Written by tjchan on Friday, March 9, 2007

FlipStart – Replacing Your Laptop


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What is smaller than a laptop and larger than a PDA? If you answered an Ultra Mobile PC, then you are correct!

Introducing the latest entry into the UMPC market, FlipStart.

Premiering later this month on the 27th, this $2,000 UMPC comes power packed with a 1.1 GHz Intel® Pentium® M Processor and Windows XP or Vista. Boasting a generous 30GB hard drive and 512MB of RAM, this little powerhouse can run for 3-6 hours on the standard high capacity battery and is sure to do much more than basic email and word processing while on the go.

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Photo Courtesy of Seattle Post-Intelligencer 

Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer

 

Processor

- 1.1 GHz Intel® Pentium® M Processor Ultra Low Voltage
Graphics
- Intel® Enhanced Graphics processor
Hard Drive
- Capacity: 30GB hard drive (shock-mounted)
Memory
- RAM: 512MB DDR
Operating System
- Windows® XP Professional
- Windows Vista™ Business
Dimensions
Size:
- 5.9” x 4.5” x 1.35” with slimline Battery
- 5.9” x 4.5” x 1.6” with Standard high-capacity Battery
Weight:
- 1.5 lbs. with slimline Battery
- 1.75 lbs. with Standard high-capacity Battery
Input
- Backlit QWERTY keypad
- Mouse buttons
- Touchpad
- Touchstick
- Jog Dial
Display
- Size: 5.6”
- Resolution: 1024 x 600 wide SVGA
External Display
- Size: 1.8”
- Resolution: 220 x 176
Connectivity
- Mobile broadband ready
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
- Bluetooth®
Audio
- 3.5-mm stereo headphone/microphone jack
- Dual built-in microphones
- Built-in speaker
Camera
- Internal VGA camera
Battery
- Standard high-capacity: 3–6 hours
- Slimline: 1–3 hours
Ports
- USB 2.0
- Power input
- Port replicator connector
Port replicator
- VGA output
- Audio line output
- 10/100 Ethernet port
- Two USB 2.0
- Power input

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dgoldring
Mar 9, 2007

Looks cool, but…$2000?? Seems a little rich for me. :)

Doug


PocketBrain
Apr 22, 2007

Touchpad, touchstick, no touchscreen. Still, nice to see a capable, compact PC like this. It should come with the option of 20-30GB flash instead of HDD, and an option to save a couple of $$ by selection of Linux as the OS.

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