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Gigabyte has been teasing us with bits and pieces of information about its convertible M912 tablet PC for quite some time now. If you recall, we reported that one of its variant, the M912V was already released in Taiwan with an estimated retail price of around $892 US.

But new information about the M912 showed up via a Taiwanese poster at UMPC Fever. We learned that the Vista-powered M912V will actually have a suggested retail of around $656. It will also come with 1GB of RAM, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

We also learned that another model, the M912X which will come with Windows XP will have a retail price of around $620. And finally another model, the M912M with lower resolution display of 1024 x 600 will have a retail of around $556. Aside from the lower resolution, the M912M will also not have Bluetooth, hence the lower price tag.

So for those still waiting for Gigabyte’s convertible tablet PC to hit the market, at least you will have three options to choose from once they become available.

Via [Engadget]

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Gigabyte has just released the M912V notebook in Taiwan. This tablet style notebook features a touch sensitive swivel LCD panel with a 1280x768 resolution, a 160GB 2.5-inch SATA hard drive,1GB of RAM, an express card slot, a 1.3-megapixel webcam, Wi-Fi, and even has an option for built-in HSDPA support.

The M912V would have been a good competitor to most of the netbooks around if not for its high price. This M912V is expected to retail for around $890 and it will come pre-installed with Windows Vista. Unfortunately for us, there are no words yet as to whether the M912V would be released internationally.

Via [Akihabara News]

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Gigabyte has unveiled their latest UMPC, the M700, at CeBIT 2008. While there is no shortage of available UMPC’s right now, there aren’t too many that can combine good looks with decent power. Packing specs that could make even the Cloudbook pale, the device manages to look pretty good in and out with a whopping 2GB of RAM along with a 1.2GHz C7M Via processor. It has a nice 7-inch touchscreen display that can put out resolutions of up to 1024x600 and 40-60GB of disk space, which is more than adequate for something that is supposed to be ultra-mobile. Other than these details and the little tidbit that it runs Vista Home Premium, not much else is known about the M700, but these things don’t usually stay under the wraps for too long, do they? Look for us to bring you more details as they come available.

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