For UMPCs to be a success, they must be more than a slimmed-down notebook or large PDA. “If it is going to end up that way, I don’t think it will succeed. It has to be something beyond just an ‘in-between,’ ” said Dadi Perlmutter, senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s Mobility Group.
26Apr2006
Silly comment. This guy contradicts himself in his own article.
>> For UMPCs to be a success, they must be more than a slimmed-down notebook or large PDA. “If it is going to end up that way, I don’t think it will succeed. It has to be something beyond just an ‘in-between,’ ” Perlmutter said.
What features are needed? Nothing, really, other than the specs are calling for:
> This combination of high-speed connectivity and the relatively large LCD screen will allow users to access information on the Web that’s not viewable on the small screen of a cell phone or PDA, he said.
Its really that simple. If UMPCs allow you to quickly and reliably access the internet with the specified form factor (