Willcom in Japan today unveiled its plan to release the first UMPC in mid-June this year. The Willcom D4 WS016SH UMPC has a similar design as HTC Tytn II (HTC Kaiser), which comes with a QWERTY keyboard and movable display screen.
Loaded with Windows Vista, the Willcom D4 by Sharp has a big 5-inch display screen. Although you are getting 1024 x 600 pixels in resolution (WSVGA), the TFT screen has only 256k colors. Willcom will be the first company to market the UMPC with the new Intel Centrino Atom processor. Their first device Willcom D4 will be powered by a 1.33GHz Atom Z520 processor.
At 470 grams and a body size of 192.3×84×25.9mm, the UMPC has integrated the Willcom’s W-Sim card so that you can make/receive phone calls and connect to wireless data connection. A seperate Bluetooth handset is sold seperately to let you answer calls easily while keeping the UMPC in your bag. You can expand the memory storage space by adding a microSD card, but the built in 40GB hard drive should be enough for most. When available (possibly June), the UMPC is expected to be sold at around $900 USD.
Translated by Szaszati
