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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

CES: South Korea's LG shows a Vista ultramobile

Photo: Engadget

LG has a small ultramobile on its stand, not much bigger than an HTC phone, but running Windows Vista Home Premium. I'm not sure I should call it a UMPC as it has a 4.8 inch WGA touch screen instead of a 7in display. Note the little mouse pad on the top right of the keyboard. Other features include a gigabyte of memory, a 40GB hard drive, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. With the screen closed (it slides over the keyboard), the measurements are 148 x 92 x 29.2mm.

As Engadget noiced, this is for the EU, Asia and Canada, not for US users. But no-one from LG could give me a launch date or a price.

With something this small, you have to compromise on the quality of he keyboard and the legiility of the screen, and usually you pay more for compactness. But if it's a lot cheaper than an OQO, or whatever, it could find a market.

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