Loading ...Willcom in Japan today unveil its plan to release the first UMPC in mid-June this year. The Willcom D4 UMPC has a similar design as HTC Tytn II (HTC Kaiser), which comes with a QWERTY keyboard and movable display screen.
Loaded with Windows Vista, the Willcom D4 by Sharp has a big 5-inch display screen. Although you are getting a 1024 x 600 pixel in resolution, the TFT screen is only giving you a poor 256k colors. Willcom will be the first company marketing the UMPC with the new Intel Centrino Atom processor. Their first device Willcom D4 will be powered by a 1.33GHz Atom Z520 processor.
At 470 grams and a body size of 192.3×84×25.9mm, the UMPC has integrated the Willcom’s W-Sim card so that you can make/receive phone calls and connect to wireless data connection. A seperate bluetooth handset is sold seperately to let you answering calls easily while keeping the UMPC in your bag. You can expand the memory storage space by adding a microSD card, but I bet the built in 40GB hard drive will be enough for most of the people. When available, the UMPC is expected to be sold at around $900 usd.
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April 15th, 2008 at 12:02 am
A UMPC that is finally a usable computer not just a geek toy. I can not believe that it has taken so long for a clamshell UMPC but I am very glad to see one. While I would rather the screen not waste so much space and would rather it was closer to the 7″ width but still its a UMPC that I would buy. So where and when can they be purchased in the US?
April 15th, 2008 at 7:18 am
Nice one. Frankly the best UMPC I have seen recently. Hope to see it soon on the market.
May 12th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
This one will never leave Japan unfortunately, sorry to disappoint.