Written on September 2, 2008 – 10:17 am | by Bogdan Alex |

Ultra portable PC haven’t had much of a success up until now, most of the times people avoiding them due to their high prices and lack of features. Basically you have to pay more to get a slightly underpowered laptop which comes in a more compact, portable console-like form. That has its benefits and its downsides, of course, and the big companies understood this, but when an unknown company offers a good UMPC, things are bound to get cranky.

According to Techdigest, Wibrain has recently released their latest UMPC running on Windows XP or Linux. The B1 weighs 526g and packs some nice goodies inside that blocky design. It is powered by a 1.33GHz Atom processor, and integrates 1GB of DDR RAM, a 1024x640 4 8" TFT touchscreen which may prove a bit too small for that resolution. You can choose between the 30GB and the 60GB HDD models or you can opt for 8GB/16GB/32GB of solid memory as well.

It doesn’t really fit in your pocket, but at least you don’t need a special big laptop bag for this one. It also comes with a full qwerty keyboard, some console-like buttons and even a touchpad in case you’d need something to simulate mouse sensitivity.Want more? A 1.3 MP pop-up webcam and a wi-fi antenna complete the specs.

Check out the short presentation clip and don’t forget to visit the Wibrain site for more info.