SlashGear Japan
Variety is the spice of life, they say, and unless they’re talking about the drivel that was my high-school Variety Performance I think they’re right. So it’s with baited breath I wait for new models of UMPC, in the hope that one day some clever manufacturer will manage the delicate balance between Alienware performance and Electrovaya battery life.
Innovation takes one step closer to tech nirvana, today, with the announcement of two new UMPCs. Firstly, for those of us who like our computers to be as S&M rubber-clad as our basement dungeons, the Mo-bits VX3 champions “ruggedised design”; so far it’s unknown as to whether that means “you can kick it about on an oil rig and still get a DOS prompt” or is just a fashionable way of describing textured grip panels. What is known is that it’s based on a reference design that will go into production this September (only without the masochist costume) and wields VIA’s clever VX700 chipset that takes the strain off your UMPC’s overtaxed processor by natively supporting WMV and mpeg-4. Clever stuff, if only the software was written to take advantage of it; users of rival UMPC the Easybook P7, also featuring VIA’s native mpeg support, have found that video is just as processor intensive because media software supporting hardware decoding is pretty thin on the ground.
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7 Responses to “Two New UMPCs”
Nate August 6, 2006
It’s good some UMPC rolls out and adding their own wistle and bells instead of following the guidelines set, sometimes set of rules can undermine creativity and innovations
NeutralVincent Nguyen August 6, 2006
I agree with you on that Nate! We’re releasing our review of the Samsung Q1 review tomorrow morning. Trust me it was difficult to write the review without being so negative. Chris Davies did a great job co-auhtoring the review.
Neutralkapubar August 6, 2006
umpc is another fail attemp of tabletpc. move on …
NeutralJimBeam August 6, 2006
the major reason for the failure is the user interface…it will be successful when data entry as well as gestures become available through more advance screen inputs
NeutralEwdison Then August 6, 2006
I dont really like the idea of UMPC too, the one i tried was Sony UMPC which is soooo tiny i can barely read anything, but it will have its own market. a friend of mine whos a photographer is planning to get one to replace his portable photo storage.
Neutralmac guy August 6, 2006
I’d like it more if it was running OS X and not the crappy ass windos xp
NeutralEwdison Then August 6, 2006
i’m sure it can be done :) it’s just another pc under the hood :)
Neutral