Interesting, S0 Can you Compare this Salton Pepper thing with an UMPC? Come on. Came across this on Linux-Devices, Cool but who would want to pay a $800 for this while you can get much powerful UMPC for the same price(if not now within few months), if this was say $399 or less, oh yeah we’ll think about it.
Pepper launched its first-generation Pepper Pad as a reference design for broadband providers in December of 2003. It will continue to market the original Pad mainly to Internet service providers, but will also offer the second-generation Pepper Pad direct to consumers.
In comparison to the original Pad, the Pepper Pad 2 has a landscape screen orientation, and a more powerful CPU and graphics co-processor. The new version will be built by Taiwanese manufacturer LiteOn, and will be available direct from Pepper late in 2005 for $800.
Kawell believes that the Pepper Pad represents more appropriate technology for casual home use than the Microsoft and Intel-promoted Origami / UMPC designs, which utilize full-blown laptop processors and Windows OSes. “These are appliances,” he said. “We think the Internet should be at your fingertips. We don’t think everything you do requires a full PC.”
I’m sure we all agree that if at all we need such a Device we for sure will opt for an UMPC, So what do you think?
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I think its important to have options and there may be a consumer for this but it does seem lacking at the price.