If youve followed the Microsoft Origami Project at all youde know that the ASUS R2H Ultra Mobile PC has constantly come up on peoples wishlist. Tonight I spotted some photos that were posted by a Forum Member of OrigamiProject.com that I thought were worth passing on.

Photo A. shows the packaging, always cool for me to see; and photo B. the all important thickness of the device.

Snipping from forum:

ZhuBaJie:

Today I received the ASUS R2H... Yippie! I was pleasantly surprised; its very complete with a foldable Targus keyboard with auto-rollup cable, a desktop stand, a nice bag to hold it and lots of cables, books and CDs.Theres even an USB netlink cable included!

I said earlier the Dutch version doesnt have Bluetooth and the Webcam. It does however have Bluetooth so only the Webcam is missing.

Photo A.

Photo B.

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How good is Chippy? (retorical Question). Hes come up with a little announcement that many people Ive spoken to have been waiting for, a Rugged UMPC.

"Ruggedised always means higher production costs and niche target market so dont expect this version to turn up in your local electronics store. "

"Weve seen the X15 design before (the 7" version shown below is due to go into production in September but we still dont know how its going to end up looking or who will brand it.) and the VX3 looks to be based on the X15-7 original design. The specifications (pdf download here) are excactly the same apart from the ruggedisation and re-style."


Mobits X15-7 Data sheet
Mobits X15-5 Data sheet and links.

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