tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23949348.post8519415870871830904..comments2023-09-25T06:39:32.523-04:00Comments on ULTRA MOBILE PC TIPS: Why I'm defending this platform.ctitanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780087839694527674noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23949348.post-22215425106918006562007-08-14T07:22:00.000-04:002007-08-14T07:22:00.000-04:00Steve, I'm not alone in this boat. Here you can fi...Steve, I'm not alone in this boat. <A HREF="http://origamiproject.com/forums/thread/25562.aspx" REL="nofollow">Here</A> you can find the reaction of others to your comments.ctitanichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01780087839694527674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23949348.post-55948155966189398042007-08-14T01:14:00.000-04:002007-08-14T01:14:00.000-04:00hehehehe... No offense Frank, but I've been using ...hehehehe... No offense Frank, but I've been using small computers since you were in diapers. <BR/><BR/>The words used to describe the device are pretty much irrelevant but parsing things is essential to job security today; it has very little to do with what the market wants.<BR/><BR/>The objective is what is important and so far the existing crop of UMPCs do not measure up to the old machines I mentioned in practical terms - much less in terms of productivity. Of course, WIFI was the best we could hope for back in the days of those machines, but the point stands. ...quite frankly, I would have been better off taking my old NEC 790 than my new Sony UX 280 on my recent globe trotting tour. <BR/><BR/>Less than a year ago bloggers referred to the Nxxx tablet as a UMPC. MID officially became a term with an Intel announcement this year - although a number of bloggers suggested it pre-Intel. <BR/><BR/>Of course I know about the 1610 and its jury-rigged keyboard - not a keyboard, Frank. I've used my Sony Vaio picturebook for 7+ years now and still have not completely adjusted to its shrunken keyboard. I am a hi-speed touch typist and the old Newton keyboard required no compromise. <BR/><BR/>As for the screen brightness, you do not need to be at the beach sunbathing for screen brightness to be a problem even with the current crop of UMPCs. They are marginal at best even indoors in bright light. Like I said, there is (an expensive) technology available for the UMPC manufacturers to take advantage of but they have not.<BR/><BR/>HTC's new product may be on to something...a hybrid using PocketPC with switching to Windows. The question is, can the hybrid feed the Windows OS...and can the Windows OS do a restore to the PocketPC? My guess is that even though PocketPC talks to the HD, the operation is not seamless.<BR/><BR/>This platform must be a good tool first. If it achieves that the options that seem so essential today will be easy to achieve. <BR/><BR/>The SSD will help battery life and the potential of the SD cards hasn't been fully explored. <BR/><BR/>MS still needs to address the issues I mentioned - which you discounted. The MS OS has been flawed since its inception and MS never took the tiger by the tail to fix it...they just stacked work-around on top of work-around. The current crop of MS OSs hit the hard drive far too frequently (no excuses please). That in itself represents a huge cost in battery life and could be resolved - after all the Linux variants do not suffer from this ill. <BR/><BR/>As a developer, I would expect you to be more honest about the platform to push the design teams in the proper direction. Our developers are much more candid about the faults of our systems than you are toward the UMPC. <BR/><BR/>I want to see the platform succeed, after all, I've been waiting for a stable, practical UMPC since my first 40 pound portable computer in 1980...or was it '79. We have certainly made progress in the "form factor" but not nearly as much progress in terms of practical usability (within the limits of the state-of-the-art and user expectations).<BR/><BR/>BTW - I always read your posts and enjoy them. It was fun to have you respond to my comment. I'd just like to to get tough on these platforms and drive the design in the proper direction.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00610917915891914159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23949348.post-68592423858132741372007-08-08T07:29:00.000-04:002007-08-08T07:29:00.000-04:00I even don´t think that that is a good idea. Windo...I even don´t think that that is a good idea. Windows CE UI works find when you are handling few programs or files but when you have hundred of thousands files and hundred of applications installed that UI is really inefficient.ctitanichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01780087839694527674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23949348.post-24834118935819906612007-08-08T02:17:00.000-04:002007-08-08T02:17:00.000-04:00I would take the Windows mobile graphical UI with ...I would take the Windows mobile graphical UI with full XP OS underneath ;) - So put a mobile skin on top of whole XP's UI....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com