Windows Vista in your pocket on June 20th

Posted by Joshua Karp on Apr 24, 2008 12:46 pm 12 comments

Filed in UMPC, Windows Vista

Wilcom has been touting these miniature handhelds for quite some time now, but the D4 has yet to get a Stateside release date…until now. The diminutive UMPC sports a full version of Windows Vista, running atop a 1.33 Ghz Intel Centrino processor, 40GB hard drive, 1GB RAM, Bluetooth, 802.11 b/g, and a 5 inch WSVGA touch screen. Pretty appealing stuff, but running Vista on a 1.33 Ghz Celeron processor with only 1 GB of RAM? Sounds like a potential train wreck to us. Regardless, if this is something you’re after, you’ll be able grab one from GeekStuff4U on June 20th. Sadly, the $1,526 excludes any sort of wireless broadband connectivity, but small is still appealing in its own right, we suppose.

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12 comment(s) for this post.

On Apr 24, 2008 @ 1:55 pm, GIAN R - GeekBerry Said:

Offer it to me for $499 and were talking business -

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On Apr 24, 2008 @ 2:00 pm, Joe Said:

ok. I’ll sell you one for $499.

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On Apr 24, 2008 @ 2:59 pm, Lucky to not have vist on my phone Said:

Having Vista on a home PC is enough of a nightmare, who in their right mind would want Vista on their phone???

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On Apr 24, 2008 @ 3:21 pm, Bean Said:

probably a wattered down vista

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On Apr 24, 2008 @ 6:24 pm, JC Said:

I believe it’s an Intel Centrino Atom processor, to be specific. It looks like it competes against the OQO Model 02. A similarly configured OQO is $1300 (but has only 512MB of memory) or $1700 (but has a 60GB hard drive, and potentially a faster processor. No one really knows for sure how well Atom performs yet as compared to a VIA C7M ULV).

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On Apr 24, 2008 @ 6:35 pm, Xman Said:

Sorry but a UMPC is not a cell phone……

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On Apr 24, 2008 @ 6:45 pm, Jeff B. Said:

It looks nice, and the specs aren’t terrible but Vista on 1GB of memory is terrible.

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On Apr 25, 2008 @ 9:44 am, Jenn Said:

At least change the name of the image if you’re not going to credit the original source!

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On Apr 25, 2008 @ 4:15 pm, TareX Said:

I feel sorry for them, spending all that money for useless technology. Vista…

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On Apr 26, 2008 @ 12:13 am, BrianC Said:

Wonder how does that compare with HTC Shift in terms of performance. Both runs Vista. An interesting UMPC nevertheless.

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On Jun 12, 2008 @ 8:52 pm, Jimmy Said:

I would love to have one of this thing, but the price is a bit to high, I guess is worth that, but who is willing to pay for it…, it fears losing are being stolen easy!

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On Jul 20, 2008 @ 9:45 pm, D Said:

(Just a personal viewpoint)

This looks like a good START, but $1500? It would be horribly underpowered with only 1.3Ghz of power, especially with the 1GB of RAM. The OQO is a much better option, because it has mobile broadband. I thought the whole UMPC thing was about being able to get on the web anywhere, if that’s the case this is a terrible design, at least for that price. I would really be pissed knowing that i was too cheap to pay $150 to get a mobile modem in my UMPC. In the end anything with a mobile broadband option will win in the UMPC world. (Again, just a personal viewpoint on UMPC’s)

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