You can feel it in her report. She’s really liking the 7501.
Every day I learn something new and become more impressed by its power and functionality
Looking at the image of it running in ‘True’ VGA mode I can see productivity there. Its something I didn’t see on the 7500 that I tested but Jenn had to use 3rd party software to get this working 100%. She’s enjoying the browsing more than she was although said that the N800 ‘might have it beat.’ That, to me, means its pretty slow. You can see it on the video I did comparing the Everun to the N800. The Everun is one of the least powerful x86 devices on the market and yet it whips the N800 into the ground on browsing speed. Gmail started in 12 seconds on the N800 and 9 seconds on the Everun. Google Reader started in 25 seconds on the N800 and 6 seconds on the Everun!!! FIE is a feature that is above any sort of Word document or Excel functionality in my list. I do all my doc work in Google Apps. I’ve even moved to Meebo for IM now.
I do see why the Advantage is causing so many surprises though. Its a great compact unit that, productivity wise, can do nearly everything that a ultra mobile PC can. If you’re prepared to use different s/w and take the processing time hit (which is something that ultra mobile PC owners have to do too) then its fine. Its even got a decent GPS and camera built in which you don’t find on UMPCs. And then there’s the high speed cellular data capability which really defines mobility for me.
More comments from Jenn at Pocketables. One week with the HTC Advantage.
