UMID M2 has Windows 7 and 1GB RAM

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UMID is showing off its upgrade to the M1 ultra mobile PC. The M2 runs Windows 7 (instead of XP), faster 1.2Ghz or 1.6GHz Atom processors, and no longer needs USB port dongles.

And while the M1 costs $600 with a 1.33GHz processor and 512MB memory, the upcoming M2 is expected to be $400 when it arrives around November. It will use the same keyboard and 4.8-inch (1024x600) screen, but design changes improve the screen angle, add an optical mouse and mouse buttons, and do away with the need for a USB port dongle.

A non-working prototype is felt up in the video below, but we should see the M2 running Windows 7 at IDF later this week.

Nokia Booklet 3G's Full Specs and Price

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After teasing its 10.1-inch netbook with 3G and Assisted-GPS, Nokia has confirmed an impressive 16-cell (12-hour) battery and coughed-up full specs: Windows 7, 1.6GHz Atom Z530 processor, 120GB hard disk, 1GB RAM, 802.11n Wi-Fi, and HDMI. Price: �575 ($810) before-subsidies.

The Booklet 3G is pretty thin (just 0.78-inches), and will have a hot-swappable SIM card slot and integrated Ovi maps. A built-in accelerometer is also quite interesting, as is the screen resolution: 1280 by 720 (720p).

Usual netbook fare includes Bluetooth, 3 USB slots, an SD card reader and a 1.3-megapixel camera. But it's that amazing-sounding battery life I'm eager to test. The 16-cell Li-Ion unit will also be user-removable. One disappointment: No Nvidia Ion graphics. :(

Nokia Booklet 3G

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So Nokia's got a 10-incher with built-in 3G and A-GPS (Ovi Maps) in the works. Interesting, but will it be just-another-netbook? I'd love to see a Nokia touch-screen interface on top of Windows. What about easy tethering with cell phones?

Having some sort of tie-in with Nokia handsets (while not excluding everyone else) isn't a must, but it'd be nice, right? We'll have to wait and see.

Here's what we do know: It'll be "HD ready" and have an Atom processor�hopefully that means Nvidia Ion-based. It will also have Wi-Fi, HDMI, and an SD Card reader. With a 12 hour battery and weight of 2.75 pounds, there's some massive potential here, if only on paper.

Problem is we won't know more about its flavor of Windows-or any other specs and pricing-until Nokia World on September 2.

Viliv X70: A 7-Inch Netbook Without the Keyboard

via�Gizmodo�by Mark Wilson on 6/9/09

The Viliv S5 was�sort of charming�in its own way�a tiny Atom-powered touchscreen MID that went for $599. Well the�Viliv X70�is the S5's bigger cousin, and it runs just $599, too.

Featuring a 7-inch WSVGA screen (that's more than 2 inches larger than the S5), the X70 also includes an Atom 1.2/1.3GHz processor, 16/32GB SSD, optional HSPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Sirf Star3 GPS, 5-second XP booting and 5.5 rated hours of video playback. And yet the X70 measures less than an inch thick and but 1.4lbs in its anti-heaviness.

I still could never see myself using the keyboardless munchkin, but in case you are interested, Dynamism has the systems on pre-order.

Toshiba'sNETBOOKS, TOSHIBA NB205, TOSHIBA, NB205, LED-BACKLIT, LAPTOPS, HARDWARE First Netbook: LED-Backlit Screen & Monster Battery Life

via�Gizmodo�by Dan Nosowitz on 6/2/09

Toshiba's NB205, similar to the�NB200�available in the UK, will be coming to the US, and given Laptop Mag's�glowing recommendation�as possibly "the best netbook yet," we've got reason to be excited.

It'll feature the same specs as the NB205: LED-backlit 10.1-inch screen, 1GB RAM, 160GB hard drive, full-sized keyboard, and Intel's Atom N280 processor, along with the supposed 9-hour, 6-cell battery. Available in late June, the NB205 should come in at an MSRP of $399. [Toshiba]

Tiny UMID mbook M1

via�Gizmodo�by Dan Nosowitz on 5/23/09

We spotted Korean manufacturer UMID's new MID�back in November, but now it's finally seeing release, with a few changed specs and a $599 pricetag. But it probably won't change MID-haters' minds.

Occupying that perennially awkward space between a smartphone and a netbook, the mbook M1, like the�Viliv S5, packs standard netbook components into a teeny space while remaining too large to be pocketable. It's a nice enough design, and the price is fair, but the sacrifices made to keep the gadget small are sure to annoy owners. Everything's been miniaturized: The headphone jack is a 2.5mm rather than the standard 3.5mm, and it includes only a mini-USB port, so you'll need an adapter for both audio and hardware input. Even the expansion slot has been miniaturized from the cheap and ubiquitous SDHC to micro-SDHC.�The 16GB version will run you $599, and doubling your storage will cost an extra $150.

It includes the standard Windows XP, Intel Atom 1.33MHz proc, a 16/32GB SSD, and 512MB of memory, with a 4.8" WVGA touchscreen at a reasonable 1024x600 resolution. In short, it's just about exactly the same guts as the�Viliv S5, except with a keyboard and without the standard-size ports. Tiny, yes, but if you're not already pro-MID, the mbook M1 isn't going to convince you. [Dynamism]