Vega- new ultra-portable coming in Korea

It is not a UMPC/ Origami device but this new ultra-portable due to appear soon in Korea competes directly with them and might even give the Sony UX a run, too.  The Vega runs on the AMD Geode processor and looks roughly the same size as the Sony UX, if not a bit bigger.  What I find most interesting about the Vega is the inclusion of a lot of buttons to make working the UI much easier.  Take a look at this photo and you will see what I mean.  Not a lot is known about the Vega yet but reports are that it might debut around the $700 mark.  I knew when I predicted that 2006 was going to be the year of the handheld that we were going to see some really cool devices appear and I haven’t been disappointed.

Carrypad has translated the specs from the Korean web site:

AMD Geode LX800 processor

Widows XP HOME operating system

256MB of memory

30GB hard disk

4.3 inch LCD

measures 160 X 80 X 27.5mm and weighs 480g

wi-fi antenna

connector for GPS antenna

USB to connect remote keyboard

DMD reception again using USB

available in September

(AVING via Carrypad)