Silicon Gulf

Found an Astone UMPC at Farmers cubao. The price of an Astone UMPC is less than P18,000. It’s a touch screen UMPC with 1 GB memory. One thing i don’t like about it is the way it looks.. why did they put the webcam and speakers there? Oh well…. [...]

This is the first UMPC that i’ve seen with an Optical drive.. Its the SR8KPO6S from Kohjinsha. Oh.. its also a tablet PC… Specs here… 7” Touch Display (1024×600) Intel 800Mhz CPU, Chipset 60GB HDD WiFi G, Bluetooth 9.2 x 7 x 1.3”, 2.4lbs Theoretical battery life: 3.5hrs to 7hrs (extended battery) Source: Ubergizmo Clarkzzz, a commenter from gizmodo gave these specs: * info from a brochure [...]

The all new HP Compaq 2133 Mini-Note PC or simply “HP Mini”. Is it really a killer? Lets check the specs: Operating system Genuine Windows Vista Business Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic Genuine Windows Vista Business downgrade to Genuine Windows XP Professional Installed FreeDOS SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 Operating system Processor VIA C7®-M ULV Processor (up to 1.6 GHz, 128 KB L2 cache Chipset VIA VN896NB and [...]

My blogger friend Dom saw a Neo Explore X1 formerly known as Neo Classmate) in one of the computer stores here in Davao City. It looks like an OLPC! Its supposed to be a competitor of the Asus Eee PC… but based from Dom’s review… i think only kids will like it. Here’s the specs: * CPU : Intel [...]

I’m sure by now you’ve heard or read the initials UMPC. Its stands for Ultra Mobile PC. For me, a UMPC device is one that is small, lightweight, has and performs functions of a PC and a mobile device. But if you want a more standard version, maybe this one from Wikipedia would fit: previously known [...]