11Apr2006
Posted by Joe
in Hardware and Reviews.
We’ve seen tones of comparisons and tests with intel and via processors, now VIA seems to take center stage, yes VIA arena has published a detailed test result of this. (wait! The site is VIA’s own site) But the test has in-depth test results that you’d surely be interested in
Carrypad goes further to give us the results in simple words. They have a lot more information on CPU comparisons and power utilization for the UMPCs.
UMPCs - 4 hours at minimum load.
By using a VIA C7, the results show 7.31 hours of min power draw testing with a battery twice the size of an Origami battery. The maths are quite easy there because the CPU clockrate has a minimal effect on battery power at idle or low-load operations.
UMPCs - under 2 hours at full-load.
The full-load VIA example is just as interesting. The laptop tested gives 3.2 hours using a 48W battery. If you take into account the smaller disk drive, small screen and lower clock processor of an Origami CPU, I think you’ll see about 55-60% of that figure for your VIA-based UMPC. That equates to about 1.8 hours under full-load. Using a Celeron, that figure will be about 1.3 hours.
UMPC’s - 2.5 hour films.
In the real world, watching a film for example, you’ll be making sure that your films are under 2.5 hours long with a VIA-based UMPC. If you’re a Celeron user, I hope you’re a cartoon fan!
Remember that the VIA processors have lower processing performance than Pentiums but for the average user, the C7-M ULV looks like the best choice for UMPC’s
Source [carrypad blog]
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06Apr2006
James has an Audio and a Video review for us, in a nutshell he says
- The quality of the construction: solid and well connected.
- The keys and navigation is really handy and easy to use.
- The screen and display quality if nice and bright & supports 3 resolutions …
- Touchpack is cool, but it requires a log off and on if you change the settings.
- DialKeys is interesting to use and handy.
- Works like any other tablet pc, works fine with all softwares (pretty much)
- Overall it’s a nice and it’s a fun to use device.
…. and much more, make sure you watch and listen to his video review.
I can’t remember the last time a genre of mobile device created quite the buzz that the Origami/ UMPC has generated. Show #14 is a video overview of the TabletKiosk eo v7110 UMPC, generously provided by the good folks at TabletKiosk. I only had the device for a couple of days but wanted to give a thorough overview of the hardware, software, and potential of the UMPC using the eo and a video review seemed the best way to do that.
Watch the Video here
Source [jkOnTheRun]
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06Apr2006
Posted by Joe
in Reviews.
Darryl Burling has gone through the manual of the TabletKiosk eo and has come up with the list of things…
Good
- The EO includes a stand and according to page 21 (marked as page 11) the stylus can also serve as a stand.
- The EO also includes headphones.
- Docking port on bottom
- As well as navigating with your finger or stylus, you also have the choice of a D-Pad (right side of the device) or a pointing stick (left side of the device) - even left handed people should be able to work with it easily.
- Hardware WiFi switch
- The ability to remap buttons is included natively
- 850grams… not too heavy for a first gen device.
Bad
- The stylus is on the bottom of the device, meaning it will be hard to extract if the device is docked.
- 2.2 hours @ 26W/h - not a long battery life under “typical” condition.
- A single SODIMM slot limits memory to 1Gb and forces you to toss out what you get with the device
Ugly
- The warning on page 20 (marked page 10) to not press on the back of the device.
- No VGA output - IMHO this is a really bad omission. You HAVE to get a docking station to use an external screen (assuming they will be available and will have a VGA output).
Miscellaneous notes
The image on page 14 (marked page 4) indicates that the device has a single front speaker. Thus, no stereo sound, however the text on page 55(45) would indicate otherwise.
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04Apr2006
Posted by Joe
in Reviews.
Update: James has updated us with some cool snaps of the TabletKiosk, comparing against some of the existing gadgets -
Take a look
James the lucky guy gets a TabletKiosk for a few days and we can expect to see a clean and detailed actual review of the product. I’m eagerly waiting for that to happen. So keep on an eye on his blog for updates
Source [jkOnTheRun]
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17Mar2006
Posted by Joe
in Asus and Reviews.
Gordon Kelly of Trusted Reviews has a simple review of the ASUS R2H
…a 7in touch screen LCD with 800 x 480 resolution, Windows XP Tablet OS with Touch Pack, 802.11b/g wireless and a couple of USB2.0 ports. Where it goes above and beyond the call of duty is in adding Bluetooth 2.0, a front mounted 1.3MP digital camera and built in GPS with retractable antennae. A tasteful bushed aluminium exterior also adds a little class. Curiously a 900MHz Celeron M ULV processor has been muted as the beating heart of the R2H but this would fall below Microsoft’s minimum of a 1GHz clock. We’re quizzing Asus about this right now so we should have a clarification soon…
Read the full article at Trusted Reviews
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