Several Ultramobile PC CPUs Benchmarked

Over at ULTRA MOBILE PC TIPS, several UMPC CPUs were reviewed: – 1GHz Intel Pentium M (baseline CPU) – 900MHz Intel Celeron – 800MHz Intel A110 – 1GHz Via C7-M Of note, the above CPUs are found in the following machines: – 800MHz Intel A110: … Read more

Gigabyte W251 G5 Launched

AVING USA has news of Gigabyte’s latest model in their Gigabyte W251 series, the Gigabyte W251 G5. The W251 G5 is geared towards the Korean market, and won the ‘2006 G-Mark Award’. The W251 is a 12.1″ widescreen laptop, with an Intel Core 2 Duo … Read more

GIGABYTE W251U – Release/Availibility

It now appears that the GIGABYTE W251U (or W251) is starting to become available outside of Japan/Taiwan. It’s now available in Korea as the W251 G (through their G-Style.co.kr site), and it looks like it is selling for around $1010 USD and on up (depending … Read more

UMPCs and 2GB of Memory

jkOnTheRun has put together an article discussing 2GB Memory upgrades to UMPCs: What works, what doesn’t work. He mentioned that the Origami Project has an active discussion going on about 2GB SODIMMs being tried out in UMPCs (most are single-slot), as well his original experiences … Read more

Gigabyte U60 – More Information, Photos

CNET (News.com.com) takes a look at the Gigabyte U60 UltraMobile PC (UMPC). Normally we don’t cover UMPCs, however this one does have a physical keyboard that slides out, putting it near the realm of ultraportable laptops. This thing weighs just over a pound and a … Read more