Thursday, March 15, 2007

Microsoft co-founder ships handheld PC

FlipStart Labs, which was founded by <A HREF="http://www.palmblvd.com/articles/2007/3/2007-3-8-Microsoft-Co-Founder.html">Microsoft-co-founder Paul Allen,</A> announced its plans to ship a super compact PC, almost as small as a Blackberry or other smartphone, with full Windows support. The first units for sale are slated to begin March 27.

FlipStart weighs less than two pounds but has a basic PC inside. The 5.6-inch screen provides 1024x700 pixel resolution. Under the hood is a 1.1GHz Pentium M low-power processor, 512MB of memory, a 30GB hard drive and integrated graphics. These specs are at the very minimum required to run Vista.

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