Acer Gemstone's blue offspring

When Acer went to bat and co-created the original Gemstone design with BMW designers, the result from this partnership was, to some, Rosemary's baby. Thankfully, instead of falling back on its old silver-and-black roots, the Taiwanese maker has unleashed the next evolution, the Gemstone Blue.
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Dual-core UMPCs on the horizon

If Electronista got it right, then we may soon see dual-core UMPCs from Intel in the near future.

Currently, Ultra-Mobile PCs are like little baby brothers. While laptops are slowly but surely heading for quad-core power, UMPCs have had to contend with single-core processors--which are so 2005. Intel's recently announced its Atom platform--designed exclusively for UMPCs--which offers only a speed bump.

According to the leaked roadmap, the Intel Atom 300 series chip is a two-headed petite monster running at 1.87GHz. Little else was uncovered, but the suspected release date is in the third quarter of this year. We'll keep you updated as we find out more.

Via Electronista

ASUS goes bamboo crazy

ASUS has thrown all caution to the wind and unveiled a host of bamboo concept products at the recent CeBIT 2008 expo in Germany. Among them are two bamboo laptops, a bamboo monitor and a bamboo-coated PC called the Essentio 5110. Huh?

Okay, we're not actually that surprised. Back in April 2007 we climbed up a tree to make a video of the bamboo-clad ASUS' EcoBook laptop. And we might have to do it all again for bamboo versions of the ASUS S6 and U6, which--back in the day--were best known for their use of leather.

Whatever bamboo is left over will be used on a part-grass version of the LS201 monitor. Yeah, that's the "scratch-proof" one we punched repeatedly in Space Bubble.

Finally there's the Essentio 5110. It's a small form-factor PC. And it's made out of bamboo. That's all we know so far, but you can bet your bottom dollar we'll have more information, plus hands-on access to all these products in the near future--so stay tuned.

Via CNET UK Crave

MSI Wind: Another Eee PC rival blows in

Every man and his dog are making a rival to the Eee PC, and understandably so--cheap, tiny laptops are the shape of things to come. The latest to join the fray is the unfortunately named MSI Wind, which was spotted doing the rounds at CeBIT 2008.

It's a little larger than the standard Eee PC and more customizable, so it manages to incorporate either an 8-inch or a 10-inch display and a keyboard that looks reasonably comfortable to work on.

It's said to be based on the forthcoming Intel Shelton 2008 platform, with processor speeds ranging from 1GHz to 1.5GHz, solid-state or 2.5-inch hard drive options, 1GB of RAM and either Linux or Windows operating systems. Battery life is reported to be in the region of 7 hours, although we'll reserve judgment on that until we get one in.

It's still in the prototype phase at the moment, but MSI has been showing off blue, silver and pink versions, all of which look pretty darned sexy. Prices reportedly start from €299 (S$637.39) for the cheapest, up to €699 (S$1,490.10) for the high-end models. Frankly, we can't wait to get our hands on one. More as we get it.

Via CNET UK Crave

UMPC slate masquerading as a clamshell

On the surface, it looks like just another Eee PC wannabe. The GeCube Genie PC is a 7-inch 800 x 480-resolution UMPC with a non-touchscreen display and weighs under 1kg. However, though it looks like a regular clamshell ultraportable, the keyboard is actually just a removable dock.
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