HTC announced that its Shift UMPC is now available for pre-order in the United States. You can pre-order the device online at www.htc.com and www.amazon.com for an approximate retail price of $1,499. Visit www.SwitchOffStayConnected.com for more information on the HTC Shift...

Here's a fresh rumor for you: apparently WiMAX-capable Nokia 810 will be launched on April 1st at CTIA. This information is not yet confirmed, we just tell you what we know, so stay tuned.

A strange device was introduced lately in Korea: the new Digix's Picto DigiArt i90 is half digicam, half PMP. The idea is to free people's pockets of various digital gadgets. Why not combine them in one instead? :) So, here's what the device features:
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Panasonic came up with its own UMPC, the Toughbook. The device was unveiled at CeBIT, and represents a water, dust, and shock resistant computer that operates on an Intel Atom processor and comes with a 5.6” touch-sensitive display. That's all we know for now.

Gigabyte has presented its two latest UMPC's at the CeBIT show yesterday, the M700 and the M528. Here are some of their features:

M700:

C7-M VIA CPU at 1.2Ghz
2GB RAM
40 or 60GB HDD (1.8GHz)
7” touchscreen LCD (1024x600)
Windows Vista Home Premium
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Here's a new competitor to the Asus Eee PC and the Everex Cloudbook, the Sungjut Tango X UMPC for the Korean market. The device will most likely feature:

- 7" 800 x 480 touch-screen display
- Via C7 CPU
- 1GB of RAM
- 40GB/80GB HDD
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WIBRAIN has launched the B1L, its new entry-level UMPC for the Korean market. There are 4 models available, each has a different HDD and amount of RAM. Common features include 1GHz CPU, a 4.8" 1024 x 600 resolution LCD display, and Ubuntu (or Windows XP) OS packed with Microsoft Office. The prices vary between $400 - $500 depending on the model.

Kojinsha E8 is a new ultra-mobile touchscreen tablet PC, similar to the popular Eee PC from Asus. Except the low 512MB of RAM, other features look pretty decent:

- 7" touchscreen display at 1024 x 600
- 40GB HDD
- 512MB RAM
- Stereo speakers
- USB port
- Memory card slot
- 3.5 hours of battery life
- AMD Geode LX800 CPU
- Windows XP OS

The release is scheduled on February 29. The price is $600.

And here's another UMPC, this time from Germany. It is called Maxdata Belinea s.book 1 and has the following features:

- VIA C7-M processor
- VIA VX700 chipset
- Original Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- 80GB SATA HDD
- 1GB DDR2 SDRAM
- 7" WVGA TFT (800 x 480 pixels)
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Everex CloudBook is a new 7" UMPC that was recently unveiled at CES and will be available on January 25th. However, the manufacturer doesn't want to stop there and plans to develop the 9" model, which as they say will still cost under $500. The second version should be released by June; untill then Everex expects to sell about 20.000 of 7" units.