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USB Port fitted to a UMID
One thing that you don’t often see is a full sized USB port installed in a UMID netbook, but that is not going to stop everyone from going without or being forced to use a mini USB port.
The netbook in question is the UMID mBook BZ as we know this has no USB port, but could use one, so why fit it yourself?
It seems from the images that the actual installation process is fairly easy to do, but that of course is going to depend on how technically minded the user is.
The images below will take you through the process, but don’t come running to us if it doesn’t work!
Source [Pocketables]
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Video: UMID shows off faster, cheaper, Windows 7-packing mbook M2
It seems like just yesterday we were finally welcoming the UMID mbook M1 into the world, kicking and screaming after a rather extended gestation. After all that it wasn’t exactly well received thanks to a high price, a screen that didn’t open far enough, and USB ports that sadly required dongles. UMID is now demoing the completely dongle-free M2, said to be ultimately available with your choice of either a 1.2 or 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor. Memory has been bumped up to 1GB to support Windows 7, the case has been tweaked, the hinge now opens further, and there’s an optical “mouse” integrated into the bezel with a sensor on the right and two tiny mouse buttons on the left. A non-functional version is lovingly caressed after the break, while working models are said to ship before the year is up with prices starting at $499. Let’s hope this one doesn’t follow the same, circuitous path to retail that its predecessor did.
[Via jkkmobile]
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New UMID mbook model promised for IDF; in US by end of 2009
It comes as no surprise that UMID are delivering the first look at their second-generation mbook MID at next week’s IDF – after all, they revealed those plans back in August – but the big news is that they’re promising a US launch for the new device by the end of the year. That could mean the UMID M2 discussed back in February.
The M2 was said to have a sub-3-inch display, HSPA and WiMAX, together with supporting VoIP. However, other documents suggested that UMID were planning a model with a fully-rotating display that could fold all the way round for in-car PND use; that might be an upgraded version of the existing mbook M1.
[via Pocketables]
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Kohjinsha rebrands mbook M1, calls it the PM series UMPC
Hey, remember that cute little mbook M1 that was all the rage earlier this year? Yeah, you’re looking at it again, only this time it’s sporting a cleaner look and a Kohjinsha badge. The rebranded UMPC gets powered by a 1.1GHz Atom N510 CPU and also features 512MB of RAM, a 16GB SSD, 4.8-inch LCD (1,024 x 600), 1.3 megapixel camera, USB 2.0, a microSDHC expansion slot, built-in WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and a headphone jack. It doesn’t appear to tout any sort of inbuilt WWAN, though the included battery should last for right around seven hours before petering out. The only problem? That Texas-sized ¥59,800 ($647) price tag, which should do a commendable job of hindering widespread adoption.
[Via Pocketables]
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Kohjinsha PM-Series MID is rebadged UMID [Video]
Kohjinsha have announced their latest MID, the PM-series, and if you’ve followed the scene in ultracompact PCs over the past few months then you’ll be quick to recognize it as the UMID mbook M1. Freshly rebadged and on sale in Japan for 59,800 yen ($646), the Kohjinsha PM keeps the mbook’s Atom Z510 1.1GHz processor and 512MB of RAM but seemingly lacks an integrated 3G option.
There’s also a 16GB SSD, WiFi and Bluetooth, together with a 4.8-inch 1024 x 600 touchscreen and a battery which Kohjinsha are saying is good for up to 7hrs; that’s at odds with what mbook M1 users have experienced, certainly. The palm-sized ultraportable measures a scant 158 x 94.2 x 22 mm and weighs around 345g.
Weekly ASCII Web had a chance to grab some live photos, which you can see above, and the demo video below. You can also see that Kohjinsha (or UMID) have reworked the previously clunky adapter dongles. No word on a release outside of Japan, though.
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