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Averatec AHI UMPC to include GPS function for less than $1000

Apr 13, 2006 gps navigation, umpc

Averatec has stepped into the Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) fray with its AHI device. It sports a 5″ SXGA TFT display, a 30GB hard drive, an Intel Celeron M processor, and runs on the Windows XP Home Service Pack 2 OS. This Windows XP PDA device uses a slider design that reveals a keyboard when open. GPS and 3G capabilities are optional, but WiFi and USB 2.0 connectivity are included. No release date has been set yet, but the Averatec AHi is expected to retail between $700 and $1000.

The GPS version is expected to come out in the US next month according to the French.

Averatec, at the time of the launching of its last portables today, presented 3 projects to come these next months.

An apparatus based on the Origami project of Microsoft, it acts of the AHI at Averatec. It is planned for this autumn starting from 499 Euros including all taxes up to 899 Euros including all taxes according to versions’. It will be equipped with Windows XP, camera, keyboard, touch screen, Wifi, GPS, GSM, 3G. Its estimated endurance will be 6 A.m.. The version BASIC will be provided with a simple craddle, the higher version will be delivered with a craddle integrating a drive DVD.

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