New Wibrain ‘B1′ UMPC to Feature Wealth of Customizable Options
The recent unveiling of Wibrain’s B1 UMPC gives details about what consumers can expect from this moderately priced UMPC. In addition to running a 4.8″ 1024×600 LCD Touch Screen, with a VIA C7M ULV CPU/VX700 GPU (dedicated GPU?), the device will also include Bluetooth 2.1, and 802.11b/g WLAN. The unit also appears to have a flip up 0.3MP camera. Planned customizable options include the following:
- CPU - 1.0GHz, 1.2GHz, or 1.6GHz
- RAM - 512MB or 1GB
- HDD - 30GB, 60GB, or 80GB
- WWAN Connectivity - 4 Band GSM/GPRS/EDGE or 3 Band HSDPA
Those are some pretty nice options for a UMPC thats set to sell in the $650 - $760 range. The device also sports a Q1U-esque split QWERTY keyboard, as well as a trackpad for mouse input. There appears to be part of an old radio a rotating wheel on the left of the device in between the Right/Left mouse click, and Page Up/Down hardware buttons. The wheel will likely be initially tied to some pre-installed launching software that is proprietary to the B1. The B1 is expected to launch in Korea around mid-October. Check the Aving link for additional pictures.
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Groovy. Like, far out, man.
Interesting retro design. It’s like a UMPC for the Ham Radio owners. I agree that the specs and price point look rather spicy, but that thing would probably be poking me in the rib cage if I kept it in my pocket.
I have a calculator from the 80’s that looks like that.
I have been looking over the comments on all the sights and was kind of annoyed by the fact that no one has looked at the unit and just talking about the style. I had a so called “stylish” ASUS UMPC and I lost about $200 when i re-sold it after having so much trouble with lack of performance power. I even increased the RAM but no help. I was lucky to get this B1 unit before the launch in korea, I have been using it for about 2 weeks and the functions are great, The speed of the unit was almost like my regular notebook PC, I travel alot around the world and was looking for a fast PC. I ran across this unit in korea, and found that the user interface like the keyboard and the dual touchpad and touchscreen was one of the greatest ideas seen so far. I didn’t have to lay it down to use it. i could do everything while holding it. The unit had great power. I think this one is a keeper.
I also heard that they are changing the color too.