LonMID M100 MID, a phone with an Intel Atom

Yes, it’s a phone and it’s a MID using an Intel Atom processor. 

The specs haven’t changed since the last time, though some of the ports/interfaces may have. Here’s a quick rundown:

• 800MHz Intel Atom Z500 processor
• 512MB DDR2 RAM (up to 1GB)
• 4GB SSD
• Midinux operating system
• 4.8" primary touchscreen (800 x 480), 2.4" secondary display (320 x 240)
• Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, 802.11b/g
• Webcam
• I/O: SIM card slot, microSD card slot, USB 2.0, miniUSB, headphone jack, microphone

Since Microsoft pushed the UMPC concept into the market we keep seeing new devices some really smaller some not but one thing is for sure, the market exist and it’s healthy.

Via Pocketeable: LonMID M100 MID phone gets official

           

Smart Devices Q7 video review

The Smart Q7 is one of the best design I have seen in a MID. And today UMPC Portal has released a review of this device very detailed for those who are thinking to buy in the near future.

I had very well-managed expectations for this sub $200 tablet based on ARM architecture and a Linux operating system from a Chinese company and sold through what we thought was a very strange reseller in China. I’ve unboxed the device and I’m feeling quite pleased. Keep your own expectations in check though because this isn’t a UMPC. Think of it as an internet connected gadget, and you’re on the right track.

           

Adding 3G to a Viliv S5

This mod is for really brave users that really do not care about warranties or anything like that.

..or upgrade with 3G modem but then you need to solder the pci-e connector, antenna cable and use Novatel EU850D with SIM holder.. cut the metal plates and take away the HDD and replace it with half mini zif SSD.

jkkmobile: Modding Viliv S5: 3G and SSD

           

Vliv S5 for $599 @ Dynamism - Hurry only 400…

That’s right, they got another 400 in and are unloading them today. Head over to Dynamism today before it’s too late. This is a nice looking device. James Kendrick over at JKontheRun loves this one.

The Viliv S5 is the hottest mini-PC of the year. BECAUSE it really does what users want from an ultramobile/UMPC: it is small, cheap, is a great PMP or GPS, delivers the full rich web without comprise, features a 6-hour battery, amazing 5-second wake up from standby, Intel Atom 1.33 GHz CPU and 60GB HDD running Windows XP, 4.8″ WSVGA superfine display with on-screen keyboard, rotation, and haptic feedback…all for $599 and including–if ordered during the special–a free second battery, leather carrying case, and car kit ($135 value).

The real deal, it sold out in under two hours on our launch, so we are very happy to be offering one last chance to get the Viliv S5 for $599 with all the accessories.

Source: Gear Diary

           

LonMID, a new MID

JKK Mobile has posted new pictures and the spec of a new MID with phone capabilities.

NFS-HLJ LonMID M100
4.8 inch 800 x 480 main screen
2.4 inch 320 x 240 secondary screen
800Mhz Intel Atom with 512MB RAM
4GB SSD
Wifi, bluetooth and WWAN ( CDMA1X )
qwerty + numeric keypad
1 × USB 2.0
1 × MiniUSB 2.0
Mic/headphone
MicroSD
Wbcam
153 x 91 x 27mm
MIDinux Linux

jkkmobile: NFS convertible UMPC surfaces as LonMID

           

Smart Q7 Tablet, what color?

UMPCPortal has posted a few pictures of this new MID that will be using Ubuntu and an ARM processor.

At $180, the only real question for gadget fans is, what colour? I’d go for Lime Green just to be disruptive and clash with that brown leather sofa you find in every coffee shop these days.

The price tag of 180 dollars is really good and the design is not bad at all.

           

SmartQ 7: a new MID coming soon

The SmartQ 7 is a interesting Linux MID. The design I have to say that it’s one of the best that I have seen lately.

The SmartQ 7 runs an unspecified Linux distro with specs that include WiFi, a USB-host mode, stereo speakers, and up to 2-days of music off a single charge to its 4500mAh Li-Poly battery. More importantly, there’s a dedicated FN button along the top for instant fun.

Via Engadget.

           

Viliv S5 at Dynamism

I received a note today from the guys at Dynamism letting me know about the availability of the Viliv S5 for pre orders starting April 27th.

           

Samsung presents the SWD-M100 MID

  The SWD-M100 is, as far as I can remember, the first MID using Windows Mobile 6.1.

Now, there’s a MID (mobile internet device) that we could use to blog on the go. The Samsung SWD-M100D is a WiMax + WiFi device that has both a touch display and a sliding QWERTY keyboard. The most important feature (for live blogging) is the 3 Megapixel camera in the back, that should kick the battery of my Blackberry 8320 real hard.

Via Uberguizmo

           

MID converted into an UMPC

MID are not for everybody. At least are not for me. Internet for me is more than a place to relax, it’s a place to work and then I need tools and more tools. And MID is just that a Mobile Internet Device. Without any other more complex tools that all you need to relax in Internet. And apparently my friend JKK suffers from the same kind of “illness” I have, because he has installed Windows XP in a MID converting it into an UMPC.

In the above video we can see one of the closest thing I have seen to the original Origami Concept.

           

Internet is an addiction

Internet is an addiction. How do I know that? Easy, if you are thinking about diving and browsing the web then you are an addicted. What? Do you think that that’s impossible? Check this pictures of a Toshiba’s MID Prototype posted at UMPC Buzz.

           

Unboxing – Cowon Q5W 80G

My current PMP mania concludes, as today I acquired one of the true heavyweights on the market…a Cowon Q5W 80G. This tiny titan can run just about any video codec on it’s 5 inch, 800×480 screen, not to mention more audio formats then you can shake a digitized orchestra at.

Running Cowon’s proprietary GUI over Windows CE, the Q5W features 80G of storage, WiFi, Bluetooth, FM Radio, Flash player, Office document viewers and more, all in hand sized package. In fact, many people consider this device to be more of a MID then they do a PMP. And of course, all these premium MID-like features come with a premium MID-like price..but is it worth it? Click below for some first impressions and unboxing shots, with a review of the device due in a week.

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Alpha 400 – A netbook?

Now that Netbooks are the cooler thing around sellers are calling anything with a shape of a Netbook a Nebook. And this seems to be the case of the Alpha 400. 

The Alpha 400 netbook provides multimedia entertainment, Broadband Internet Access and Work on the Go! The Alpha 400 features the reliable Linux Operating System, BroadMIPS XBurst 400 MHz 32-bit CPU, 128 MB RAM, 1 GB NAND Flash storage, a 10/100 MB Ethernet interface and 802.11b wireless access.

To me, this is just a MID. A Netbook uses a full Desktop Operating System and this is not the case. A MIPS processor has a completely different architecture. For those who are not familiar, a program compiled for a MIPS processor does not work in any x86 computer and the same in the other way around.

           

TG Sambo MID ‘LLUON mobbit’

Wow! This title needs a translation! TG Sambo is a company that will sell next January a new MID called ‘LLUON mobbit’.

Adopting a 4.8-inch display, the LLUON mobbit runs on Windows XP OS, Intel Atom Z520 processor and DDR2 1GB SDRAM. Other features included wireless LAN, Bluetooth connectivity, Active X support and Internet banking.

Price? Less than 500 dollars.

Via Aving USA

           

More About Moorestown

At the IDF in Taipei a few days ago, Intel bigwig Anand Chandrasekher finally demoed the Moorestown MID platform. I admit I have been highly dubious about the market for Menlow platform based devices from Intel, but it’s follow up Moorestown, show here as a mockup and in a video demo looks very very impressive…and has been tipped for a 2009 release.

I’d buy a device like this in a New York minute….wouldn’t you?