Sure, Sony maybe coming out with a new portable device, but just because it has a keyboard doesn’t make it a UMPC (in fact, no currently available UMPC has a built-in keyboard). The UMPC label is dangerously close to being completely useless. Should we call the long-rumored video iPod a UMPC too? Where does the line get drawn?

At any rate, this thing looks really, really small. It’s hard to judge from the pictures, but if that is indeed a standard memory stick on it, then this thing is likely much smaller and lighter than any UMPC that’s currently available. Now, just because it is half the size/weight of a UMPC and has a keyboard doesn’t necessarily disqualify it from the UMPC race.

But these two things will:

Lack of a windows OS

Lack of the ability to “ink”

Now, I don’t know for sure if the unit actually lacks a Windows OS or lacks the ability to ink. I’d wager that one of the two comes up missing. It is an interesting, but awkward looking device to be sure. We’ll watch this one closely.

You can see some more pics and rumored specs via mobilitytoday.com.

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