Wibrain UMPC: high res screen and keypad in a small package
The Korean market has a new UMPC entry: the Wibrain. This Via-powered unit will run the 1.6GHz C7-M CPU and offers a 4.8-inch touchscreen at 1024 x 600. That res is a "wi" bit high for my eyes on this screen size, but this ought to keep the Lenscrafters chain in business. The Wibrain also offers a split QWERTY keypad, directional pie plate wheel, mouse buttons, and touchpad. Speaking of the keypad, I hope the final product keeps the letters on the keys better: I did a double-take when I saw them as I thought it was a non-QWERTY configuration. Turns out that some of the letters on the left side had rubbed off. 
AVING shows off many more pics of this new device and highlights features such as the flip out web-cam, stylus garage on the back and, hey, is that a second webcam in the derrière? We’ll see next month when the product is officially announced along with the the $650 expected price.
(via ultramobilelife)
Why don’t we keep making UMPCs bigger and keep adding things like optical drives? Oh, I guess then they’d be laptops.
The original Aving.net story has the UMPC listed as running a VIA C7M ULV CPU/VX700 GPU. Does the VX700GPU mean that this device has its own dedicated video card? I suppose that could explain its large size.
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James,
The VX700 is the integrated northbridge & southbridge chipset. It’s the same chipset in the OQO model 02 and the Samsung Q1B.
– Bjorn
Woops, that should have been directed at Benz145, my bad!
– Bjorn
I got the unit before the launch in korea, I have been using it for about 2 weeks and the functions are great, The speed of the unit was almost like my regular notebook PC, I travel alot around the world and was looking for a fast PC. I ran across this unit in korea, and found that the user interface like the keyboard and the dual touchpad and touchscreen was one of the greatest ideas seen so far. I didn’t have to lay it down to use it. i could do everything while holding it. The unit had great power. I think this one is a keeper.