Atom Z515-equipped Archos 9 Tablet now available

Archos has made the slightly more powerful version of its 9-inch tablet now official. It is good to see that price is something that has not undergone any change and is still available at $549. Here is a rundown of its specifications:

• 8.9-inch display, 1024×600 resolution
• 60GB hard disk (1.8-inch)
• 1GB RAM
• 1.2GHz Atom Z515 processor
• Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 1.3MP webcam

[store.archos]

The Atom Z515 supports hyper threading and for those who don’t know, the Atom Z510 processor which used to power this tablet did not support it. That said, the performance is lusterless as upgrade to Atom Z515 is no way making this tablet a usable machine. Call us parasitic troglodytes, but even the old Atom N270 can outperform Atom Z515

Cowon W2 in flesh

So far, we have seen only press shots of the Cowon W2 UMPC. Folks at Aving were able to take some cool pictures of this awesome Windows 7 MID.

Specs: Atom Z510 processor, 60GB HDD, 1 USB port, 1 mini-USB port, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and weighs 450gm. Cowon claims that it can run for 7 hours straight.

Spiga Smartbook – UMID M1 clone

The Spiga, like any other smartbook/mini-netbook is comapct, light weight, power efficient and has a full keyboard (AZERTY 56 buttons). It has various connectivity options like WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G and 3G+(?). The Spiga measures just 158 x 94.1 x 18.6 mm and weighs only 315 grams making it a perfect clone of the Umid M1. ‘Spiga is the smallest laptop in the world’ says Sagemcom. It has a 4.5-inch display with touch screen and carries 1024×768 resolution.

It is eqipped with Intel Atom processor (Z510) that runs @ 1.1 GHz. It comes with 24 GB SSD for storage which can be expanded via micro SD card reader. It has a replaceable 2400 mAh Lithium-Ion battery. Runs Window XP as OS. This smartbook is already available in parts of Europe and priced at EUR 499 (~USD 750)

Kohjinsha now selling UMID M1 as Kohjinsha PM series

UMID M1 is one of the smallest touchscreen clamshell we have ever come around. This little beauty will be rebranded and sold under Kohjinsha’s brandname too. Kohjinsha will be selling it under their PM-series.

Unfortunately, Kohjinsha has not upgraded the hardware. This means you have this little unit with paltry 512MB RAM. We can bear with the 16GB solid state drive, but it hurts when are spending more than $600 on a device that has less than 2GB RAM.

Here are its full specs:

• Intel Atom processor Z510@ 1.1GHz
• 16GB SSD
• 512MB RAM (!)
• 4.8-inch 1024×600 display
• 1.3MP webcam
• 1 mini-USB port
• SDHC slot
• WiFi (b/g)
• BT 2.0 + EDR
• 345gm
• Windows XP

Kohjinsha is selling it for 59,800 yen ($640)

[Kohjinsha PM official webpage] (Japanese)