direzz said:
I liked mine. Way better than the Palm PDA I got afterwards.
But that was besides my point, which is that Microsoft isn't doing anything new here.
I'm sick of this forum too. Too hip, gotta go.
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I liked mine. Way better than the Palm PDA I got afterwards.
But that was besides my point, which is that Microsoft isn't doing anything new here.
I'm sick of this forum too. Too hip, gotta go.
Cafes and the couch
Think or observe what people do in cafe or on the couch in their home. I think Apple should create a device that can meet this (not these) need. Something that is robust and tough not like a laptop.
Resist the impulse to make this thing like a personal computer. I don't know why we even use the word computer anymore. True the chip is doing lots of computer, but the user is not. Okay, i've digress.
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Eraserhead said:
Think or observe what people do in cafe or on the couch in their home. I think Apple should create a device that can meet this (not these) need. Something that is robust and tough not like a laptop.
Resist the impulse to make this thing like a personal computer. I don't know why we even use the word computer anymore. True the chip is doing lots of computer, but the user is not. Okay, i've digress.
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dpaanlka said:
My old LG had a pop-up antenna. Popping the antenna up would add 1-2 bars just about every time.
On the other hand, my new Treo has just a little nub in the corner (which might not even be the antenna for all I know). It gets better reception than the LG with its antenna up ... Logically speaking, housing a much larger antenna inside the device housing should yield better reception, so it makes sense that it does.
The point being, people buy phones with external antennas that look like antennas for the perceived benefit, not for any real benefit.
Still, though, the four-section telescoping metal tubes antennas are so, I don't know, 1980. Ick.
zelet said:
Back to my not-to-missed LG:
A little wire attached to the end of the antenna would have made this true. However, in that case (and in a few Sanyo phones I've looked at) the antenna doesn't make contact unless it is in the "up" position. So you'll see a lot of people saying that if they don't raise their antennas they get crap reception. An unraised antenna does not equal an internal antenna!
I thought a full size hard drive was 5.25X4X9
I thought a full size hard drive was 5.25X4X9
i.e. http://www.affordablesurplus.com/images/hd-fht.gif
You know the Seagate Elite that would take up your whole desk.
xStep said:
I thought a full size hard drive was 5.25X4X9
i.e. http://www.affordablesurplus.com/images/hd-fht.gif
You know the Seagate Elite that would take up your whole desk.
It is a handheld computer that falls somewhere between a tablet PC and a PDA and runs a special edition of Windows XP.
The device measures is known officially as an ultramobile device. Samsungs product, called the Q1, runs on a 900MHz Intel Corp. Celeron microprocessor and has 500MB of RAM."[/QUOTE]
Hmmm. I thought ultra-mobile devices were Treos & Blackberries, which certainly are ultramobile. The Apple Newton was never an ultra-mobile device.
From a human perspective, do I want to have a Treo cell phone, 800 mhz WinXP special Origami, Dell Laptop, etc and just complicate life immensely, when I can ...
Just buy a Mac iBook or MacBook, and a cellphone with Bluetooth and make life easier with fewer things to carry around and go wrong and wind up with information in the wrong spot?
I give Origami a 1 in 3 chance of success based on what I see in human nature with tech. products.
The device measures is known officially as an ultramobile device. Samsungs product, called the Q1, runs on a 900MHz Intel Corp. Celeron microprocessor and has 500MB of RAM."[/QUOTE]
Hmmm. I thought ultra-mobile devices were Treos & Blackberries, which certainly are ultramobile.
The Apple Newton was never an ultra-mobile device.From a human perspective, do I want to have a Treo cell phone, 800 mhz WinXP special Origami, Dell Laptop, etc and just complicate life immensely, when I can ...
Just buy a Mac iBook or MacBook, and a cellphone with Bluetooth and make life easier with fewer things to carry around and go wrong and wind up with information in the wrong spot?
I give Origami a 1 in 3 chance of success based on what I see in human nature with tech. products.
aricher said:
This pics don't really show how bulky it is. It's probably as thin as an iPod. (or thinner).
It looks interesting, but i just DONT see a market for this. If you want music, you have an iPod and wont carry this bully thing around. If you want something to take places and surf the web and work on documents, a laptop works great. I just dont see a market for this yet. It may just be about 5 years ahead of its time.
wow. people are bitching bitching as always. same thing that happened with the mini
we dont want 800 x 600, we want 1020 x 768 or 16:9.
Celeron? 512MB ram? Hell no. Core Duo, 1GB Ram!
Gimme a built in cell phone.
Can only play regular games? I want Doom 3 on this, wtf?
7" too big but I want nice and high Res and wide screen.
$599-999? fawk that. $399. with all my specs. I mean this thing is only worht $199 people on this forum sometimes
we dont want 800 x 600, we want 1020 x 768 or 16:9.
Celeron? 512MB ram? Hell no. Core Duo, 1GB Ram!
Gimme a built in cell phone.
Can only play regular games? I want Doom 3 on this, wtf?
7" too big but I want nice and high Res and wide screen.
$599-999? fawk that. $399. with all my specs. I mean this thing is only worht $199
people on this forum sometimes
Maybe a future generation?
If only the current devices were as attractive as the concept on the front page of the UMPC website, http://umpc.com/.
If only the current devices were as attractive as the concept on the front page of the UMPC website, http://umpc.com/.
I'm just disappointed it didn't have at least a Core Solo processor, and instead went with the pathetic Celeron family. That is, not because I'd want the UMPC to be higher-powered I don't care but at least then there would've been a new version of Windows XP floating around that would run on the Core chips, making that whole dual-booting-on-a-Mac thing a lot easier.
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I think the idea is just a new palm pilot. They were big when they came out, but very few people use them now. Everyone that wants the features of a PDA buys a smartphone.
I suspect the origami project will fold in 5 years (pun intended, I don't really believe that, I just had to say it though). As someone said before, it is too big to be portable, and too small to be functional.
I suspect the origami project will fold in 5 years (pun intended, I don't really believe that, I just had to say it though). As someone said before, it is too big to be portable, and too small to be functional.
direzz said:
Just because it wasn't successful doesn't mean it wasn't superior. Since the average consumer is an idiot anyways (an axiom of mine), the superior products tend to be less successful.
Mixed emotions about the new device.FoxyKaye said:
Back in the Newton/Palm days, I remember a quote that went something like this:
The Newton (2000/2100) size is just right to use but too big to carry.
The Palm size is too small but just right to carry.
The problem with portable devices, is that to be effective they need to be somewhat large at the same time their large size defeats being able to easily carry them around with you.
Personally I think I would rather get a computer like this:
http://www.sharpsystems.com/products/pc_notebooks/actius/mm/20/
Seems more useful to me.
M-theory said:
How I love this thing! I actually got a scholarship from Microsoft Research, which included a tablet PC. I was so much hoping they'd give me a Lenovo.. but they gave me a Toshiba *yikes*, so I kept my Powerbook and gave the tablet to my sister. She loves it, but then, she's never worked with my Powerbook ;-)
looks like an overgrown psp crossed with a sega gamegear. i wouldn't be seen dead with one of those. as for the specs.... nothing really special there. it's just another gadget for people with too much money i reakon.
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Philsy said:Just had a thought. Maybe losing the keyboard is a bad idea - it's the way we're all used to inputing. How about a sub-12in (8in maybe) Powerbook with an ultra-slim form and a normal, but small keyboard.
Remember the old Psions and you'll get the idea. Call it a kneetop if you like
Just found they still make them. Not pretty, but you get the idea
http://www.psionteklogix.com/public.aspx?s=com&p=Products&pID=2550
Psion showed how you could put a usable keyboard on a PDA, with the Psion 5 and Revo. That looks a whole lot better than all this thumb based entry. Unfortunately they only seem to make the larger netbooks now.