MIU has just announced their M*Free UMPC which they're dubbing a Hybrid Dual Portable Computer (HDPC). It's a dual-booting UMPC that comes with Windows XP with an additional Windows CE install or Linux. The Linux flavor of choice is Qplus which is an embedded version of linux that seems to be popular in Korea. Under the hood they've got a VIA C7-M CPU at up to 1.0 GHz, a 30GB hard drive and a sweet seven hours of battery life. It loks like this device is ready to do everything that you'll want a UMPC to do, from GPS to VOIP as well as video conferencing. Look for this one at the beginning of the second half of this year coming in at around $500.

I've just uploaded a set of images of the Gigabyte M704 UMPC that was launched at CeBIT 2008. This is the 2nd VIA based UMPC that features a 1024x600 native resolution. It's also got a very nice sliding QWERTY keyboard, a multi-card reader, 2 USB ports and VGA-out. All of that at just 768 grams. This is one UMPC you're going to want to keep your eyes on.

Wibrain had a big booth at CeBIT this year, and it sounds like their UMPC is a big hit. In this video you'll see some of the B1's accessories including the car mount that includes GPS (brilliant idea!) and a docking station with built-in DVD-RW. Another interesting tidbit in the video is that the B1 UMPC will be available with both Windows XP and Linux. Remember, I wrote about the Wibrain B1L that was scheduled for a Korea only release. This video makes it sound like we just might be seeing a Wibrain B1 running Unbuntu outside of Korea afterall.

If ordering the CloudBook UMPC from Walmart doesn't seem palatable to you, now you can get free shipping from Circuit City. It doesn't look like they're going to have the CloudBook in stores, but free shipping sure sounds good to me. If you don't like either of those options there's always Newegg who have always had an awesome return policy. Hopefully we'll see some of these retailers selling the CE1200J which was announced yesterday.