Toshiba working on a netbook / UMPC that’s actually interesting
by Nilay Patel, posted Jul 24th 2008 at 12:25PM
We’re almost totally over the whole netbook craze, but Toshiba’s latest prototype shows there’s still interesting things possible, even if it isn’t a traditional laptop. The 5.6-inch touchscreen handheld runs Vista on Intel’s Atom processor with a 64GB SSD and a GPS chip — which like an awfully expensive setup, but Toshiba says they’re aiming for netbook pricing. Of course, that means almost nothing, since netbooks are all over the map — and that probably explains why Tosh says it’s identified “six or seven” segments of the netbook / UMPC market, and that it might not compete directly with Eee-class machines. Sure — but isn’t an expensive handheld touchscreen netbook just a straight UMPC? Nice try, guys.
[Thanks, Pete]
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