The Chinese QI Smartbook U1000 isn’t so much a smartbook than a pretty nifty looking 5 inch touchscreen MID.
It runs Windows Mobile 6.1 on on a 624MHz CPU and the 5 inch screen’s resolution is 800 x 480.
Also onboard is the vital WiFi capability and also a camera for good measure so you can upload [...]

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Fresh from Shenzhen is the Sinchuan UMPC-891A which boasts an 8.9 inch 1024 x 600 TFT touchscreen and a 1.6GHZ Intel Atom processor with an integrated Intel GMA950 graphics chip.
Proddable by finger or stylus, it also has a built-in webcam, 8, 16 or 32GB storage options, WiFi, optional 3G, Windows XP and weighs in at [...]

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Chinese PMPers Ainol are launching their V8000HD series under the banner of ‘Portable Visual Players’ (PVP) which offer H.264 HD video decoding, HDMI output and USB-HOST connectivity.
There’ll be three V8000HD PVPs to choose from, each with their own military-based name that sounds like it was handed out by the computer from Wargames.
The V8000HDG (Jetfire) has [...]

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First previewed at April’s Hong Kong Electronics Fair in April, the Eston ET-M4301 MID is finally edging its way onto the market.
Eston’s MID is powered by a Marvell PXA303 processor and is dual-boot, running Android and Windows CE 6.0. The display is a 4.3 inch 480 x 272 touchscreen and it has WiFi connectivity as [...]

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 Another potential gem from China comes in the form of the Tainell T500, their latest high spec Intel Atom-powered effort.
The T500 runs Windows XP on a 1.1GHz Atom Z510 processor and has 1GB of RAM. Within the 6.1” x 3.5” x 1.0” shell lies the 5 inch touchscreen which runs at the impressive resolution of [...]

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Creative have registered their latest initiative at the Patent and Trademark Office, a drag and drop interface with ‘action tabs’ that’ll allow you to swish things around in your palm like a mini Tom Cruise. This tabbed MID/PMP idea is made a little more interesting given that the patent has been assigned to the Creative [...]

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Fresh from China is the ePhone i9s, a touchscreen iPhone clone that could help out Bond on a budget or a tech-savvy voyeur.
Not only does it have the regular iPhone-esque features but it also has two extras hidden up its sleeve - a touch-sensitive numeric keypad which becomes invisible when it’s not in use and a [...]

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Fresh from China is this sleek PMP, the ICOO M80HD - a touchscreen PMP with a thin, high-transmission and scratch proof 4.3 inch tempered glass display. It runs at 480 x 360 resolution with 720p support for RMVB, FLV and AVI.
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The much awaited Archos 9 PC Tablet has had its innards revealed and here they are laid bare…
-8.9-inch 1024 x 600 touchscreen.
-Atom Z515 1.2Ghz with 1GB of RAM
-1024MB RAM
-WiFi 802.11 b/g+BT
-Bluetooth
-Ethernet 10/100 Mbps
-2 USBs, line in, VGA out
-1.3MP camera
-Windows 7 Starter OS
-60GB, 80GB, 120GB options
It is released on October 22nd and will cost around $500
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There’s finally a worthy successor to the immortal calculator watch – Samsung’s S9110 touchscreen watchphone. The wrist gadget is the world’s thinnest touchscreen cellphone (at 11.98mm) and is scratchproof to boot. The watchface/screen 1.76 inches with a 176 x 220 pixels, 262 colour TFT TSP display.
The cellphone syncs email with Microsoft Outlook, has Bluetooth 2.1, [...]

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