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HTC, primarily a maker of smartphones, unveiled its first UMPC at the CTIA wireless tradeshow in March. Its sliding-keyboard design is reminiscent of its cellphone heritage, but the screen also flips up at an angle so you can type on it like a conventional notebook PC.

They just got here, but already they're on the phone and computer back to there. You can't get too much communication when you're on the road.  One of the winners in the PC design competition, the Zeed+ is inspired by Ikebana, Japanese traditional flower arranging. The plant-like stems or "zeeds" are the PC's components -- video card, CPU, and so forth. Customizing your PC would be a matter of artistic arrangement of the right zeeds.  The display of ultra-mobile PCs was not quite as futuristic as the PC design competition, but it was still filled with hardware that's more tomorrow than today. Samsung's Q1 Ultra is close enough to retail reality to carry a price tag in the $1,300 range. The split keyboard is designed for thumb typing.  Motion Computing's Motion C5 was introduced a couple of months ago. It's a tablet PC targeted at the medical market that includes a built-in 2-megapixel camera. It lists for about $2,000.  HTC, primarily a maker of smartphones, unveiled its first UMPC at the CTIA wireless tradeshow in March. Its sliding-keyboard design is reminiscent of its cellphone heritage, but the screen also flips up at an angle so you can type on it like a conventional notebook PC.  This so-far unannounced Fujitsu UMPC looks like a conventional tablet PC, with its full keyboard and swiveling screen -- until you realize how small it is compared to the standard-sized ballpoint pen beside it.  These days no conference is complete without a conference store, and WinHEC is up to the minute with its own emporium of geek style.  T-shirt humor from the Conference Store No. 1: Nobody but a geek would wear a T-shirt that says "Geek," right?  T-shirt humor from the Conference Store No. 2: Backwards compatible. Get it?  T-shirt humor from the Conference Store No. 3: If you have to ask, you're not allowed to buy the shirt, maybe?  This little piggie went to WinHEC -- a bin of tchotchke piggies in little Microsoft T-shirts for sale at the conference store. 

WinHEC 2007 Gets Under Way In Los Angeles
HTC, primarily a maker of smartphones, unveiled its first UMPC at the CTIA wireless tradeshow in March. Its sliding-keyboard design is reminiscent of its cellphone heritage, but the screen also flips up at an angle so you can type on it like a conventional notebook PC.