Mineral Technology has just announced that they will be launching a new range of UMPCs that feature 7-inch displays. Shared specifications include WVGA resolution two-point multitouch displays, an Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz processor, Wi-Fi, GPS navigation, optional 3G, dual cameras, an SD memory card slot, VGA and Ethernet ports as well as trackpads.

They will come in black, green, white, and red. Prices start at $460 and go up to $540, depending on the configuration. They run off the Windows platform,.

The UMID mbook M1 has only been available for purchase in white so far, but there was once a time when the Atom-based clamshell was seen sporting red, pink, and black casings. Well, UMID has taken the mbook M1 and gone black with it. The Atom-powered clamshell looks much sleeker with the black keyboard. And you can take it more seriously too.

We don’t know when the full black model will be released, but it should be pretty soon as they seem to have tackled previous build quality issues.

Looks like we will be getting an Eee-branded UMPC at some future date. It almost has to come to pass, what with these drool-worthy pics of an Eee PC 701 prototype, inspired by the original Origami R2H device found on Mobile1.

It does away with the keyboard and loses some weight, at just 1.68 pounds and even comes with a stylus. Sadly there’s no word yet on any release date. It may or may not ever make it into production, but it sure looks awesome and we’ll keep our fingers crossed.

Samsung rolled out today a couple of new ultra mobile personal computers to expand its line of Q1U models. These new configurations are known as the Q1UP-V and Q1U-CMXP, and both are priced around $1,500.

Samsung had this to say of the Q1UP-V and Q1U-CMXP, which are both available now. “The Q1U-CMXP maximizes connectivity with integrated 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, 10/100 BaseTX, and an integrated HSDPA 3G cellular modem supporting the AT&T Broadband Connect network. With unsurpassed wired and wireless connection options, the Q1U-CMXP provides ubiquitous communications regardless of one’s location via the AT&T nationwide cellular network. In addition, the model boasts the same specifications as the industry standard Q1 Ultra XP model launched in May of 2007.

Panasonic is rolling out a new rugged UMPC which is the first to integrate Intel’s Atom low power processor. It is called the Panasonic Toughbook CF-U1 and you’ll find it pricing around $2,500.

The Panasonic Toughbook CF-U1 is, like other PCs of its type, designed to be used in the field under a variety of harsh conditions. It sports the aforementioned Intel Atom processor, Windows Vista, a 5.6-inch WSVGA sunlight viewable touchscreen and a 16GB solid state removable drive which can be upgraded to 32GB.

The Kohjinsha SX Series UMPC is pretty sweet looking, and packs a lot in a small form. It sports an 8.9 inch touch screen display at 1,280 x 768 resolution, Intel Atom Z520 1.33GHz processor, 1GB RAM, 60GB HDD, Super Multi-DVD drive, Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity.

Some other features include an ExpressCard/34 slot, card readers, two USB 2.0 ports and VGA out. The Kohjinsha SX Series will be available in Japan. You can get it in black or white for $1199.

The Gigabyte M528 finally has a price tag, retailing for $750 in Taiwan and it will be released there in late July. The features remain the same since it’s unveiling at Computex 2008. You get an 800Mhz Silverthorne/Poulsbo processor, 800 × 480 resolution touch screen, 3 mp auto-focus camera and 4GB SSD, GPS navigation, and 3G connectivity. It comes with the suite of different apps that include Firefox 3, Skype, Pidgin IM, and OpenOffice 2.4 plus others. Good news for those who have been waiting.

Dan Middle bought Sony’s UX UMPC and found it to be severely lacking when it came to portable gaming. He did what any of us would have done, he took things into his own hands by hacking a cheap USB gamepad. The end result is a set of controls that make available all eight buttons with a single hand, while the other hand is free to aim with the UX’s mouse controls.

The gamepad has been attached to a CF dummy card, slotting into the UX’s CF port. He did some testing and found that it’s pretty decent to use. Vista even recognizes it as a gaming peripheral. I’m not sure if this spells trouble for the PSP and DS Lite, but it’s pretty cool. Video below.

3K Computers has announced a new laptop computer the company considers to fit in the UMPC mold. It is priced starting at around $400 and is known as the Longitude 400 Mini Notebook UMPC.

The 3K Longitude 400 weighs under two pounds and sports a seven-inch display. It runs off of a 400 MHz 32-bit single core mobile processor, 512 MB of DDR2 RAM and a 4GB solid state drive for file storage. The operating system is Linux based as well.

The alliance between Willcom and Sharp Electronics has produced the Willcom D4 UMPC. This UMPC has plenty of processing power with a Centrino Atom processor clocking 1.33Mhz. A whole 1GB of RAM is on the D4 with storage being in the form of a 40Gb hard disk drive. It sports a Windows Vista home premium operating system with a 5-inch touchscreen and a built in keyboard.

It’s also got WiFi, PHS support, a 2 megapixel camera and even bluetooth 2.0. Plus it’s pretty sleek looking in it’s ultra mobile form which measures 84×188×25.9mm and weighs only 470 grams.

ASUS launched its latest ultraportable notebook today and it’s a looker. The ASUS U2E is an 11-inch notebook weighing only 2.7 pounds and clad in leather. According to ASUS the notebook is hand crafted and designed to appeal to the user’s sense of style.

The U2E claims to be the lightest notebook available with a built-in DVD-RW drive and the system runs on Windows Vista. Since Vista is resource intensive ASUS ships the U2E with 3GB of high-speed DDR2 memory.

Inventec just released images of two new UMPCs. The UMPC 7-A and the UMPC 5-D won iF Design Awards honors, and you can see why looking at the above picture. The curved design of the UMPC 7-A is not just for looks, though it does look pretty neat. It is supposed to improve the viewing angle and make the slider QWERTY keyboard more ergonomic than a flat design.

The UMPC 5-D is more typical and focuses on a modular design. It comes with a docking station and a set of appliances of some type. No info on Inventec MID/UMPC specs so far, but the folks over at Unwired View took a guess at some. They are thinking an Intel Menlow platform, 1.33 with 45-nm 800 MHz-1.33 GHz Silverthone CPU, Poulsbo US15 chipset, 1-2 GB of RAM and 30-60 GB HDD. They might be right.

Samsung brought out at CES this week to showcase an upscale version of its popular UMPC line up. This latest high performance model is known as the Samsung Q1UP-XP and Samsung says it will be available for around $1,400.

The Samsung Q1UP-XP (Q1 Ultra Premium UMPC) has a seven-inch backlit LCD with is touch sensitive and has a native resolution of 1024 x 600. It’s powered by a 1.33GHz ULV Intel Core Solo U1500 Pentium CPU and offers up to 7.5 hours of battery life. It also features a split-QWERTY keyboard, 80GB hard drive and is based on the Microsoft Windows XP Tablet Edition operating system.

Get more information on this new Samsung UMPC after the jump.

Many PCs were on display, but MTube presented the world’s smallest PC at CES 2008. It is seriously tiny, measuring 3.34 x 3.34 x 0.78 inches and weighs 5.3 ounces only. It’s a full-featured computer that runs the Linux operating system and is a WiFi-enabled UMPC.

Some specs- Processor: VIA C7-M @ 1.0 GHz, 8GB of flash for storage, 2.8″ LCD display with 640 x 480 resolution, a battery life of 4 hours, WiMAX & WiFi.

The FreeScale LimePC is an iPod nano sized Linux UMPC based on Freescale’s MPC5121e mobileGT processor, which is a so called “motherboard-on-a-chip” device. MPC5121e can be used for many applications in various industries. The LimePC runs LimeOS which is based on Debian Linux OS.

The Chinese company Tsinghua Tongfang is developing the LimePC line of computers, which is supposed to ship in 2008. In China at first, and in the fall in the United States.