UMID M2 has Windows 7 and 1GB RAM

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UMID is showing off its upgrade to the M1 ultra mobile PC. The M2 runs Windows 7 (instead of XP), faster 1.2Ghz or 1.6GHz Atom processors, and no longer needs USB port dongles.

And while the M1 costs $600 with a 1.33GHz processor and 512MB memory, the upcoming M2 is expected to be $400 when it arrives around November. It will use the same keyboard and 4.8-inch (1024x600) screen, but design changes improve the screen angle, add an optical mouse and mouse buttons, and do away with the need for a USB port dongle.

A non-working prototype is felt up in the video below, but we should see the M2 running Windows 7 at IDF later this week.

Nokia Booklet 3G's Full Specs and Price

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After teasing its 10.1-inch netbook with 3G and Assisted-GPS, Nokia has confirmed an impressive 16-cell (12-hour) battery and coughed-up full specs: Windows 7, 1.6GHz Atom Z530 processor, 120GB hard disk, 1GB RAM, 802.11n Wi-Fi, and HDMI. Price: €575 ($810) before-subsidies.

The Booklet 3G is pretty thin (just 0.78-inches), and will have a hot-swappable SIM card slot and integrated Ovi maps. A built-in accelerometer is also quite interesting, as is the screen resolution: 1280 by 720 (720p).

Usual netbook fare includes Bluetooth, 3 USB slots, an SD card reader and a 1.3-megapixel camera. But it's that amazing-sounding battery life I'm eager to test. The 16-cell Li-Ion unit will also be user-removable. One disappointment: No Nvidia Ion graphics. :(

Nokia Booklet 3G

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So Nokia's got a 10-incher with built-in 3G and A-GPS (Ovi Maps) in the works. Interesting, but will it be just-another-netbook? I'd love to see a Nokia touch-screen interface on top of Windows. What about easy tethering with cell phones?

Having some sort of tie-in with Nokia handsets (while not excluding everyone else) isn't a must, but it'd be nice, right? We'll have to wait and see.

Here's what we do know: It'll be "HD ready" and have an Atom processor—hopefully that means Nvidia Ion-based. It will also have Wi-Fi, HDMI, and an SD Card reader. With a 12 hour battery and weight of 2.75 pounds, there's some massive potential here, if only on paper.

Problem is we won't know more about its flavor of Windows-or any other specs and pricing-until Nokia World on September 2.

Viliv X70: A 7-Inch Netbook Without the Keyboard

via Gizmodo by Mark Wilson on 6/9/09

The Viliv S5 was sort of charming in its own way—a tiny Atom-powered touchscreen MID that went for $599. Well the Viliv X70 is the S5's bigger cousin, and it runs just $599, too.

Featuring a 7-inch WSVGA screen (that's more than 2 inches larger than the S5), the X70 also includes an Atom 1.2/1.3GHz processor, 16/32GB SSD, optional HSPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Sirf Star3 GPS, 5-second XP booting and 5.5 rated hours of video playback. And yet the X70 measures less than an inch thick and but 1.4lbs in its anti-heaviness.

I still could never see myself using the keyboardless munchkin, but in case you are interested, Dynamism has the systems on pre-order.

Toshiba'sNETBOOKS, TOSHIBA NB205, TOSHIBA, NB205, LED-BACKLIT, LAPTOPS, HARDWARE First Netbook: LED-Backlit Screen & Monster Battery Life

via Gizmodo by Dan Nosowitz on 6/2/09

Toshiba's NB205, similar to the NB200 available in the UK, will be coming to the US, and given Laptop Mag's glowing recommendation as possibly "the best netbook yet," we've got reason to be excited.

It'll feature the same specs as the NB205: LED-backlit 10.1-inch screen, 1GB RAM, 160GB hard drive, full-sized keyboard, and Intel's Atom N280 processor, along with the supposed 9-hour, 6-cell battery. Available in late June, the NB205 should come in at an MSRP of $399. [Toshiba]

Tiny UMID mbook M1

via Gizmodo by Dan Nosowitz on 5/23/09

We spotted Korean manufacturer UMID's new MID back in November, but now it's finally seeing release, with a few changed specs and a $599 pricetag. But it probably won't change MID-haters' minds.

Occupying that perennially awkward space between a smartphone and a netbook, the mbook M1, like the Viliv S5, packs standard netbook components into a teeny space while remaining too large to be pocketable. It's a nice enough design, and the price is fair, but the sacrifices made to keep the gadget small are sure to annoy owners. Everything's been miniaturized: The headphone jack is a 2.5mm rather than the standard 3.5mm, and it includes only a mini-USB port, so you'll need an adapter for both audio and hardware input. Even the expansion slot has been miniaturized from the cheap and ubiquitous SDHC to micro-SDHC. The 16GB version will run you $599, and doubling your storage will cost an extra $150.

It includes the standard Windows XP, Intel Atom 1.33MHz proc, a 16/32GB SSD, and 512MB of memory, with a 4.8" WVGA touchscreen at a reasonable 1024x600 resolution. In short, it's just about exactly the same guts as the Viliv S5, except with a keyboard and without the standard-size ports. Tiny, yes, but if you're not already pro-MID, the mbook M1 isn't going to convince you. [Dynamism]