MIU HDPC Packs Kitchen Sink into Portable Device
If you were asked on the spot to describe and sketch the perfect mobile device that accommodates all of your needs, wants and beyond, it would probably look absolutely nothing like MIU’s new HDPC. In terms of functionality however, MIU probably came pretty close to hitting the nail on the head. Its latest offering, dubbed HDPC (Hybrid Dual Portable Computer) is giant and ugly as sin but regardless of which handset you currently carry, the HDPC makes it looks like a barbie doll. Combining the functionality of a PC, PMP, mobile phone, GPS navigation device, electronic dictionary, eBook reader, IPTV, portable gaming device, digital camera and more, it would probably be much quicker for us to tell you what this beast doesn’t do. Instead, we’ll just try to cover some highlights:
- Dual-OS: Windows XP and Windows CE 5.0 core or Linux Qplus
- QWERTY keypad and joystick-mouse
- 4-inch 800 x 480 resolution Samsung touchscreen display
- 1.3-inch 30 GB or 60GB hard drive, or 4 GB SSD hard drive
- Up to a 1GHz VIA C7M ULV processor and up to 4 GB DDR2 RAM
- Cellular (presumably CDMA) / 802.11b/g / bluetooth 2.0
- 3 or 5 megapixel camera with flash, secondary camera for video conferencing
- 7 hours of battery life at high power (XP-booted?) and 90 hours at low power
- 2 USB ports, A/V in & out, E-ant Port, mini SD slot, micro SD slot
Sure the HDPC needs its own zip code, but look at those specs! The device is expected to drop around July in the Korean market only, and will fetch around $500 for the base model. No word on the fully-loaded price or whether or not the HDPC will ever make it out of Korea, but stuff a quad-band GSM antenna in there with tri-band UMTS and we’re on the next flight to Incheon.
On Mar 24, 2008 @ 11:10 am, Ken Said:
Why does when I click on the pix I get a warning saying “This site wants to run Micorsoft Mobile Data Access, click to trust this site”???
Me no like…
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On Mar 24, 2008 @ 11:15 am, Daniel Said:
Looks like a umpc/sidekick chewed together and spit right out. As much as I would probably still grab one, this products smells a little like vaporware to me. Hope it comes out though to help stimulate competition between the other companies out there.
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On Mar 24, 2008 @ 11:19 am, Alan Said:
That thing looks like a chunkmonster. I wonder how much it’ll weigh in.
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On Mar 24, 2008 @ 4:30 pm, JerryA Said:
Woohoo! CMDA
Nothing wrong with CDMA. GSM already gets too much love as it is.
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On Mar 27, 2008 @ 9:22 pm, lanie Said:
i highly doubt that thing is only going to be 500$ if those specs are the base model’s. well i still want it though.
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