Someone with a better sense of product design has been in Miu’s offices: the new version of its dual-screened Hybrid Dual Portable Computer actually looks pretty slick (the old one looked like a bucket of bolts, if you remember). It’s still packing navigation/computing power/mobile phone/media player/kitchen-sink functionality inside, only this time it’s got an Atom processor powering it all, alongside an ARM processor for handling basic small-screen tasks, which should add oomph. No news on pricing or availability, but the earlier version was around $US500. [Pocketables via Engadget] galleryPost('miuHDPC', 3, '');
Yes, you will have seen slimmer UMPCs, but probably not one quite so feature-packed as the new Miu Hybrid Dual PC. The Dual bit comes from its dual-boot options of XP plus WinCE 5.0 or linux Qplus. It earns its Hybrid label by being a mobile phone, navigation device, PMP, electronic dictionary, internet phone, voice recorder, games machine, mobile IPTV device and digital camera. We reckon that list of functions at least partly excuses its 0.96-inch depth. More details and gallery after the jump. galleryPost('miuHDPC', 3, '');
