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New products and alternatives / GPD micro pc 2 - techspot news
« on: July 11, 2025, 03:59:23 pm »
https://www.techspot.com/news/108632-gpd-micropc-2-495-pocket-sized-pc-intel.htm

GPD MicroPC 2 is a $495 pocket-sized PC with Intel's new Twin Lake chip
First update in six years for the 7-inch Windows (or Linux) 2-in-1
By Daniel Sims Today 8:13 AM
GPD MicroPC 2 is a $495 pocket-sized PC with Intel's new Twin Lake chip
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Why it matters: GPD has spent the past year updating its various ultra-portable PC models to AMD's Ryzen AI chipset, substantially improving their gaming and AI performance. Although the company's latest product, the MicroPC 2, instead uses a low-power Intel Twin Lake CPU, it shares the GPD Pocket 4's updated design at half the price.

Pre-orders for GPD's upcoming MicroPC 2 are now open. With shipping set to begin in September, early-bird pricing for the 7-inch Windows 11 PC with a swivel display starts at $495, around half the cost of the company's other 2025 handhelds.

Starting with last year's GPD Pocket 4, the Hong Kong-based ultra-portable PC maker has rapidly released new models in multiple form factors featuring Ryzen AI 9 processors and Radeon 800M series GPUs. Although the lineup offers better-than-Steam-Deck performance in variants resembling a Sony PSP or a nano laptop, they typically cost over $1,000.



Users waiting for an update to GPD's sub-$500 model from 2019 receive a substantial spec upgrade with the MicroPC 2. Like the GPD Pocket 4, it features various modern expansion ports, a fingerprint scanner, and a touchscreen that turns 180 degrees and folds over the keyboard, essentially making it a pocket 2-in-1.

Although the new Intel N250 Twin Lake CPU maintains the original MicroPC's 4-core, 4-thread arrangement, the boost clock frequency increases from 2.6 GHz to 3.8 GHz, while the L3 cache expands from 4 MB to 6 MB. According to GPD, the MicroPC 2 quintuples its predecessor's Geekbench 6 Vulkan GPU score and exceeds the older model's single-core CPU score by more than an order of magnitude.

Additionally, the newer model supports up to three 4K 60Hz external monitors through an HDMI 2.1 port and two DisplayPort 1.4 USB-C ports. Two additional 10Gbps USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A ports are also included.

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The 1.08-pound, 6.74 x 4.36 x 0.92-inch pocket PC comes with 512GB of storage as standard and supports expansions through PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSDs and microSD cards. The only available memory configuration offers 16 GB of LPDDR5 RAM.

Although the MicroPC 2 ships with Windows 11 24H2, it also supports version 6.14.3 of the stable Linux kernel, allowing users to install Android, ChromeOS, Ubuntu, Debian, and other distros.

GPD's spec sheets compared the 2019 model favorably to the original Microsoft Surface Go, and the MicroPC 2 might have more significant advantages over the Surface Go 3. It has a higher-resolution touch screen, 2-in-1 functionality, and more ports in a package that is nearly a pound and a half lighter and hundreds of dollars cheaper.

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General Discussion / surrendering domain zaurus.org.uk - any takers?
« on: August 31, 2021, 05:59:04 pm »
I've had the domain a long time but I've not had a Zaurus for a long time (my last working one was stolen long ago), so I was thinking it's probably time to give up the domain, ideally by handing it over to someone else who will run a website on it and host the downloads I've stored there a long time.

I checked the web access logs and the only access has been search engine bots.

I just don't want the domain to fall into the hands of advertising spam services.

There's four weeks left before it needs renewing. If you want it, create a login on Godaddy and I will get them to transfer it you your account.

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General Discussion / The 8-bit guy retrospective on portables
« on: January 23, 2021, 07:24:37 am »
This makes me feel old!
https://youtu.be/d3NIe1jTZMc

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New products and alternatives / DIY: Raspberry Pi HPi95LX
« on: December 26, 2020, 10:38:47 am »
https://www.tomshardware.com/uk/news/raspberry-pi-hp95lx-cyberdeck-project

"Raspberry Pi HPi95LX Project is a Retro PDA Masterpiece"

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For Sale / Wanted / Wanted: Gemini HDMI cable adaptor
« on: December 05, 2020, 06:47:53 am »
Hi,
I'm looking to buy an HDMI cable/adaptor did a Gemini.

I'm in the UK, near Cambridge.

Thanks

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NANOTE 7″ 2-in-1 Mini Laptop with Intel Atom X5 Processor to Launch for $185 in Japan

https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/04/28/nanote-7-2-in-1-mini-laptop-with-intel-atom-x5-processor-to-launch-for-185-in-japan/

"if you’re looking for an entry-level mini laptop NANOTE appears to be a better option as the 7″ mini laptop will sell for 19,800 yen, or about $185, once it launches on May 1st."

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General Discussion / Pinebook Pro
« on: November 08, 2019, 08:56:49 am »
did anyone else get a pinebook pro?
I am really impressed with the quality and the performance, it's a really decent little laptop.

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New products and alternatives / Chuwi Minibook
« on: June 18, 2019, 03:52:35 pm »

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General Discussion / pocketables forum came back
« on: October 27, 2018, 05:14:53 pm »
there are a few of us who also hung out at the pocketables forum because we also owned UMPCs (I had a Fujitsu U820 / U2010)..

after a few years of crappy ownership and neglect of the pocketables "brand" by crowdgather, pocketables is now in the hands of Paul King who's rebuilding it, and now he's got the forums back online.

https://forums.pocketables.com/

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Gemini PDA - General Discussion / RiscOS on Gemini?
« on: October 26, 2018, 02:08:02 pm »
Now that RiscOS is open source, I wonder if anyone will try building it for the Gemini?

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/23/ri...os_open_source/

I'm not sure that anyone would use it as their primary OS, and you might not get many people trying it, but it's an interesting thing.

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Gemini PDA - Android / Rotation control pro - free
« on: October 21, 2018, 08:25:35 am »
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?...ationcontrolpro

Free at the moment. This type of app makes life much better with the Gemini

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New products and alternatives / Topjoy falcon
« on: October 15, 2018, 12:14:49 pm »
https://www.cnx-software.com/2018/10/15/top...dows-10-ubuntu/

'''
Intel Pentium Silver N5000 CPU
8G RAM
256G SSD disk
1920*1200 FHD IPS touch screen
6000 mAh battery for up to 8 hours working time
1 x USB A 3.0, 1 x USB Type-C
1 x 3.5mm headphone jack
1 x Mini HDMI port
Active cooling
802.11ac WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0
Backlit keyboard
Windows 10 Home
Weight 550g (1lb 3oz)
Fits easily in your pocket'''


'It will soon be available on Kickstarter with an early bird price of $399 and an expected retail price of $699.'

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