Right after the Microsoft Courier hoopla comes another tablet that is not from Apple. Archos, makers of very cool devices that very few normal people know about, just introduced its Archos 9, a 9-inch, 1024 x 600 resistive touch screen tablet. There is also an optical trackpad if you want to mouse around. The device runs Windows 7 (which has built-in multi-touch support), has 4 hours of battery life, and a 60GB hard drive. The only problem? The price tag is $499, which will probably keep it a niche product.

It was not that long ago when an announcement of a new mobile internet device, such as this one from Samsung would get us all aflutter. These devices seemed to have missed their window, an unfortunate mistiming of faster network speeds and competition from two sources kept these devices in the rarely seen category. The more »

Lately, it seems netbooks have become very popular, and for good reason. If you think about it, who does’t want something that is as small and compact as a netbook? They are way more portable than laptops and are great for someone who travels a lot on business trips. ABI research claims that the best netbook years have yet to come, and while they are pretty damn popular now, it is interesting how much more popular they think it will become.

ABI research predicts that 35 million netbooks will be purchased this year, and by 2013, nearly 139 million netbooks will be shipped out to consumers.

The netbook craze is huge. It seems that every day someone else introduces a new netbook. What makes them different from the UMPC or the Tablet PC classes of computers that never seemed to take off? Why does this different class of PC succeed when other classes have failed? I spoke it over with an Associate Editor of Gadgetell.com, Robert Nelson, and here is what we figured out.

Recently, Porient announced a new UMPC, which would be a successor to their year old H9 UMPC. On the product page, there wasn’t a whole lot of information, and Pocketables decided to do a little research of their own to find out what Porient’s H12 UMPC featured. One of the interesting things they found out more »

It has been a while since we covered anything that Raon has made, but I felt it was necessary to mention what may be the first dual-core ultra mobile PC to hit the market with the Raon Digital Everun Note.

This is one UMPC (Ultra-Mobile Personal Computer) that has some cool specs, including a 7-inch, 1024 x 600 display with DX9 graphics. It has a PCle mini-port, and, of course, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g.

You’ve got to like the look of the Nurian Avatar F1. Of course, looks are not everything from this piece of South Korean technology. The Avatar F1 is kind of a PMP, MID, and UMPC all in one.

This Avatar comes packed with an Alchemy AU1250 600MHz processor, is powered by a Windows CE 5.0 Core, and has a 30GB hard drive. The Avatar F1 can play back many file formats to include MPEG1/2/4, DivX, Xvid, WMV, OGG and of course MP3′s. It also allows the user to tune into mobile TV broadcasts and has output video with a TV out component dongle.

The last time we covered a Raon Everun product, it was the Ultra Mobile Personal Computer (UMPC). Today, it is the Everun Note netbook, which is just about as light as a UMPC, coming in at about 1.64-pounds.

Other specs on the Note netbook is a seven inch screen with a 1,024 x 600 resolution, as well as a QWERTY keyboard. It also has 1GB of RAM, an ATI RS690E 64MB video card, and it is the world’s first netbook to be powered by a AMD Turion dual-core processor.

Although we’ve reported before that Fujitsu’s new Lifebook U2010 UMPC has hit the FCC for approval as the U820, Fujitsu Singapore went ahead and officially launched the UMPC as the U2010 in Singapore. So, while the US UMPC fans awaits for Fujitsu to launch in the US market, here’s a quick rundown of the official more »

Remember the Fujitsu Lifebook U2010 that was spotted in Vietnam not so long ago? Well, you may not have to wait that long before it reaches the US market as the mini-tablet PC is already seeking the FCC approval. Interestingly, it is now bearing the name Lifebook U820. No word yet on why the sudden change in name, but we’re thinking that it might be to avoid confusing this UMPC with another Fujitsu product known as the T2010.