19Mar2006
Posted by Joe
in Hardware.
Hey but wait. This is just 5.8″. So is there a chance that we get them at much lesser prices than the other ones? Origami Portal pointed out the Product pages of the Mo-Bits which has this BoBos (so what does this mean anyway?). They seem to be working on some devices but we are not sure if they are UMPCs or just another handheld which looks like one such device. There is no other English information other than the image and the size of this product
Product Pages of Mo-Bits
Via Origami Portal
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19Mar2006
Posted by Joe
in Analysis and General.
That’s the educators take on this.
David Whyley - ICT Consultant Headteacher, handheld learning guru and key figure in Wolverhampton’s Learning2Go initiative, the largest handheld computer pilot currently in Europe, takes a trip over to CeBIT to meet Microsoft’s Origami first hand to see what all the hype is about and assess it’s possibilities for use in Schools….
The device will certainly be of interest to all of us I am sure. It is basically a tablet PC with a really cool user interface. It can be operated by pen like a tablet and also has a really nice on-screen keypad which you operate with both hands like those ergonomic keyboards of a few years ago…
Read the full article [here] VIA: [UMPC Buzz]
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18Mar2006
Posted by Joe
in General.
From the press release of Franklin Covey, it looks like their popular product for the Tablet PCs “PlanPlus” will now be supported in UMPCs too
“FranklinCovey’s PlanPlus for Windows XP 5.0 was created with the company’s development partner Agilix Labs. The application is a full featured planning system designed to bring the experience of using the FranklinCovey Planning System to desktops, laptops, Tablet PCs and now the Ultra Mobile PC. The application allows the user to utilize FranklinCovey’s planning methodology in one complete system. The software incorporates a calendar, contacts, and task management with enhanced features for daily and weekly planning, note-taking and organization within the layout and familiarity of a paper planning system. … “
Read the full news at [MobileTech Review]
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17Mar2006
Posted by Joe
in Asus and Hardware.
X-Bit labs shed some details on the Asus R2H, nothing new to most us but then they have some good Hi-Res pictures of R2H.
The device is pretty exciting, but too bulky to be an iPod rival. But Asus knows that and says that the product will be a “killer�? for portable media players (PMPs) that can playback music and videos, because UMPC is basically a small form-factor tablet PC without keyboard, which may allow to use much more functions compared to the PMP, being not more expensive compared to them: typical PMPs cost starting from $500, whereas a UMPC price should begin with $600, or just a little more. Generally, Asustek’s R2H complies to the guidelines set by Microsoft Corp. and features built-in web-cam, Bluetooth, WLAN, etc.
Click here to view some hi-res images
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17Mar2006
Posted by Joe
in Analysis.
This is not an average Mac/Apple addict article, Apple Matters (a serious, yet irreverent look at all things Apple) has an article which states,
…people might ask “Why would Microsoft go after iTunes and not the more profitable iPod?” An excellent question. Microsoft and its hardware partners have learned the hard way that taking on the iPod directly is next to impossible. If you build a better spec’d player it isn’t as intuitive. If you build a cheaper player, it isn’t as stylish. If you build a superior player in every quantifiable way consumers will simply say it won’t run iTunes. In the end, all the assaults on the iPod have come to naught. One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting different results. Microsoft is not deranged….
Here is the full article
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