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Computex and Gigabyte's Slick UMPC, Linux SmartPhone

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the mail-me-three dept.

MojoKid writes "Computex Taipei is brimming with new technologies as usual this year and the first day of the show has proven to be a Tech Geek's nirvana of sorts. Highlights of the show for the handheld crowed include Gigabyte's slick UMPC, FIC's Linux-based Smart Phone, and Asus' sub-$300 Eee notebook PC shown at an Intel keynote address."

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  1. Huh? by Aqua_boy17 · · Score: 4, Funny

    the handheld crowed...
    I don't know about the rest of you but when my PDA starts crowing, I think it will be time for me to look for a nice quiet padded room somewhere.
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  2. Nice $300 notebook by CastrTroy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That would be a nice $300 notebook, if it didn't look like an oversized PDA. I'm all for portability in notebooks, but once they're too small to have a full sized keyboard, they should lose the right to call it a notebook.

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    1. Re:Nice $300 notebook by stoolpigeon · · Score: 4, Informative

      Here is the most substantial list I've seen of specs on it. I agree with you that calling it a notebook is a stretch. At the same time, I haven't seen anything with that kind of capability at this price point, smaller or larger. I think I could easily go for the $199 model. They don't specifically mention usb in the list of features - but I would think that it would be necessary to augment the storage.

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