Gigabyte is the leading company that produces high-end UMPC’s/tablet PC’s.

Being a leader in the industry, they have perfected UMPC technology to bring about all the features and the functionality of a regular desktop pc in one small and powerful device called the Gigabyte M704.

What is the Gigabyte M704?

It’s a portable tablet pc which is small enough to be placed inside a purse, yet powerful enough to cater to your browsing, emailing and data processing needs. It has a 7″ touchscreen monitor with 1024×600 full page resolution. It comes with an integrated 1.3 megapixel web camera, 4 hour battery life and its operating system is Microsoft Windows XP.

It also doubles as a miniature entertainment system with its built-in Media Card Slot (SD/SD-IO/MMC) ,2 USB, Audio Jack (Mic-in and Headphone out) , VGA, DC-in, Docking Connector which allows you to play hours of music and videos. Talk about a total portable entertainment system in one small package.

We got to see the pictures of the new Gigabyte U60 UMPC, taken by Aving at Computex, and I should tell you it’s really nice. It has a tiny mouse touch-pad just near the 6.5-inch LED display that makes it as usable as a regular laptop.

For those that are interested in what powers this little gadget, it has a 1.0GHz VIA C7-M processor and 768MB DDR2-533 RAM (more than my actual laptop) and a 30GB, 4200rpm PATA hard-drive. Come on, how good is that, because it’s really powerful. Also keep in mind that it has a QWERTY keyboard and a built-in webcam. Add to these specs that it only weights 740 grams and it makes me wish I had one.
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Palm’s Foleo was presented by Jeff Hawkins at the D5 Conference. It was described as “first smartphone companion product”. When you edit a document on the Foleo, for instance, the changes appear on the accompanying smartphone, and vice versa. Foleo was designed to work in a tandem with a smartphone.

The device sports a 10″ wide screen, full QWERTY keyboard and Bluetooth connectivity. It can be paired with Palm Treo devices that use the Palm OS or Windows Mobile. Other devices could work with Foleo by modifying their software.

Foleo impresses with the built-in office software: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, the Opera browser for Web surfing and a Palm-developed PDF viewer. It features Wi-Fi connectivity. The mini-laptop runs the Linux OS. However it received some critics referring to the underpowered processor. Palm Foleo is priced at $500, but many voices questioned its capabilities. Overall, I find it very attractive. Probably an improved model would rock the market. We shall see…

Raon Digital has created a new UMPC called Everun. The device has been equipped very well. Everun sports a large touchscreen (4.8″) with 800×480 resolution, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0. Besides, it supports the new WiMAX technology and HDSPA data transfer technology. They promise a battery life around 7 hours, so it won’t trouble you during a journey.

The storage possibilities are the 30 or 60GB hard drives or 6GB SSD. The UMPC is powered by a 600Mhz AMD Geode processor and 512MB DDR2 memory. The input options include a full QWERTY keyboard and a Touch Pen. Everun has a 2 megapixel camera for chat mode and for taking photos. The stereo speakers, the microphone and the tone controls complete the entertainment features.

With Everun everything is easier! You can listen your favorite tracks, watch some cool movies, chat with your friends, check your email or taking photos. The device was announced to be available in late July. We don’t know anything about the price, but you can make a pre-order at Pocket PC Solutions.

Gigabyte Technologies has announced they develop an UMPC which will be launched the next week. There are not too many information about the new device. The U60 model will be powered by a VIA C7-M processor. Gigabyte Technologies is working with the Chunghwa Telecom to offer 3G/3.5G services for the UMPC.

The U60 UMPC is expected in Taiwan on May 22nd. It will be available to the rest of the world in the second half of 2007. Gigabyte will release another UMPC model in the second half of the year, according to SlashGear.