It was a little over a year ago we first brought you word of the Roper Mobile Technology SwitchBack. This rugged little PC is now commercially available.

The SwitchBack is a Windows XP-based PC in the Ultra Mobile Personal Computer (UMPC) format. Technical features of this little monster include a 1.0 GHz Intel Celeron M processor, 2GB of 400 MHz DDR2 and up to 120GB of optional storage. You’ve also got a smaller QWERTY keyboard and 5.6-inch WSVGA touch screen with stylus.

The Palm Foleo looks like it will be a pretty interesting device despite it’s questionable necessity and a $600 price tag. When we first read about the Asus Eee PC we thought it might be pretty cool as well, but we’re confident about the Eee in the ‘coolness’ arena now with an expected $199 price tag.

The Asus Eee UMPC looks like its no slouch in the world of 7″ notebooks, either. It’s designed particularly for portability combined with browsing the web with a 7″ screen, full keyboard, webcam and microphone. It has a weight of just 1.9 pounds and promises 512MB of RAM with a flash drive for storage in sizes from 4GB to 16GB. Wireless comes standard and built-in, and rumors of 3G abound as well. It would be nice to see a few more specs or something …

Dynamism.com is known in many gadget geek circles for importing cool tech from other parts of the world. Here we have proof of this in the form of the cool-looking Raon Everun (under $900).

The Raon Everun is a UMPC with some attitude. In non-traditional UMPC form it has a different look and feel to it, positioning the keys off to the sides. This might take getting used to for some but the up to 12 hours of battery life with the enhanced battery option will give you plenty of time to figure out this device’s features.

And speaking of features there are plenty indeed. You get an AMD LX900 600mhz processor, 6GB of SSD memory (optionally you can have a 60GB HDD instead, or both), up to 1GB of RAM, a 4.8-inch wide touchscreen display, Windows XP Home, built-in stereo …

Bill Gates showcased OQO’s newest UMPC, the model 02, during his keynote address at CES 2007 in Las Vegas. The model 02 is a fully-featured, pocket-sized PC that is capable of supporting Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system.

Design
The OQO model 02 is housed in a rugged, black magnesium alloy chassis that measures 5.6″(W) x 3.3″(H) x 1.0″(D) and weighs under 1lb with the standard battery (battery life of up to 6 hours). The design features a shock-mounted hard drive and drop-detect technology.

Specifications
The model 02 has a 5″ WVGA LCD with 1000×600 and 1200×720 interpolated display modes. The processing options for the model 02 include your choice of Via’s C7-M ULV processor in 1.2GHz or 1.5GHz flavors. The model 02 can be configured with up to a 60GB hard drive and 1GB of DDR2 533MHz SDRAM.

Input and Navigation
Input on the model …