Taiwan-based E-Lead Electronic will show off its new Noahpad UMPC at CES 2008 next week. Dubbed “classmate, roommate, and travelmate,” the unit runs Ubuntu 7.10 by default but is capable of running Windows XP on its 1GHz VIA C7 Eden processor (CX700 chipset), 30GB hard drive, and 512MB of RAM. Its 7-inch display is LED backlit and lifts up and folds down backwards to reveal a QWERTY keyboard that can apparently be used blindly (look at the inset image).