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UMPC finally solves all problems of worthless notebooks and tablet PCs

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fkh

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As a fresh owner of Samsung Q1, just wanted to share some excitement.

Unlike Sony, Samsung again solved everything on a first try, the device is sweet cool, priceworthy. Thumbs up.

Only question which stays is, why it took so long time to realize that PDAs are waste of effort and moneys and notebooks are not true mobile office, simply because you cannot carry them everywhere?


DesireArt
 
Could you give us some review on your experience so far?

To me, UMPC is too big. I can put my Dell Axim x51v in my pants pocket and take it anywhere. I can't do that with UMPC. You have to put it inside a backpack or something. Please give me some insight. I want to see how you use it and what you think about it.

Thanks
 
I have several PDAs, but i allways ended up in that i am missing keyboard (ok, i purchased one for ipaq, but it is not comfortable). But biggest disadvantage is, that PDAs doesnt run windows or linux. I mean real windows or real linux. Conversion of documents is not smooth and you gonna miss the applications you are using on desktop. I have run through all this, i mean, i have PDA with 640x480 and VGA output and USB for masstorage and keyboard, but those who tried that will confirm that it solves nothing.

Size: it fits to my jacket pocket. Not to shirt pocket, but PDA looks there weird and in pants i cannot sit with PDA in trausers. It fits to kidney-bag and any bagpack.
Letter recognition: it works. PDA never worked for me
Onscreen keyboard - on PDA it is joke, the transparent one on Q1 - i got used to it in less than a day, writing emails and my long docs.
Peripherals - it is XP, all works there. on PDA you have problem with even flashdrive, keyboard mouse - get desktop with plugin of USB hub
WIFI+ethernet - internet is ok on the screen, 640x480 on PDAs is too bad and you need alternate browser to use internet at least a bit, ethernet is perfect for moving of movies/large data
Disk - PDA have no disk, 4 GB compact flash for riduculous price i shoot in less than 30 minutes.
Applications - on PDA is all sofwtware paid, and all apps are BAD.
CF slot - i am photographer, so it is like a gift. PDA is even opening picture a 1.4 minute! I can control my camera over USB and it's application. I have now 7" preview before shooting. Photoshop!
Performance - IT IS FAST! As fast as subnotebook. Harddrive is not bad either benchmark will follow.
Multimedia - well 40 GB and embedded XP with Mediacenter interface and instant start (one position of power on button will go you to XP, other to media player), it is awesome in car.


Games:
http://desire-art.com/img/samsung.jpg
You simply can for those who care, on PDA you are lost. You got also great control (joystick on left side). Strategy games are perfect. Hell you can connect the monitor without cable adapter and with dedicated button switch resolution instantly and plugin the joystick over USB.

I might continue, but i simply sold my notebooks and now going to sell the PDAs because it is now all useless, at least for me.

Hdd benchmark, it is ok!:
http://desire-art.com/img/fkhq1hdd.png
 
Here is even prove i am selling fast my latest expensive tryout to help me to get real mobile device:

ok i deleted the ebay link. for those who care, lookup thekhn2000 user
 
What about battery life on it? Can you switch between landscape and portrait? Do they make a case like the bump case for motion pcs?
 
rotating is single button solution.
nearly 4hours in discrete mode
bigger battery also available
 
it depends. it fits to pocket in my jacket or to any bag u have with you. notebook it can replace easily if your demands can be handled by subnotebook. for me it is like miracle
 
UMPCs have their niche but they're not a universal laptop replacement. I take my laptop to school and work and can't work on a 7" screen. Programming just isn't any fun at that size. I have a hard enough time on a 19" widescreen and a 23" LCD HDTV running on the same computer.

They are really cool and I hope to be able to afford one someday, but I don't think 95% of the population would benefit from one at all.

I think I saw one that you could dustomize with a 120GB hdd and 1gb ram. That would have some use for me.
 
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