The Company HTC has a laptop called the HTC Shift X9000 that is available for pre-order. It is a Linux based UMPC. The price is a suggested $1499, which makes it a lot different there than a lot of low cost Linux based UMPCs. No shipping date has been made available yet. The laptop comes with a Sprint EV-DO connection. Laptop magazine says it has the “best surfing experience of any UMPC. So why is it so expensive?

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