Pioneer Adds Grunt To UMPC

Written by Adam Gosling

Wednesday, 27 September 2006

Pioneer's first UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) form factor device was the UMPC 700, based on the VIA processor family. Now the company, Pioneer Computers Australia, has added some real grunt to the device with a version based on the Pentium M processor. Featuring a 7 inch WVXGA (800 x 480) TFT LCD display, the UMPC H700 has a Zoom mode so that you can display 800x600 and 1024x600 screens. The device has a resistive touch panel and stylus pen for control and a 4-in-1 card reader (support SDIO/MMC/MS/MS Pro card). Add a CMOS camera at 1.3 megapixel resolution  and some other impressive capabilities, including Intel 915GMS with Embedded 3D engine (New Generation GMA 900), SMA up to 128MB DDR SDRAM Dual display support, Fully compliant DX9,  Internal LVDS interface and HD 7.1 channel Audio and you have a grunty little PC to carry around. The device has a USB 2.0 interface, 802.11 b / 802.11 g Wireless LAN card, is Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR compliant and weighs only 800 grams. The UMPC dimensions are: 225.5(W) x 114(D) x 23(H)mm/25 mm (front/back). It is only offered on a Build to Order basis, so we can't give you a firm price, but Pioneer computers says the Recommended Retail Price starts from $1999. Take a look. Related news items Future Mobile: Samsung P9000 -07/11/2006 Be First Kid On The Block With This -15/06/2006 Pioneer Computers Releases Core 2 Duo Notebooks -31/05/2006 First Turion 64 X2 Notebooks Announced Locally -16/05/2006 Newer news items Dell Has AMD Latitiude Planned -06/11/2006 Sony Plans World's Lightest Laptop -05/11/2006 Dell Debut's AMD Laptop As System Builders Complain -01/11/2006 Massive Sony Battery Recall Completes Debacle -24/10/2006 MacBook's Get Processor Upgrade -24/10/2006 Older news items Acer Low-Cost Vista-Ready Laptop -18/09/2006 Acer's Core 2 Duo Laptops -12/09/2006 New Toshiba Notebooks Well Guarded -06/09/2006 Core 2 Duo Screams Into Laptop Market -29/08/2006 HP Docking Station Has Own Storage -30/07/2006 Tag This Now: