milnoc
join:2001-03-05
H2Z
 ·TekSavvy Solutions..
| They'll get better in time.
It's still a very new market segment. It'll take a bit of time for the market to mature. But still, UMPCs have made a few strides in the last couple of years. One example is my Fujitsu U810 UMPC which despite its limitations has turned out to be my favourite mobile device, greatly surpassing the convenience of my 12" tablet PCs.
Here's my review of the U810 as posted on YouTube.
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GlobalMind
Domino Dude, POWER Systems Guy
Premium
join:2001-10-29
Hollywood, FL
| A colleague of mine has one of those Fujitsu's as well. He seems to like it, and frankly I would too but for the cost.
I just don't see myself having a need for it that would justify it at this time. The only thing I could see myself using it for is to backup my CF cards over a race shooting weekend, but I can easily get a Wolverine or Epson unit for that for a great deal less money.
What would be cool with the Fujitsu and others like it is the ability to load other software on it, which I could then use while on a trip instead of the laptop.
Maybe later.
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milnoc
join:2001-03-05
H2Z
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| You can. Many UMPCs are fully functional PCs in a scaled-down package. Mine's loaded with Vista (ugh), OpenOffice.org, Google Earth, Zoom Player, The Gimp, Sim City 4, Audacity, Skype... As long as the PC software can work within the constraints of the screen size, there's no problem. |
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