30Mar2006
Posted by Joe
in Analysis.
Darryl Burling has posted his opinions on why he thinks UMPC will be a success. The UMPC is about to hit store shelves. Lots of people are wondering whether these devices will make any sense in the market and if they will sell at all.
Looking at the platform design goals, there are four key advantages of the Ultra Mobile PC:
- Full PC and internet capabilities
- Location adaptability
- Anytime connectivity
- Ultra mobility
In this series I’ll look at each of these and try and figure out why this advantage is compelling….
Interesting enough that darryl has some clear points of various facts that will and should be considered while speculating the market for the UMPCs.
Read the full posting at [geekzone]
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30Mar2006
Posted by Joe
in General.
Remember the days when hugo said there is something that toshiba is working on and we would see something soon, but Looks like Toshiba’s Matt Codrington has responded to a postiong on Hugo’s blog that it is NOT going to happen and says…
So…I hope I’m not going to disappoint your readers when I tell you that although Toshiba is going to continue to be at the leading edge of technology there are no plans to bring an ‘Origami’ type UMPC device to market. Having said that things are always in the works……
Lets keep innovating.
Oh boy, we were exicited about all this but well may be something else is waiting for us.
Source [jKOnTheRun]
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29Mar2006
Posted by Joe
in Software.
Microsoft has made this (a part of the touchpack) download available to the public and developers to get them started on developing applications for the UMPC.
Stephen Toub discusses Sudoku, the number puzzle game, and demonstrates how to build an application to solve puzzles, generate puzzles, and enable Tablet PC-enhanced game play. This article closely examines Stephen Toub’s Tablet PC-based implementation of Sudoku. It is the same implementation in the Touch Pack, a software package that comes preinstalled on ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs). The article details the algorithmic aspects of implementing a Sudoku game, in addition to the specific details that help you implement other applications designed for Tablet PC and UMPC.
For more information & to download, please visit Microsoft’s download site
via [Eric Lam's MSN Blog]
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29Mar2006
Posted by Joe
in Shopping.
Australia based Tegatech has teamed up with TabletKiosk and when i read about this from Geekzone and visited the site, I was under the notion that i’m looking at tabletkiosk website (actually no, looks the the company just replaced the logo and some content) Well you should take a look at it. Yep, it’s all the same.
Now UMPCians in Australia and New Zealand can order their UMPCs that has the same spec as listed on TabletKiosk’s website.
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29Mar2006
Posted by Joe
in Hardware and Samsung.
Engadget reports the appearence of Samsung Q1 on the FCC website, So its most likely that US will have samsung anytime now. it says…
…So if you wanted the lowdown, the Q1’s (still) got a Celeron M ULV, 256MB (upgradeable to 1GB), an Intel 915GMS chipset, 60GB drive (up from 40GB!), Ethernet, 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, two USB 2.0 ports, VGA out, audio out, a 7-inch 800 x 480 display, and three cell battery. Like we said, not a lot there we didn’t know. But if you did want to snag a sneak peek at how all the Origami (aka Microsoft Touch Pack) and all that UMPC multimedia software works, they’ve got a hefty 140-some-odd page user manual for you to peruse at your leisure (PDF links part 1 and part 2)…
Read more at engadget | FCC Site
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