We suspect that isn’t the Pierre Cardin brand you know from the fasion world but these 7″ and 8.9″ tablets have an interesting design with a case that includes a rubber keyboard.
The devices come with resistive or capacative touchscreen and 3G options. All the usual ports are included and it even looks ok. The gotcha might lie in the CPU though because although the C7-M was good and efficient in 2006, it can be quite the hot/noisy little devil when it gets going. The Amtek T770 is testament to that.
Prices should be pretty good in these devices though so they could be worth a closer look.
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that is, if they ever come to market thru anything other then dodgy chinese webshops…
this thing does look pretty awesome
I think that capacitive touchscreens are the “way to go,” regarding optimization of hardware with the software kernel. These devices out of China, seem to be too thick and clunky. I think I will wait until SONY, releases its Windows 7 version tablet, or convertible-tablet device. Just look at the engineering prowess shown in the Sony Vaio Z laptop. That device is sleek, powerful, and fast, like a jaguar. I know the price of the Sony, will be high,…but you “get, what you pay for.”
Honestly, it really didn’t feel like that with my Vaio, at least regarding the battery durability and email-support.
Somehow reminds me of the ECS EZ-30D tablet PC.
It didn`t have a rubber keyboard but came with a bag into which a keyboard was integrated. That was back in 2004 with a transmeta cpu.
samsung had a similar setup for one of their earliest umpc. I think chippy still have the keyboard somewhere.
Dunno, it looks extremely top-heavy. I wonder how prone it is to tipping back?
UMPC manufacturers better step up their games soon. Soon smart phone power will take over the attraction of UMPC’s OS power. I actually feel a pull more toward the interface and user experience as a huge selling point for cell phones. E.g. Window’s mobile 7. How do you compare the ease of windows mobile 7 verse having to double click through windows xp menus just to surf?? The only device I’m looking forward to is XP phone. Since to me it has the best usable keyboard and mouse. But how attractive is windows mobile 7 for daily web activities? It’s a hard sell and UMPC manufacturers have not been very innovative recently. (we’ve heard of xp-phone, tablets, clamshells for years and there still isn’t a game changer) I really pull for UMPC concept, but no ones created a game changer.
I hope the iPad comes up with a similar device!
I’m a little bit unsure if it’s worth the price.