VNUNET: Microsoft ponders verticle UMPC
In a session at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in Seattle, the company showed off concept designs for a series of devices performing such niche applications."The UMPC is a platform that enables us to reach people and markets that we could never dream of with desktop or mobile PCs," said Seiya Ohta, a Microsoft hardware experience architect working on UMPC.
UMPC devices are facing a tougher challenge than laptop computers or Windows Mobile devices because they are primarily targeting consumers whose budgets are obviously smaller that those of enterprises investing in mobile computers.
Microsoft's concept designs are primarily intended as suggestions for device makers, although some are being pursued by unnamed manufacturers, Ohta told vnunet.com.
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