There were a lot of us who were excited about the UMPC /Origami thing, but hold on! There is a great article at Carrypad which talks about an Alternative - yes an alternative that has pretty much the same thing as UMPC and the best part -it’s already in the market for almost the same price!
Yes we are talking about the JVC XP741 - James Kendrick has a great review of the product [click here], It’s surprising everything we heard about the UMPC device already seem to exist, except for the Touch Pack and the touch screen.
Processor: Pentium-M ULV 1.1Ghz (same as origami spec)
Chipset: Intel 855 GME (same as Origami spec)
8.9″ screen (outside Origami spec - but see overall dimensions below!!!)
40GB Hard drive - Check!
256MB memory (expandable to 768) - Check!
Wifi 802.11b/g - Check!
Weight - 900g (1000g with battery) - check!
1024×600 resolution - better than origami
Price: Euro1000 - check!What it lacks - Touch screen, touch pack and bluetooth. It also only has XP and obviously not tablet edition.
But wait - look at the dimensions of this thing.
Samsung Q1 ‘Origami’ 228 x 25 x 140 mm 7″ screen
JVC XP741: 225 x 29,5 x 152 mm 8.9″ screenIt’s got an 8.9″ screen and the overall dimensions are same as that of Samsung Q1!! It also has a pc-card slot and flexible battery options. For an extra 200grams or so you can clip on the supplied extra battery and get a confirmed 5 hours life. 5 hours! Linux is known to run on it and in my opinion it even looks cooler than any Origami to date. If I was in the market for an Origami-like device, I’d buy this with a bluetooth dongle and be very happy…
Read the full Article [click here] via Carrypad blog.
No Touch screen, touch pack, bluetooth and tablet edition and on top of that it has a keyboard!
Nope - not for me I’ll wait