I confess to having a soft spot for the U1010/U810. Its not pocketable but the more I read about it, the more I like it. I like the size, the SD slot, the keyboard and the swivel screen. To me, it even looks good. Not a lot of people will agree with that! Add 3G to the specs and it gets even more attractive.
Gadgetzone had the U1010 3G recently and didn’t find it to be the best mobile computing solution citing poor battery life and price as issues. I guess they’re right in a general sense and the Eee PC offers a better keyboard, more battery life and a much better price point but, like the HTC Shift, the U1010/U810 has some unique features that you won’t find in the Eee PC. The simple question is, are you the person that is happy to pay for those features? UMPCs are not created to be generic computing devices and I don’t think their success should be benchmarked against general computing devices, however, the points made in the review are worth bearing in mind when you consider any UMPC.
U1010 (non 3G) information page.
