Several months after initially announcing and then showing the device, the Asus R2H UMPC is unveiled via a company press release. Let’s recap the official specs of this Origami platform UMPC:
- Intel® Celeron® M ULV Processor (900MHz)
- Genuine Windows® XP Tablet PC Edition
- Onboard 256MB, DDRII 533, 1x SoDimm socket for expansion up to 768MB DDRII 667 DRAM support
- 7" WXGA touch screen LCD, ASUS Splendid Video Intelligent Engine
- PATA 1.8" HDD 4200PRM 20/30/40/60 GB
- Bluetooth® V2.0 + EDR, 3x USB, 1x SD Card-Reader, 1x GPS, 1x Finger Print Reader
- 23.4 x 13.3 x 2.8cm, 830kg
Folks who were hoping for a different processor, say a Pentium M are out of luck. Even more surprising and disappointing in my opinion is the base unit of 256 MB of memory (I’m not a fan of running Tablet Edition XP on less than 512) and upgradable only to 768 MB; a poor limitation considering the other UMPCs on the market are available with 1 GB out of the box or via a DIY upgrade.
Yes, you get a fingerprint reader, GPS, webcam and an SD slot, but I still think some folks will be slightly disappointed. Interestingly enough, there’s no mention of price in the official PR, which you can read here.
Update: with 256 MB of RAM on-board, it looks like the expansion slot of up to 768 MB does provide a combined 1 GB of memory. Sounds like a single expansion slot, so 768 MB might be the maximum. Thanks Frank!
-kct
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