The Korean Vega Ultra Portable plans to give some serious competition to all the UMPCs of the world. Industry pundits claim that the new Vega may just be able to successfully butt head with the almighty Sony UX ! Before getting impressed, lets just see what the Vega is all about and can it find a strong footing amongst giants like Sony and Microsoft?

The Vega handheld computer is powered by the AMD Geode processor and size wise is akin to the Sony UX. It measures about 160 X 80 X 27.5mm and weighs around 480grams. Using Windows XP Home as its operating system and sporting 256 MB of RAM, the Vega may just get a lot of takers. One cool feature is no doubt the incorporation of a lot of buttons which usually are missing on the current crop of UMPC’s. This would simply mean that users will be able to adapt to the handheld more easily.

Connectivity options include Wi-Fi and the device sports a high resolution 4.3 inch LCD. There is also a 30GB Hard Disk and the company has also incorporated a connector for a GPS antenna. Via the onboard USB port one can connect to a remote keyboard and also access DMD reception. The Vega handheld sgould be available by September this year for about 700 US $.

Via Palm Addict and Aving