18Apr2006
Posted by Joe
in General and Videos.
UPDATE: You can now watch video right here - thanks hugo & you tube, life is lot easier this way.
Remember Hugo(yes yes, the same guy with ea coffee cup in a red shirt), yes the one who created a UMPC prototype demo on a touch screen using the UMPC Emulator, is back with a demo of UMPC being used as a Remote Control. It is really interesting to see that UMPC will not be just “Ultra Mobile PC” but a GPS, Mp3 player, Movie Player, Remote Control, Kids gadget, pilots assistant… oh the list seems to be endless as time passes by - Wait all these before even it has hit the shelves, imagine the possiblities
Watch the Video here (you’ll need to download this) | Source [UberTablet]
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18Apr2006
Posted by Joe
in Reviews and Videos.
We’ve seen the Video Review of TabletKiosk eo by James (jkOnTheRun) a while back. Now its Rob Bushway (GottaBeMobile)’s turn i guess. This review takes a different approach. Here is what Rob Says…
My kids like calling it “the Origami� and “the Oreo�, my son says it feels just like a PSP or Gameboy, others refer to it as a UMPC or Ultra Mobile PC – whatever it is we name it, it is obvious that Microsoft and Intel have isolated a real “personal� niche. TabletKiosks eo is our real first look at this new form factor and the “Origami experience�. 
Please use this video review and my “initial thoughts� post as a total review on the TabletKiosk eo and the Origami experience.
In this video review of TabletKiosk’s eo, I take a look at the eo itself, showing my kids interaction with it, an interview with my 11 year old son Dax, overview of the eo, size comparisons with the LS800, software screenshots, handwriting demonstration, resolution demonstration, DialKeys demonstration, and then some closing thoughts. The things that I didn’t mention are covered in the “initial thoughts� post, and if I didn’t cover your particular question or needs, post a comment and I’ll do my best to answer them. I tried encoding this video as a .wmv, but the formatting of the video just never measured up to a quality I was pleased with, so I chose to stick with the embedded Flash Video format
Things that I didn’t cover in the video:
- Screen rotation is not implemented in the eo – I tried it and it does not work. To be honest, I didn’t miss it and would probably find the experience miserable due to screen real estate issues anyway. The only value I see in portrait with this form factor would be in book reading.
- I ran out of time to get some outside shot comparisons between the LS800 and the eo. I will tell you that the screen is very nice, but in direct sunlight, it is not viewable. That said, the LS800 VA in direct sunlight is not too viewable either.
- I had to revert to screen shots verses Camtasia screen recordings for some of the software demos due to some issues with merging multiple avi files together in our current editing software. In addition, the mic on the prototype eo wasn’t working, so that compounded the issue. For the most part, the screen shots captured what I wanted to communicate anyway.
View the Video | Source [GottaBeMobile]
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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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17Mar2006
UPDATE: Now available from YouTube.
Sure, Hugo Ortega will buy an UMPC when it’s out, but looks like he could not wait until the product hits the stores to get the experience, He had used the UMPC Emulator that microsoft released a few days back on this touch screen. Now he has shared a video of the same, Take a look.
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14Mar2006
Posted by Joe
in Hardware and Videos.
You must have seen this in the Usage Video on the UMPC community site (if not click here), but this video is the actual product demo at CeBIT, but you might be able to see a production model of this - like may be in 2 years !…
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