Shane Conder just posted an entry on his blog on installing Origami on his Sony Vaio UX390N. The bottom line is it works. It won’t install however without the patch to make Origami install on to other devices, as detailed by seamonkey420.

HTC (High Tech Computer), popular for their Windows Mobile Smartphones (re-branded by major carriers), has officially announced their first UMPC - the HTC Shift. It has a sliding keyboard, a 7-inch tilting screen, and cellular built in. Additional specs as reported by Engadget are as follows:

1.2GHz VIA CPU
Vista business running Aero
7-inch sliding, tiling wide-touchscreen
30GB […]

Earlier than expected, Sony’s USA Business site now shows the new “refreshed model” Sony Vaio Micro PC — the Sony Vaio UX280P (VGN-UX280P). Compared to the UX180P (first US model), the newer model bumps the internal memory up to 1GB (from 512MB) and the internal hard drive to 40GB (from 30GB). The price also goes […]

Sony USA has pulled the Vaio UX from SonyStyle. A recent thread in the Micro PC Talk forums discusses the fear of Sony, discontinuing the Vaio UX, only after three months since it was announced. While Sony is known for discontinuing a line of products
(e.g. Aibo, Clié, etc.) we got word directly from Sony USA […]

Somewhat Micro PC related, Sony announced today the Sony mylo, a wireless personal communication and entertainment device that sports a 320×240 screen, built-in 802.11b WiFi, digital audio player, picture viewer, a web browser, instant messaging via Yahoo! and GTalk, and VoIP using Skype. It has 1GB internal memory anda Memory Stick Duo expansion slot.
mylo […]

Akihabara News has just posted a video review of the new Vaio UX90PS, the new Micro PC with a solid-state 16GB flash drive. They compare its noticable, faster boot time with the Vaio UX50.
You can pre-order this black, special version of the Vaio UX at Dynamism for $2799. Personally, while I would like to […]

In addition to the StickyKeys utility, which allows you to latch a modifier key (Shift, Control, Windows, and Alt) down until you press another key, Micro PC Talk reader francois g replied with a great tip:

Here’s a tip with sticky keys: you can quickly enable them on most systems by tapping the left shift key […]

SonyStlye Australia now lists the Vaio UX17GP which is basically the UX90. It is listed at $2499 AUD.
It is interesting that it is labeled as a “Companion PC” rather than a Micro PC.
Full specs after the jump.

Full Specs:
VAIO 4.5″ COMPANION PC VGNUX17GP
Hardware

Microprocessor: Intel® Centrino® Mobile Technology, Intel® Core™ Solo Processor […]

I just wanted to do a quick post to inform everyone that I managed to install Windows XP Tablet Edition on to My Vaio UX50. Booting off my new DVD drive, I used my wife’s Windows the office’s XP Tablet Edition OEM install CDs that came with her HP TC1100 tablet from it’s MSDN subscription […]

Last time I mentioned that I was upgrading my external optical drive to the Sony PCGA-DDRW3. I did place
an order for it at SonyStyle for $100 and it arrived after two days. This is a great deal by the way since this same drive is $200+ elesewhere. 

This firewire drive supports reading and writing to CDs, DVDs, and dual-layer […]