Are you considering an ultra-mobile PC this holiday season? If so, then I highly recommend you check out the 11,000 word, 28-page Ultra Mobile Computing Buyer's Guide put together by the biggest fan of UMPCs I have ever seen, Steve "Chippy" Paine. He initially posted this in a 4-part article and has now assembled it all into a single PDF document that you can download and use as an essential ...

Lenovo is going to enter the ultra mobile PC (UMPC) market with its S10 Eee PC Competitor. With Dell recently announcing its mini Inspiron series, Lenovo's entry adds competition to a market that is dominated by the Eee PC. The S10 will feature Intel's newest Atom processor, a 10 inch LED screen, with Linux or Windows XP. The 512 MB of RAM will cost $400 with an 80 GB hard drive while the 1 GB of

As reported by PC World, "Microsoft Windows Mobile 7, which is made for chips used in mobile phones, will be more laptop friendly than older versions of Windows Mobile, said Luis Pineda, senior vice president at Qualcomm, on the sidelines of a news conference in Taipei." This news contrasts with our previous thoughts on Windows 7's Ultra Mobile PC operating system potentially replacing Windows Mob

Remember the Otterbox 1990 case we told you about last month? Otterbox now has them in stock and they are finally available for ordering. They can be ordered in black and yellow for $79.95. Technical specs: Compatability/Features: This case was designed to protect any Samsung Ultra Mobile PC with either Q1U or Q1UP as the prefix in the model name. This includes the Q1UP-XP, Q1U-CMXP, Q1U-SSDXP, Q1

The HTC Shift we reviewed was our first look at an Ultra Mobile PC. Apart from the slightly tricky-to-use keyboard it's great to have a full PC running Windows Vista in your (large) pocket. It's been available network free from Devicewire for £873.99 for some time, but now it's shown itself on the Orange website as coming soon. It's showing only in the Business section and there's no indication on

Supporting both 3G/3G+ and Wi-Fi connectivity, a first for any Ultra Mobile PC, the Shift can seamlessly move between networks.

In the past few days, rumors have emerged that HP is going to enter the Ultra Mobile PC market. This company's upcoming device has been hinted at being a lifestyle accessory that consumers would buy almost without a thought.

UK network provider Orange has announced that at the end of this month it will start offering the HTC Shift, an ultra mobile PC device that runs Microsoft Windows Vista and offers quad-band GSM/EDGE and tri-band UMTS/HSDPA connectivity. Read the full story here.

The HTC Shift we reviewed has now been mad available by HTC. The Shift integrates the Micosoft Origami Experience 2.0, which you can see in action here. It basically gives a finger-friendly navigation around your UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) with a browser, RSS reader and media player. Imagine Windows Media Center controlled with your finger and you're nearly there. "Origami Now" will give you one-touch

Asus presented at CES 2008 a new model of UMPC called ASUS R50A. The gadget features a 1.3GHz Intel Silverthorne processor, Intel Poulsbo chipset, 1 GB of memory, integrated GPS with Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity, a 5.6-inch touch screen with a resolution of 1024x600 ASUS R50A will cost less than R2H, but how much cheaper is