Source: Engadget

"Scheduled to launch sometime between the end of the year and mid-2007, the new breed of mobile PCs require 1/2 the power at 1/4 the size of the first generation …"

Engadget has a post up on Intel’s reference designs for 2nd generation UMPC devices – including the Yahoo-branded device pictured above. Those numbers in the quote are a pretty major step forward – half the power at one quarter the size!

So now you really feel good about purchasing a Q1 or one of the first generation UMPCs right? Also, Engadget rightly points out that the key question is probably still whether or not there is a real market for devices that are bigger than pocket-sized but smaller than laptops – will be interesting to see that question get answered.

Engadget’s article is at:

Meet the second generation of UMPCs …

[tags]UMPC[/tags] 

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