October 25th, 2008 by
Filed under: Handhelds, Wireless
Aigo’s P8860 MID was already a potent, handsome piece of machinery in its factory form, but adding in 3G is like adding melted chocolate to a glazed hot doughnut from Krispy Kreme — it’s just better, even though it’s tough to accomplish and potentially harmful to your health. Far-reaching metaphors aside, our pals over at jkkmobile have put together an all-telling 18 minute video that explains how to add 3G HSDPA to this here MID. For seasoned DIYers, the process of opening it up, soldering a mini PCI-e connector / SIM card slot and tossing in a 3G card / antenna won’t seem that difficult. For everyone else, we’d recommend watching thrice to make sure your confidence level is at the appropriate position before delving in. Vid’s after the break, per usual.
Continue reading How-to video shows 3G implant into Aigo P8860 MID
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October 24th, 2008 by
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Unlike certain other Chinese devices, the Aigo Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP5 personal media player is actually a working, fully-featured PMP with support for FM radio, eBooks, and an adequate variety of audio and video formats — it even outputs 720p content, though its own display is limited to 480 x 272. While Aigo’s sponsorship of the McLaren Mercedes Formula One car is this thing’s excuse for existence, it’s technically also under the company’s Patriot name (it’s called the Patriot MP5-MK3510) but we’re guessing the F1 theme will be more attractive to the Y chromosome than Winnie the Pooh.
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October 24th, 2008 by
Filed under: Portable Audio
Mmm, elastic, is there anything you can’t do? First it turned that quitter of a sock into a winner, now it promises to assist in producing “the deepest music” from an open Aigo E086 portable speaker. The 1.7 watt USB speaker features a single 36mm driver, a 3.5-mm headphone jack, and a 3-hour charge for up to 4 hours of usage. And hey, Cingular was done with that logo anyway. Yours in Japan for ¥2,580 or about 27 greenbacks.
[Via Impress]
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October 23rd, 2008 by
Filed under: Handhelds
It looks like France’s SFR will be getting some tweaked variant of Aigo’s familiar P8860 Intel-based MID… with 3G on-board. The device features an 800 x 480 touchscreen display, an 800MHz Atom CPU, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of flash memory, Bluetooth, WiFi, a VGA webcam, 3 megapixel camera, and a full slide-out AZERTY keyboard (as well as some odd, circular navigation wheel). Obviously the big bonus here is the 3G connectivity, which sounds like it will be offered at €19.90 (about $26) or €24.90 ($32) per month, depending on plan. By appearances, those plans include unlimited data — though the machine translated article seems to suggest there could be some capping. The Linux-powered device will sell for €249 / $310 (€349 with a €100 rebate) — no word on release date.
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October 7th, 2008 by
Filed under: Handhelds
The cats at UMPC Fever have taken the liberty of cracking open Aigo’s P8860 MID and splaying its contents out for the world to see. Apparently, the crew was looking for modding possibilities, and discovered that while the RAM and SSD are soldered to the mainboard, there’s ample room for an HSDPA or flash drive upgrade (they suggest 16GB or 32GB is doable, and who are we to argue). A picture says a thousand words, or so we’re told, so hit the read link and take a look at all the nasty innards.
[Via iTech News Net]
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September 29th, 2008 by
Filed under: Handhelds
Those really sold on Aigo’s P8860 MID (also sold as the Gigabyte M528) have already been able to get their hands on one if they were willing to pay a premium and go the eBay route, but it looks like Aigo has only now finally snagged its first official reseller in the form of Direct From Japan, which means the rest of us can now readily get one for $699 (with free worldwide shipping, no less). Perhaps even more interesting that, however, is word that Aigo has also signed a deal to make official Windows XP drivers for the device available in late October, which is more than a little reminiscent of Microsoft’s moves to snag a piece of the similarly Linux-friendly netbook market, though only time will tell if this relationship proves as successful.
[Via Pocketables]
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August 8th, 2008 by
Filed under: Handhelds
We’ve seen Aigo’s flagship MID from just about any angle you could imagine, but now that the P8860 has started to ship, we’re starting to see it freed from its Linux trappings and dressed up in a little bit of Windows XP. Video of just such harmony (or atrocity, if that’s the way you see it) is after the break.
Continue reading Aigo P8860 MID surfaces in Windows XP colors
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August 8th, 2008 by
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Right on schedule, Aigo’s 800MHz Atom Z500-powered P8860 MID (aka, the Gigabyte M528 for the US and Europe) is hitting the mean, retail streets of Hong Kong today. With it, we’ve got a bit of video showing off the new pen+finger-based MIDLinux (aka, Midinux) GUI which looks far better than it did when we went hands-on with the Gigabyte back in March. All in all, this 4.8-inch MID with Bluetooth, WiFi, sliding QWERTY, 4GB SSD, microSD expansion, and GPS and HSDPA data options is looking quite righteous for that $700-ish price tag and early reports coming out of UMPC Fever. Now bust out the xylophone and get ready to play along with the video posted after the break.
[Via Pocketables]
Continue reading Video: Aigo’s Patriot MID released, demonstrated inside elevator
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August 4th, 2008 by
Filed under: Handhelds
Aigo’s MID (more formally known as the MID P8860) just arrived in the anxious hands of UMPC Fever, and of course, it uploaded a number of photographs so we could all share in the joyous unboxing experience. Granted, you’ve already seen so many in the wild shots that you aren’t apt to be surprised, but we’re rather impressed with just how nicely everything was arranged inside of the subtle black box. We’d totally have to debadge it (is the Atom sticker really necessary… really?), but other than that it’s not a half bad item to have residing in your rear pocket. More shots in the read link.
[Via Pocketables, thanks Jenn]
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July 23rd, 2008 by
Filed under: Handhelds
Aigo hasn’t been keeping many secrets about its Atom-based MID, but it has been slightly less than forthcoming with any official word of a price or release date. The company now looks to have finally gotten its act together, however, with it announcing that the handheld, now officially dubbed the MID P8860, will be going on sale in Hong Kong on August 8th for $5,228 HKD (or about $670 — a full $100 less than the last price we heard). That’ll get you an 800MHz Atom Z500 processor, along with 512MB of RAM, a 4GB SSD, built-in WiFi, Bluetooth and, perhaps most notably, GPS. We even hear you can run XP on it.
[Thanks, Joe]
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May 9th, 2008 by
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Are you hoping to enter a “two-nuclear detonation true high-definition era” of PMP’ing? Do you desire “really high-definition video playback” which brings a “new visual shock?” Do you want a media player with “super hard drive recorders, easily direct D1 quality” which are “worth your small taste?” If you answered “yes” to those questions, you want the Aigo Patriot MV5920 Dual-Core MP5 player! The unit features video playback at 720p (though not 720p screen resolution), can handle MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, AVI, DivX, XviD, ASF, WMV9, RM, MP3, WMA, WAV, AC3, and OGG files, and features a hard drive as large as 160GB… but that’s not what you’re really after, is it? What you really want is “unlimited life,” right? Well, my friend “the curtain has been opened, such as what you.“
[Via PMP Today]
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January 11th, 2008 by
Filed under: CES, Handhelds
We got a chance to fondle the non-Menlow Amtek U560 / Aigo UMPC on the floor of this year’s CES, and we’ve got the pictures to prove it. The XP-running portable had a solid build, though the mechanism for sliding the screen felt a bit janky, and the overall size is possibly more than you want, especially with all the Menlow hotness coming our way this year. Perhaps a gallery of photos might help? Yeah, we thought so.
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December 19th, 2007 by
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Aigo’s certainly no stranger to nondescript PMPs, and it now looks to found room for one more in its increasingly crowded lineup, with its new Patriot P882 offer plenty of the usual features in a package that’s sure to stand out. Unfortunately, this one stands out for all the wrong reasons, as it apparently measures over an inch thick. On the upside, you will get a fairly hefty 80GB of storage, along with a “high-resolution” 4.3-inch touchscreen, A/V in and out ports, and a 2300 mAH battery that promises four hours of continuous video playback or 16 hours of music, not to mention support for just about every file format one could want. If for some reason you’re interest is still piqued, the device’s price will most certainly have you looking elsewhere, with it setting you back 3,999 yuan (or about $540).
[Via PMP Today]
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