Broad overview of what the Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) will become.

What it’s not
- Not a normal laptop
- Not a desktop replacement

Who is it for?
- Microsoft is aiming this category of mobile computers at typical consumers (hence the $500 starting price point). If you are a conspiracy theorist, it’s aimed at either eventually doing away with seperate PDA platforms, or at Apple (who have filed a lot of applications concerning touch-screens over the past few years, and who have been adding more and more PDA functionality to the iPod, as well as any future PDAs Apple might release (they’ve reused ideas they had in the past)).

What it is
- Paperback-book size
- Less than two pounds (under 1kg)
- 7-inch (18cm) Touchscreen Display
- Modified version of Windows XP Tablet PC
- Windows Touch Pack for touch-screen input functions
- Wi-Fi/Wireless connectivity
- Full-sized harddrive (1.8-inch or 2.5-inch), up to 60GB
- @ Three hours of battery life
- $599 to $999 (Microsoft claims it’s possible to hit $500 if done carefully)
- Include GPS navigation systems, potentially digital TV capability, and cameras (with web/video capability).
- Can use a stylus or finger
- Intel Celeron M as CPU
- Bluetooth
- 2 USB 2.0 ports
- Multimedia playback capabilities (music, photos, movies,
- Some have flash media capabilities: Compact Flash (CF) and Secure Digital Card (SD)
- Some have other I/O including audio.
- Some have built-in stands for propping the devices up.

What it will be (Future)
- All-day battery life
- One week standby time
- Variety of screen sizes (5″ to 8″ has been mentioned repeatedly)
- Running Microsoft Windows Vista

Articles about Ultra Mobile PCs
Information Week Article - April 2005 - Outlines of MS’s Goals:

- Carry Everywhere
- Always Connected
- All day battery life
- 100 million sold by 2008
- Size close to a paperback book
- Less than $1000 USD
- Weigh less than two pounds
- Multimedia capabilities
- Phone capabilities
- Built-in Camera

Notes:
- No U.S. name brand PC makers involved in UMPC production at this time.
- Intel.com’s UMPC page