Author Archive for Benz145



OQO 02 updated with 64GB SSD and improved outdoor screen

Following in the footsteps of the Japanese UX92 the OQO 02 can now be equipped with a 64GB SSD which will lighten your wallets load by approximately $1000 in addition to the rest OQO 02’s price. Other new options will include the ability to equip your OQO 02 with an improved outdoor display (another $200) […]

Samsung Q1 Ultra Premium

The Samsung Q1 Ultra Premium UMPC has been officially launched at CES. It is picking up the same 1.33Ghz Core Solo (U1500) as included with the UX380 and UX390. The unit will also include a 6 cell battery, 1GB of RAM, an 80GB HDD and come pre-installed with Windows XP Tablet Edition. Another nice upgrade […]

Happy Holidays from MPCT

Here is Micro PC Talk wishing you the best and safest of holidays, may all your gadget dreams come true!

UX Port Replicator vertical VGA mod

Yeggster from the MPCT forums has opened up the UX’s dock, also know as the Port Replicator, and managed to fix himself a nice vertical VGA output in place of the standard one that sticks right out the back of the unit. The original VGA plug was left intact and even still works. Yeggster […]

Nominate your favorite UMPC at the 2007 GottaBeMobile Awards

Head on over to GottaBeMobile.com to nominate your favorite UMPC for the 2007 GottaBeMobile awards. There are a few stipulations before you cast your vote so be sure to read through them first. Nominations for best Tablet PC and Best Software are open as well so don’t hesitate to vote. Nominations can be cast through […]

UX models benchmarked

I’ve spent a lot of time compiling data from the UX benchmark thread so we can really get an idea of how the different UX models compare to each other. While none of this is guaranteed to be 100% accurate, it should give you a good visual representation of how they stack up to one […]

Mac OSX Leopard running on UX

This has been floating around the forums and in the Wiki for a while, but I now have the time to give it the front page credit that it deserves. It was a group effort getting Leopard to work well on the UX, with different people from the community giving advice and even code to […]

Calling all UX490 owners

With the recent release of the UX490, there have been many questions about the performance of the new unit over the other models. I’m doing my best to gather as much data as I can, but there just aren’t that many people who have come forward to purchasing a 490 yet. It would be great […]

Micro PC Talk downtime during server transfer (update)

Micro PC Talk will be going through some scheduled downtime as it is moved to a new server. The site is expected to go down around 12:01am EST on November 17 (tomorrow), and should be brought back up later that morning. We apologize for the inconvenience, and look forward to seeing you all when the […]

Touchscreen friendly browser game: Factory Balls

I just ran across a neat puzzle game called Factory Balls. The goal of the game is to use the tools to modify the ball in the correct sequence, and match the final solution that is on the box. When you have reached the correct combination, the ball will drop into the box. The thing […]



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