Comments on: Mobile Tech Minutes: First Look at Viliv S5 UMPC

By: HectorU

HectorU — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:02:43 +0000

James, can you use the device to make some voip calls.. SKYpe calls, using bluettoh headset ???, or how you do it ??

Thanks !

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:33:46 +0000

It rotates all 4 orientations nicely via button. I just installed eReader and will give it a try.

By: Chad

Chad — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:14:02 +0000

I know you are getting a ton of requests but I’d love to know how Windows 7 beta runs on it. if only they could have included a 3G or WiMax as an option this would be perfect.

By: Richard L.

Richard L. — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:27:44 +0000

James, does it do screen rotation? More specifically, how is reading ebooks in portrait mode?

By: HG

HG — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:08:31 +0000

James did you play it in full screen? I just watched some on the Sony P and they play good in the small screen but in full screen it slows down. Let us know how well it does in full screen. I do have Windows 7 on the P.

By: love

love — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:18:08 +0000

Have you tried iTune video? If it works fine, I would like to buy one.

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:43:47 +0000

I’m sure I will be at some point. I’ll Tweet it if so.

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:43:36 +0000

I don’t have OneNote on it but I can tell you inking will not be good. The touch is very light and thus I can’t see inking working well on it. That’s not really what it’s designed for and remember, without XP Tablet Edition OneNote ink will not be searchable anyway.

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:41:56 +0000

Sorry, it’s not mine. If I buy one for myself however…

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:41:17 +0000

I watched two episodes of The Office on Hulu in HQ mode no problems whatsoever. This is the first Atom-based device that I’ve tried that pulls that off, I don’t know how they do it.

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:40:19 +0000

The drive is 1.8″ and thus maxes out at 60 GB. I’ll be watching the battery time closely but gut feeling so far is around 5 hours which I’m happy with. BTW, the case does not have a belt clip. Too geeky if so.

By: HG

HG — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:05:58 +0000

James, that’s pretty nice device there. That’s to bad it doesn’t have a mic or video camera on it. Also no SD card, not a big deal but they should have included one. I was waiting to get one but decided on getting the Sony P, and keep using my Aigo, which has the micro SD, webcam, mic, and slide out keyboard. The keyboard is not the greatest, but works and is backlit. You are going to like how portable the Viliv is, I know I do when I take my Aigo on the road when I don’t want to carry anything big.

By: BrackGaret

BrackGaret — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:17:26 +0000

James are you going to be in any local coffee shops showing the device off for those of us that want to try-before-buy (especially with such a high risk of love/hate relationships these devices tend to have).

By: Tony M.

Tony M. — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:47:04 +0000

James, please tell us (better yet show us) how it inks in Onenote! Thanks for the good work.

By: TateJ

TateJ — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:18:27 +0000

Just like James said, $599 at Dynamism.com. I want one.

http://www.dynamism.com/#Product=viliv

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:10:31 +0000

Can you compare it size-wise against the Nokia N800/810
Thanks
Steve