iRivers Takes Wing To The UMPC
Posted: January 7th, 2008 | Author: Daniel Georges | Filed under: Technology | Tags: , CES, iRiver, QWERTY, Touchscreen, UMPC, Windows CE Pro, Wing | No Comments »
It is CES time, and surely you will get a million tech articles talking about all the upcoming devices. This time it seems to be the big year for UMPC’s, with many companies upgrading and releasing brand new models. iRiver, who aren’t really known for making notebooks or computers, have dived into the UMPC market, with a device simply called the Wing.
Not a whole lot is known about the cute little device, but it is definitely not the gaming hand-held it was going to be once upon a time. Instead it is a tiny little UMPC, with a a touchscreen, 4GB of flash memory (need more then that buddy), WiFi and runs Windows CE Pro (could be a good and bad thing).
This little device tells you a lot from the picture. Firstly, people will compare it straight away to the EeePC, because it is white and a UMPC (I still live by the fact that the EeePC isn’t a UMPC). The device suggests it is more focused on being much smaller then the EeePC, with a thumb board instead of the classic high button QWERTY. iRiver might be onto something if they can get it to the market at a good enough price. Will keep you updated as more information flies in.
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