Or is is just me ? Well about few days back the same inquirer said that UMPC is a Disaster, and they had some valid point to that,
Now they have a new article with the title “UMPC killer revealed, reviewed” – Great lets get to see what they have in it. They talk about a 40″JVC TV amnd its review, then about some ATP Thumbdrive, then about some video card and then the only place i see a reference is the Review of ths Sony UX50 at Digital Trends(they have a rating of 9 /10 for this device), which the inquirer states
It has a unique design that sets it apart from the rest of the UMPC/Ultra portable segment and reminds us how exceptional Sony designers can be at time. The UX50 has a sliding full size keyboard with two cameras, a unique design, a touch screen and a honestly priced tag. The rest is also impressive. 1.06GHz Core Solo with 2MB cache, 512MB memory, a 30GB HDD, 4.5-inch TFT and HD Audio.”
So what do they mean by honestly priced tag. The UMPC has a 7″ much better size with pretty much the same config other than those few gimmics and they said it was OVER PRICED. So what do you think ? I understand that when bloggers weite about stuff it is their personal opinion as opposed to a REVIEW that the public can refer to. Go ahead tell us what you you think.
What I and millions of other business users want is a touch type keyboard computer that is about 4 inches by 7.5 inches and less than an inch thick that would use a compatible OS with mainstream desktops. I was and am still hoping a new batch of umpc’s will think out of the box and design the proper form factor with this OS. The reason the price is an issue is that so far all devices are not meeting our needs so price is an issue. The current umpc’s are too large to be portable and lack touch type keyboard input. Devices like the OQO are also suffering from the same problem, yes it is small but the wrong size with no keyboard. If it had a decent keyboard and would fit in a jacket pocket then the price is well justified.
I cannot understand what all those sceptic guys want. UX180P is the best Ultra portable device on the market. There is nothing else from the UMPCs that can be compared to it.
All current UMPCs are with bigger 7″ screens but with much lower resolution.
And if we compare the CPU, then nothing can be a match-nor Transmeta, nor VIA CPU.
So, I think the price (1800) is fare and good and I am willing to pay it for such a device like UX. But I will never pay the -1000 for Q1 or something similar.