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The Tiny Atom Powered PC – The Willcom D4 UMPC – WSO16H

By Roland Hutchinson on Monday 14th April 2008 8:00 am in Gadgets, PC Hardware

Here’s one of the first gadgets to be released featuring the new tiny Atom processors, the Willcom D4.

The willcom D4 is a joint venture with Sharp and it features a 5 inch touchscreen which is capable of a resolution of 1024 x 600 and a full QWERTY Keyboard.

It measures just 84 x 188 x 25.9mm and weighs just 470g and is powered by an Intel Centrino Atom Z520 1.33GHZ processor, there is also a 40GB hard drive.

The D4 also has WiFI, Bluetooth, a 2 megapixel camera and runs Windows Vista Home premium.

There is no word on pricing or availability as yet.

via Akihabara News

Tags: Gadgets, PC Hardware

clopnaz

When will my pc be powered by magic atoms?
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Jeeves

On Tuesday the 23rd of April, 2054.
linuxamp

Like all other Willcom mobiles(W-zero3, es, es advanced), this phone (yes it’s a cellular PHONE) will not be coming to America. It’s technically incompatible with any US networks. Will Sharp make a similar device for the US market? Who knows.

Pricing is Â¥128,600 according to engadget.com. My Japanese co-workers tell me that it’s around Â¥80,000 (roughly $800) with the standard service contract.
Mark

It would help if it was marketed with XP as an alternative OS.
Cody Gilmore

is “atom” just the name or is it rly powered my those lil things we turn into bombs im not stupid and i know u cant just sit down nd a atom Xpload but some smart guy out there in the future desides to make a bomb out of PC procesers and come to my kids school (if i have kids…………………….WHAT THE FUCK AM I THINKING THAT AWSOME A ATOM POWERED PHONE
http://www.buttoned-up.com Buttoned-Up.com

Like most things that I will never get to enjoy, that is freaking awesome.
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com Fatgadget

Hi Cody

‘Atom’ is the name of Intel’s new tiny Centrino proccesor, which is designed to be used in small handheld PC’s, sorry I should have mentioned that in the article.

You can read about it here:-

http://www.intel.com/cd/corporate/techtrends/emea/eng/385365.htm?cid=emea:ggl|atom_uk_brand|kB4D4|s

Cheers
http://www.joshboldman.com Josh Boldman

Ok, so I’ve been looking into umpcs for a few months now, and with the advent of the Asus eee pc and the HP 2133, I think we’re about to see quite a few companies verge on ridiculous. Why would we need a pc this small? Now, don’t get me wrong, it’s an amazing feat of engineering. Perhaps just to prove that we can, but really, is there a market for something like this? Why not just go with a smartphone of some type?

Josh Boldman
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Nick

Seems like an amazing device, but I see a few problems. Along with the fact that the keyboard would be way too small to type on comfortably, Vista (Premium no less) will run like a dead slug on that thing. A agree that anyone who wants this thing really just wants a smartphone.
A.Alaalas

FatGadget: Cody deserves no break – everything is made of atoms. Cody the adolescent dickwad is just trying to bust our chops.