Samsung UMPC in the works?

By James Kendrick | Saturday, February 11, 2006 | 10:54 AM CT | 5 comments | Tweet This

TG Daily first mentioned that several OEMs are hard at work on the Ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs) that Microsoft told partners about a week or so ago. Samsung was listed as one of those OEMs working on a handheld device and this morning comes word (and a photo) of their device, reported to be announced at CeBIT in Germany in March. I find it interesting that this Samsung prototype, if it indeed is real, is a clamshell device making it a tiny convertible Tablet PC. It seems to me that a pure slate might be better for such a small form factor but time will tell. Doesn’t this device look a lot like the Sharp Zaurus Linux-based PDA?

Sharp Zaurus SL-C3000

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Comments (5)

How about a 10″ LCD UMPC device that employs one of those thin film OLED/TFT panels that can bend and create a clam shell slate???

Now that I could fit in a pants pocket!

Scotty — 1:48 PM on February 11, 2006 Reply
Do you think that hinge rotates? I can’t tell from that photo.

Lora — 8:41 AM on February 12, 2006 Reply
Lora, it’s hard to tell but I’ll bet it does based on the raised back lip that looks just as thick as the screen. It would be a huge mistake if it didn’t swivel, wouldn’t it.

jk — 9:52 AM on February 12, 2006 Reply
It looks a lot like the 5 – 6 year old design for the Copmaq (Casio) Handheld PC that runs Win CE

chris — 6:15 AM on March 3, 2006 Reply
check http://www.umpcfun.com

They seem to be selling umpc’s starting next thursday?

paul — 2:00 PM on March 7, 2006 Reply