality played on a UMPC. While the cine was bound taken bottomward from its aboriginal source, mirrors abide on abounding added sites. Later in the week, the Associated Press accepted that "Origami" was absolutely to be a approved PC with "limited gaming capabilities".6

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Samsung Q1 Ultra UMPC

The aboriginal UMPCs on the bazaar were AMtek's T700 and Samsung's Q1.

The AMtek T700 is awash in the USA as the TabletKiosk eo v7110, agoPC ago7, and Azentek GB-810, in Europe as the PaceBlade EasyBook P7 and its Label Origami, and in Australia the TabletKiosk eo v7110 and the Pioneer DreamBook UMPC 700 and in Japan the PBJ SmartCaddie.

edit 2006

In backward August 2006, TabletKiosk launched a band of Intel based UMPCs, the eo i7210 and i7209. They followed this up in March 2007 with a ruggedized VIA based UMPC, the eo TufTab v7112XT.7

OQO is additionally affairs UMPCs. The OQO archetypal 01 was absolutely launched able-bodied afore the ultra-mobile PC chic began, but its blueprint were actual agnate to the UMPC specifications.

In September 2006, Raon Digital launched the Vega active a AMD Geode LX800, 256 MB of RAM, and a 30 GB adamantine drive. It has a 4.3" screen, a 500 MHz processor, and a array activity of 5.5 hours. It runs Microsoft Windows XP Home Copy and retails for 680,000 Korean won (U$700–750). However it does not accept WiFi capability.

In aboriginal October 2006 Samsung agilely launched the Q1B, bringing the Ultra Adaptable belvedere afterpiece to the eyes that Microsoft created. The Q1b appearance a VIA C7-M ULV processor active at 1 GHz, up to bristles hours of array life, and a lower amount point than the Samsung Q1. It additionally has alternative modules for HSDPA or WiBro for all-over internet connectivity in above cities about the world. Additionally a fresh UMPC on the bazaar is the T770 from AMtek. It is a Windows Vista powered accessory with a 1200 MHz processor and 1024 MB of RAM. It has a 40 GB adamantine deejay (or 60 GB on addition cheaper brand, and additionally the aforementioned device) and a 7" screen. It is accessible for 899 € (the cheaper cast is 849 €).

edit 2007

Wibrain8 launched the aboriginal UMPC archetypal B1E and B1H in December 2007.

In 2007, Bill Gates alien the OQO archetypal 02 in his keynote at CES 2007. The OQO archetypal 02 is now aircraft with a 5-inch/12.7-cm screen, EV-DO WWAN, Bluetooth, 802.11 a/b/g WiFi, active Microsoft Windows XP and Vista. OQO has won absolutely a few computer and architecture awards, including Guinness Apple Records acceptance of OQO archetypal 02 as the world's aboriginal absolutely anatomic computer (where a 'computer' agency adeptness to run Windows).

In August 2007, Raon Digital launched their additional UMPC 'Everun' which has congenital in WiFi and HSDPA. It uses the AMD Geode (processor) LX900. Everun is alien as the UMPC with the longest array life—as abundant as 6–7 hours with its accepted array and 12 hours with a ample battery. Unlike its antecedent archetypal 'VEGA', Everun has a abounding qwerty key pad, aesthetically agnate to a Smartphone, which appeals to the adaptable commuter.

On September 17, 2007, OQO launched the archetypal e29 for the European admirers with a localized keyboard, 1.6 GHz VIA C7-M processor, 120 GB adamantine drive or a 32 GB SSD option.

Also, in October 2007 the Asus EEE PC (model 701) was launched. With a 7 inch screen, abounding keyboard and wifi, active Linux, it started the netbook revolution.10

edit 2008

ASUS R50A UMPC

Wibrain launched the additional models of B1L alternation with Ubuntu Linux on February 27, 2008. Their starting amount is about $500.00. Wibrain UMPC appearance a 4.8 inch blow enabled LCD awning at 1024x600 resolution, a 1.0 GHz or 1.2 GHz VIA C7M CPU, 512 MB or 1 GB of memory, a 30 GB or 60 GB harddisk, a abounding qwerty keyboard and congenital WiFi (802.11b/g).

Around the aforementioned date, CHIP.DE11 featured an commodity about the R2H and R50A from ASUS, which runs a Windows Tablet PC copy OS on its Intel Celeron system. It has a VGA-TV output, GPS, 3 USB ports, 60 GB adamantine drive and 512 MB RAM. It additionally offers wired/wireless arrangement capabilities. In Germany, its accepted amount is €939 at Amazon.de.

In September 2008 Nova Mobility12 appear its additional bearing Side Arm 2 Automated UMPC. This assemblage is advised about the Intel Atom processor and is the aboriginal automated brand UMPC appear on that platform. It has GPS, WiFi and Bluetooth accepted and 3G as an option. You can additionally accept EVDO via the PCI Express agenda aperture in the top of the unit. Two USB ports, a 7" blow awning and one hand-typeable QWERTY keyboard are available. The accessory weighs beneath than 2 lbs and offers up to ten hours of array life.

edit 2009–2010

Viliv alien the S5 in mid 2009 followed by X70 models. In July 2010 the Vliv N5 was introduced. The N5 is a baby notebook-style UMPC admitting the S5 and the X70 are tablets. They all affection GPS, Wifi, Bluetooth, 3G availability, SSD options with Intel Z520 and chip GMA500 cartoon with accouterments dispatch for H264 HD video playback. The starting prices are about US$ 599 with array activity of bristles hours or longer.13

MobileDemand alien the 2.5 lb, 7" xTablet T7000 Rugged Tablet PC UMPC, which meets MIL-STD810G and IP65 standards for ruggedability. Options accommodate bar cipher scanner, acclaim agenda reader, GPS, Bluetooth, RFID, SSD, abounding QWERTY keyboard, advancing systems, high-capacity batteries, etc.

edit 2011

Ocosmos is planning to barrage the OCS1, a gaming UMPC with the most recent CPU from Intel and will affection Windows 7 Home Premium and front- and rear-facing cameras.

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