Apparently, you’re doing the best job of promoting UMPCs – according to all 59 of my readers! I’m surprised at the number of votes for Samsung and the lack of votes for Motion Computing. The LS800 was around (with DialKeys if I’m not mistakenIt was the P1510 that had dialkeys. Thanks Rob.) before the Origami UMPC. More interesting though was the conversation that kicked off on the journal comments. Here are a select few. Who’s promoting UMPCs the best? The blogosphere…. It seems as if all of the current influential […]

The VIA-sponsored ultra mobile PC site – UltraMobileLife has another of the lovely ultra mobile PC concepts shown by Cre8 Inc at the VTF 2006. This one is the ‘Butler.’ A super slim Ultra Mobile device with touch, printing and Voip capabilities. Estimated battery life on an x86 ultra mobile PC that slim. Mmmm, about 3.5 minutes? There are more images over at Ultramobilelife. View details of all Ultra Mobile devices in the ultra mobile PC product database. From N800 to Flybook V5, its all there!

These very cool Eleksen fabric keyboard concepts were talked about back at Origami launch time. Unfortunately there’s still no-one that’s taken the concept and put it into production. Glyn Evans of PocketPC-Solutions in the UK has one for testing and seems happy with it so why are we still waiting? You could easily make one that works with all ultra mobile PC devices. I’d buy one if it was in a messenger bag style as shown below because If it works well, its solve the problem of case/keyboard in one go. If […]

Pepper computer have just let me know that the Pepperpad 3 is now shipping and is currently available for $649 at ecost. (33 hours left on the offer price as I write this.) If you’ve been thinking about the Pepperpad, now could be a good time to buy. I will be getting back to playing around with mine again soon as the Wife has just finished watching the 24 episodes of Desperate housewives series 2! The first thing I want to look at is some Fedora applications and to have […]

Part 1 is here.Part 2 is here. Which ultra mobile PC makes a good carputer? My immediate thought is the ASUS R2H. Its got the built-in GPS and is the most likely to get a good set of in-car accessories for it due to the way its being sold. However, its got a heavy-touch screen that might not be the best for in-car use. I prefer the lightweight touch of the i7200 series for in-car use. A 7″ screen may not be the best choice for some smaller cars though. In my […]

As I write Part 3 of the Carputer Day on Carrypad series, JKK has posted info on Origamiproject.com about a very interesting device. Its got exchangeable screens. This is a concept that would be great if applied to ultra mobile PCs. Imagine a core processing unit about the size of a DualCor or Vega that plugs into a 5″ screen, an ultra-thin notebook casing and that also docks into a full-size screen, a car screen kit, an amplifier, fridge, wall-mount etc etc etc. Oh wait…someone has already done it. Anyone know anything about MCC? I […]

A short intermission from the Carputer day at Carrypad. Hugo has posted a nice ‘surgery’ video. He repairs a smashed tablet PC screen. I was just about to ‘move on’ when something happened. You know how people always say ‘must have’ in reviews on the Internet? Well this is a ‘must watch.’ Even if its the three seconds starting at 6:50. I’ve watched it 10 times already. Apologies in advance to Hugo but thanks for making me laugh on a Friday night. You’re a star! Check the video out here. […]

Part 1 is here. The ultra mobile PC as a Carputer So will the ultra mobile PC make a good carputer? Has it got all the elements of design, aftermarket support, software and value to make it the ideal candidate or are there other, better, cheaper options? Lists are always good so here’s a brain dump of requirements for a Carputer. 5-7″ light-touch screen. (8″ and more gets too big for in and on-dash mounting in most cars. Trucks and lorries are a different matter. *1) Mounting solutions Dual-head capability […]