Kohjinsha's U.S. Ultraportable to Run Vista Only?

Will Kohjinsha's newly-announced SH series of ultraportables run Vista well on its puny 600MHz processors? As UMPC Portal's "Chippy" points out, "the specs don't match up." If XP can be crookshanked on the little beggar, however, it could be a sweet little machine: a proper QWERTY keyboard, albeit in miniature, a pocketable form factor, and, best of all, availability in the west.

"All will have 1024x600 touch enabled LED backlit convertible screens (I will assume that this is the same lovely Samsung-manufactured screen that is in the Q1 Ultra. Possibly the best 7" finger touchscreen on the market at the moment) and come with a 29W/hr battery for around 3.5 hours of use. On top of that, they've produced a 60W/hr batter for a huge 7 hours of productivity. Local Japan pricing is competitive at between 600 and 750 Euros."

Vista is the punchline of the performance 'n' power joke that is UMPC. We're starting to see some seriously great devices (a year in!) but the lack of a sexy new operating system, that actually works for the hardware, is still a killer.

Product Page [Kohjinsha via UMPC Portal]