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View Full Version : UMID's M2 becomes Onkyo's BX, beats it to market



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December 14th, 2009, 15:05
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UMID may have jumped the gun a bit when it let the world know that its M2 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/umid,m2) was already in development (http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/forthcoming-umid-m2-already-dancing-on-m1s-spotlight/) months before the M1 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/umid,m1) had even hit retail. Other than a glimpse at IDF (http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/umid-m2-hands-on-at-idf/) we haven't seen much from the thing, but Onkyo seems to have grabbed the rights to create its own, called the BX. It definitely shares the same design as the M2, but its 1.2GHz Atom Z515 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/z515) processor is 400MHz down on what the M2 is expected (or at least hoped) to ship with. There's 512MB of memory on tap, a 32GB SSD, and a 4.8-inch 1024 x 600 LCD upon which Windows XP is lovingly applied. Impressive specs, but at an impressive price -- ¥64,800, or about $730. We'll keep our netbooks, thanks.
Gallery: Onkyo BX (http://www.engadget.com/photos/onkyo-bx/)
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