14Dec2006
About a month back there was a news about the World’s lightest and the smallest Apple Tablet PC / UMPC. Well this was custom built one. If you’ve not heard/seen it in action here it is.
For those of you who still have some doubts on what we posted yesterday about Mac OS X on the Asus R2H, here is some more interesting stuff. Igor just sent us the video of the Asus R2H booting up the Mac OS X and how some of the applications run with the touch screen. This is awesome. For those who have been waiting for the Apple Tablet wait no more, Buy your favorite Tablet PC and install the Mac OS X.
Here is the Video of Mac OS X running on the Asus R2H.
Continue reading ‘Video: Mac OS X on Asus R2H’
13Nov2006
There has been a lot of people asking about this. I managed to get it working. Here are the simple steps!
- Make sure you have at least the Vista Rc1 installed. A lot of drivers might have been installed when Vista does the automatic updates.
- For the rest of the drivers you could just use the driver backup CD from Asus
- Now for th wireless. Use the backup CD or download it from here and install the “Wireless Lan Driver and Application” Yes, it might install and will refuse to work.
- The easy fix. Restart, you’ll be prompted with an error about the “Wireless Lan Driver and Application” – Don’t worry
- Go to your Device Center and choose the wireless card and say “update driver” … and browse for the directory that you installed the application. (default being “Program Files > ASUS > WLAN Card Utilities”) Now assuming that you have the original xp untouched, you can browse the directory out there too.
- You’ll find a directory within named “Driver”. Choose that and say “OK”
- Tada… you have it working.
- Now go ahead and uninstall the application (WLAN Card Utilities), you really don’t need it, you can use Windows network manager.
Or the super duper easy way. Download the driver files from here (this is same as the one mentioned above) and get it going. If at all you run in to issues do post them here. I wonder why Asus has bundled the driver in an application.
27Oct2006
What’s in the Box?
There has been a lot of speculation that all the US models will have the double pack battery, still no confirmation on that. But the one that I got, did come with the double pack battery.
- Main unit (Asus R2H UMPC)
- Double pack battery
- Power Cable
- VGA cable
- Mini USB to standard USB connector
- USB Sync kit and a case for it
- Screen care / cleaning cloth
- A really nice ASUS branded case
- A Mini mouse with built in cord organizer
- Windows XP Tablet OS CD
- All Asus Installed Software CDs
- Microsoft Streets & Maps 2006 (was expecting the 2007!)
- Product Manual & Quick start guide.
- and a stand
Continue reading ‘Asus R2H: Detailed Review’
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26Oct2006
First Impression: Awesome.
So far so good, I bought the Samsung Q1 and returned the device within a couple of days, but this one is for me. I love the device so far (well its been only 6 hours since I started using it). The unit feels a bit heavy for the size and may be it’s just the first impression but believe me its really sturdy and has a great feel with the brushed metal finish.
I’m still getting used to the device. I was really surprised and happy to see that Asus has bundled the extended battery with it (not sure if it will be the default for all US models though). They also throw a case, mini mouse (still handles very well) and screen cleaning cloth. Make sure to come back for more detailed review.
Here are some of the pictures of the unboxing of the Asus R2H UMPC
Tune in at OnlyUMPC.com for a detailed review soon
UPDATE: Click here for the detailed review of Asus R2H
18Jul2006
We’ve heard about this. The initial models like 830g UMPC is powered by an Intel Celeron 900 Mhz CPU, running on MS Windows XP Tablet Edition and ships with 512MB of DDR2 400 memory (max 1GB) and a built-in 30GB hard drive. Dimensions will be 25.5mm(W)x 114mm(D) x 25mm(H).
This unit should be the same as the founder mininote(both the case and the spec), personally I like the dock on this, really cool.
The Solo M1 features a variety of multimedia features, including video and music playback via Windows Media player, a DMB tuner, a 1.3 MP webcam for video conferencing and a 4-in-1 (MMC/ SDIO/ MS/ MS Pro) memory card reader.
