Viliv S5 UMPC Gains 128 GB SSD Option

By James Kendrick | Monday, June 15, 2009 | 1:11 PM CT | 14 comments | Tweet This

The folks at Dynamism have updated the Viliv S5 options they will be offering for sale, and there are now prices for each model listed. The most interesting piece of news is the addition of a model with integrated 3G and a relatively huge 128 GB SSD. This model won’t be cheap at $1,299, but if storage is very important, then maybe that’s not too bad. The full model line and pricing:

Viliv S5 Premium H- $599; 60 GB HDD, no 3G
Viliv S5 Premium S- $649; 32 GB SSD, no 3G
Viliv S5 Premium 3G- $799; 32 GB SSD; HSPA modem
Viliv S5 Premium 3G- $1,299; 128 GB SSD; HSPA modem

Comments (14)

It’s an impressive option, but by doubling the price, I think the device’s appeal is considerably reduced. I would have preferred a 64GB option – nice headroom for Windows 7, but no so exorbitantly priced.

Note: there’s a similar option for the X70, also not cheap…

borax99 (Alain C.) — 1:19 PM on June 15, 2009 Reply

Why not get the 60 GB HDD version? Not quite as fast but the one I have is OK.

James Kendrick, jkOnTheRun — 1:38 PM on June 15, 2009 Reply

Dynamism has listed the prices for all of the X70 models now. The X70 with the 1.3GHz processor, 32ssd and 3G is going for $879.

Techme — 1:36 PM on June 15, 2009 Reply

Do you know whether Viliv plans to releave the S5 (and X70) with Windows 7 once that ships in late October ?

Florian — 2:01 PM on June 15, 2009 Reply

Get a 32 SSD first, wait till the price drop, swap to a bigger size and sell the 32 one…very economic.

Wayne — 3:30 PM on June 15, 2009 Reply

I agree. It looks like that 32G SSD model is the best deal.

chung Lee — 10:31 PM on June 15, 2009 Reply

Does anybody know if the 32GB SSD model comes with a mini pci-e connector for additional mini pci-e boards (like aopen’s hd-tv tuner).
Asking because the bigger SSD models that come with 3G must have it…

Cyrus — 4:45 PM on June 15, 2009 Reply

Does anyone know which SSD drives they are using? I’d like to replace my HDD with an SSD (32 or 64), but the MTRON drives are too expensive at the moment, I’m hoping there’s a sub $200 SSD that has better performance than the existing HDD?

Thanks.

Tariq — 10:22 PM on June 15, 2009 Reply

I saw the article that someone change existing HDD to MTRON 1.8 inch SSD. I am sorry that I failed to find the link.

chung Lee — 10:34 PM on June 15, 2009 Reply
Viliv S5 HDD/SSD is built on Zif port.
So If you dont have 3G module you better go with 1.8″ 5mm PATA Zif SSD and i recommend Runcore

http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/CategoryProductList.jsp?cat=Browse+By+Brand:RunCore:RunCore+1.8+inch+ZIF+SSDs

If you have 3G module then you are limited with the space and you only option would be the Pro PATA Mini Zif SSD

http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/CategoryProductList.jsp?cat=Browse+By+Brand:RunCore:RunCore+Pro+Mini+ZIF+SSDs

But dont ask me how they managed to put 128GB SSD with 3G Module!! Max Mini Zif SSD I have seen it 64GB

HeartBeat — 4:53 AM on July 25, 2009 Reply

I don’t know if this has been mentioned before. Tnkgrl created drivers for the Apple usb ethernet adapter. It works really well on the S5.

http://tnkgrl.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/windows-drivers-for-apple-usb-ethernet-adapter/

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB442Z/A

Lloyd — 10:05 AM on June 18, 2009 Reply

JK, apparently the headphone jack on the S5 supports MICs!!!

Some guy on youtube got it to work with his iPhone earbuds. You have to make sure the jack has 3 rings (like the iPhone). Once plugged in, you have to activate the mic input using the Realtek software and set the input to the highest setting.

Jake — 2:16 AM on July 10, 2009 Reply