Comments on: UMPC Trend Is Gone, Torch Passed to Netbooks http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/24/umpc-trend-is-gone-torch-passed-to-netbooks/ Using mobile devices since they weighed 30 lbs. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:47:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Techni http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/24/umpc-trend-is-gone-torch-passed-to-netbooks/#comment-62587 Techni Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:49:20 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=38646#comment-62587 "They have either been too large to fit in a pocket" Good. A PC small enough to fit in a pocket would be too hard to use for most people. Most people don't have eagle vision. And batteries wear out faster if you keep them close to your body. I don't understand why people ask for a pocket sized PC. It wouldn't work “They have either been too large to fit in a pocket”

Good. A PC small enough to fit in a pocket would be too hard to use for most people. Most people don’t have eagle vision.

And batteries wear out faster if you keep them close to your body.

I don’t understand why people ask for a pocket sized PC. It wouldn’t work

]]> By: Al http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/24/umpc-trend-is-gone-torch-passed-to-netbooks/#comment-62287 Al Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:41:34 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=38646#comment-62287 UMPC's have thus far been all the wrong size and shape to ever attract most people to want one. They have either been too large to fit in a pocket or if they were small enough they lacked a real keyboard. What we need to see is a UMPC that is jacket size with a reasonable touch type keyboard. That could be done with just a simple clamshell desing like a Psion 5mx or HP Jornada 720 size/shape computer. Or it could be more creative version with multifolds like the Dragonfly idea. Until a UMPC provides a touch type keyboard they will continue to die a slow death. What is ironic is there is a huge market for such a computer but thus far the companies are clueless as to making a UMPC most would buy. UMPC’s have thus far been all the wrong size and shape to ever attract most people to want one. They have either been too large to fit in a pocket or if they were small enough they lacked a real keyboard.

What we need to see is a UMPC that is jacket size with a reasonable touch type keyboard. That could be done with just a simple clamshell desing like a Psion 5mx or HP Jornada 720 size/shape computer. Or it could be more creative version with multifolds like the Dragonfly idea. Until a UMPC provides a touch type keyboard they will continue to die a slow death. What is ironic is there is a huge market for such a computer but thus far the companies are clueless as to making a UMPC most would buy.

]]> By: Bret http://jkontherun.com/2009/06/24/umpc-trend-is-gone-torch-passed-to-netbooks/#comment-62267 Bret Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:33:21 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=38646#comment-62267 Perhaps the manufacturers have given up (prematurely in my opinion) making the ideal UMPCs. I own a Gigabyte M704 and really like it. However, there's plenty of room to improve it and ingenious devices like the HTC Shift, and Sharp Willcom D4. Netbooks don't work as hand-held devices and are not nearly as mobile and flexible as UMPCs. It will be a shame if UMPCs lose their sliding keyboards and just become large, more general-purpose computing iPhones/MIDs. Perhaps the manufacturers have given up (prematurely in my opinion) making the ideal UMPCs. I own a Gigabyte M704 and really like it. However, there’s plenty of room to improve it and ingenious devices like the HTC Shift, and Sharp Willcom D4. Netbooks don’t work as hand-held devices and are not nearly as mobile and flexible as UMPCs. It will be a shame if UMPCs lose their sliding keyboards and just become large, more general-purpose computing iPhones/MIDs.

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