VIA has announced that "with Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan’s largest telecommunications provider, and GIGABYTE, a leading IT industry brand, a strategic alliance to deliver high speed 3.5G services for UMDs (Ultra Mobile Devices) powered by the VIA C7-M Ultra Mobile Platform. As a result of this alliance, business users and consumers in Taiwan will be able to enjoy a complete Internet experience by connecting the GIGABYTE U60, a small and light VIA C7-M processor-based UMD running Microsoft Windows Vista, to Chunghwa Telecom’s island-wide HSDPA (High Speed Data Packet Access) network."The Press Release goes to coin what I belive is a new phrase, the "Mobility 2.0 Lifestyle":
"The Mobility 2.0 lifestyle moves people beyond today’s limited mobile Internet to a full-featured Web 2.0 browsing and computing experience at their fingertips through the next generation of Ultra Mobile Devices. Weighing under a kilogram, UMDs are based on the x86 architecture and bridge the gap between the notebook and the mobile phone, bringing the benefits of a PC with all the applications, information and entertainment users require to an ultra portable handheld form factor."
Plus, information about the UMPC itself:
"The GIGABYTE U60 Ultra Mobile Device is based on the power efficient VIA C7-M Ultra Mobile Platform and comes with Microsoft Windows Vista Business, Home Premium or Home Basic or Windows XP. Combining a VIA C7-M Ultra Mobile Processor running at speeds up to 1.5GHz and the VIA VX700 system media processor with UniChrome Pro II IGP integrated graphics, the GIGABYTE U60 provides powerful computing functionality and a rich multimedia and entertainment experience all in an ultra compact form factor weighing less than 800 grams and delivering long lasting battery life."