Original URL: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/03/intel_umpc_launch/
Intel appears to be preparing to launch is ultra-mobile PC on 7 March, if the umpc.com website is anything to go by. The date is just two days before the deadline set by Microsoft's Origami Project website for more information about the Windows XP-based consumer-friendly tablet PC.
In August 2005, Intel announced its new focus on developing processors that deliver the best performance per Watt. At the time, CEO Paul Otellini demo'd a "handtop" computer - a paperback book-sized tablet with full wireless functionality and a processor capable of running Windows Vista, yet also able to run on battery power for a full day.
More recently, the chip giant has been giving up the device the name "ultra-mobile PC", and showing prototypes to journalists. It had been suggested Intel will reveal more at its bi-annual Developer Forum, which kicks off next week, on 7 March.
Unfortunately, the umpc.com website had its domain registered through a proxy, preventing us from confirming that the site was indeed set up by Intel.
On Monday this week, a video allegedly leaked out showing a handheld wireless PC with pen input. In the promotional movie, it was used to play and record music, do satellite navigation, play games and surf the Internet remotely. Think a truly personal computer small enough to take with you wherever you, but big enough and sufficiently powerful to do big jobs, not just basic, PDA-level stuff. ®
Samsung UMPC to cost UK buyers £800 (3 April 2006)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/04/03/samsung_q1_umpc_uk_pricing/
Origami's the wrapper for a small PC (8 March 2006)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/08/origami_umpc_clunker/
Intel spills beans on UMPC (7 March 2006)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/07/intel_umpc_concept/
MS to unfold Origami at CeBIT? (2 March 2006)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/02/ms_origami_project_launch/
MS, Intel gear up to unveil ultra-mobile tablet PC (27 February 2006)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/02/27/ms_intel_apple_ultra-mobile_pc/
Intel promises Windows Vista on handhelds (23 August 2005)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/23/intel_ppw_plan/