Although the Macbook Air is the world’s thinnest notebook, but it still weighs over 2.5lbs. The newly announced Fujitsu’s P1620 would be a better choice if weight is matters to you and also for those who prefer PC environment than the Mac environment. Note: This is Tablet PC (UMPC). The P1620 weighs 2.2 pounds with a 3-cell battery and 2.5 pounds with a 6-cell battery.

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Who’s the king of Ultra portable Laptop in the market? Well, Apple’s MacBook Air seems to lead by a nose in the recent MacWorld. However, according to Gizmodo, Lenovo will unveil their Ultralight Laptop X300 Thinkpad weights about 2.5 Lbs. The release date is unknown but we have the specs. It’s got a 13.3-inch LED backlit 1440X900 screen, and Intel Merom Santa Rosa Dual Core CPU (2.0 Ghz / 880 Mhz ), a 64GB SSD, up to 4GB of DDR2 PC2-5300 memory, and 4 hours of battery life. Read the rest of this entry »

WiBraid B1 is no stranger to Wikigiz, in fact, we wrote about the B1 Teeny UMPC on Dec. 1.

Let’s recap the detail: WiBrain is a full function ultra mobile pc weighing in at about 1.15-pounds. There’s a 4.8-inch WSVGA touch screen display between a split keyboards. There’s a cute pop-up video camera on top of the unit.

This little cute UMPC is built for portability and style. It has a 4-inch touchscreen, 4GB of Flash storage and full QWERTY keyboard. I think the tiny 4-inch screen is abit too small for some people - like me, but sure it’s lightweight. iRiver’s press release has it down as running embedded Linux Kernel 2.6 with SD expansion slot should be plenty for some compact Linux apps. Perhaps you can install Windows on this baby just like the Asus Eee PC.

Wibrain has hooked up with Dynamism to launch the B1 UMPC. The tiny device has a touchscreen of just 4.8″ in size but 1024 x 600 resolution, acheived through very high pixel density. It’s a Windows XP-packing, lightweight HSDPA device that’s compact, portable and relatively powerful for its size. This can go face to face with the Ultimate OQO’s UMPC that we mentioned earlier.

Wibrain is claiming five hours of official battery time, but being remarkably honest in reducing that to three hours “real world use” in the press release. Other spec includes a 60GB hard drive and 1.2 GHz processor, integrated WiFi, Bluetooth and a pop-up camera / mic for easy VoIP-based communication. The split keyboard, touchpad, cursor keys and touchscreen claim to make navigation a doddle too. Dynamism’s addition is unlimited toll-free support and the standard year’s warranty. Prices start at $699.

What is OQO? According to TechRepublic, OQO is an Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC), but when you pick it up it simply feels like a device that combines the best mobility and connectivity features of a high-end smartphone with the computing power of an ultraportable notebook.OQO is a powerful device, yet the size is petite. According to Guinness World Records, the “OQO” is the smallest full-powered, full-featured personal computer. The U.S. Army uses them at security checkpoints in the Middle East. Others are using them as mini PCs for workers who don’t sit at a desk. For these workers, the OQO is helping to create a new category of PCs - one with a very high geek factor.
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Given that most of us probably won’t be able to afford a real Ferrari anytime soon, it’s nice to know that Acer are on the ball, providing us with a touch of that Italian magic, in the form of another Ferrari branded laptop.

The Ferrari 1100 is ultra-light with a AMD Turion dual-core processor, hard drive up to 250GB, Dolby sound system, DVD burner and 12.1 inch screen. There’s also a fingerprint reader, to keep all of your precious documents safe. No information yet on pricing or availability, sadly.