Velocity Micro Outs NoteMagix M5 UMPC
Almost everyone seems to have forgotten about the UMPC, considering it dead or just an oversized PMP, especially in light of the popularity of Atom-powered netbooks. Velocity Micro doesn’t think the UMPC is dead, and they’re proving it by preparing their new NoteMagix M5. The M5 sports an 800MHz Atom CPU, 512MBs of RAM, 4GBs of SSD, 802.11 B/G/N wireless, Bluetooth, 3G WWAN(I’m guessing optional, but you never know), a 4.8″ 800×480 touchscreen display which slides up to reveal the keyboard (ala Nokia internet tablets and OQO devices), USB 2.0, a 1.3MP webcam, and a microSD card slot. Make it 1GB of RAM and you can count me in at a projected sub-US$500 price point, kids! Hell, I’m not even upset that Windows XP Home is on there. Its one hella value. Unfortunately, there’s no news on the site regarding exact ship date yet. Expect to see it show up at Re- and E-tailers later this year.
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What have in common these brands?
Gigabytes
Aigo
Compal
Velocity Micro
…
They sell the same exact MID.
Gigabyte – M528
Aigo – P88XX series
Compal – Jax 10
Velocity Micro – NoteMagix M5
These are all the same hardware. They probably have different OS installed but all Linux. Does someone know which manufacturer originally assembles them?
My best guess out of this list is Gigabyte, a company known to engage in OEM builder work, much like HTC did before they “came out” as it were. Gigabyte is a pretty diverse and capable company which started by making motherboards (mainboards) for white box PC vendors.