UMPC – nitin badjatia

Is Palm about to introduce a web browsing tablet?

Apr 11, 2007

Firefox, internet tablet, Microsoft, Mobile Computing, N800, Office 2.0, Online Applications, Opera, Palm, PDa, UMPC

Despite all the recent punditry and pronouncements of Palm’s impending sale, the company continues to chug along on the smartphone front, while preparing to unveil a new product line. Could this new product be like the ‘Firefox Computer’ that I wrote about earlier this year? Will it compete with the Nokia N800 that I wasn’t…

I couldn’t agree more

Feb 13, 2007

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Akismet, Automattic, Firefox, N800, Office 2.0, Online Applications, Opera, UMPC, Wordpress

Toni Schneider, CEO of Automattic (makers of WordPress, Akismet, etc.), recently posted on his blog about his desire to have a ‘Firefox computer’: I run a PC at home and a Mac on the road. Their respective operating systems just don’t get me very excited these days. The only thing I care [sic] about is…

It’ll cost you $2,000 for a Samsung UMPC….what??

Apr 12, 2006

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Mobile Computing, Origami, Tablet PC, UMPC

My pal Marc Perton writes over at Engadget that Samsung is going to sell their UMPC for approximately $2,000 in Korean. What!?!? This thing was supposed to be a sub-$500 machine! Ok, so Samsung will include a bunch of accessories for that price, but lets be realistic here. Can you imagine plopping down that kind…