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By the by, where did that Sega Hedgehog post go?]]>Apr 13th 2006 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/samsung-to-release-700ish-umpc-by-end-of-year/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/samsung-to-release-700ish-umpc-by-end-of-year/Apr 13th 2006 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/samsung-to-release-700ish-umpc-by-end-of-year/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/samsung-to-release-700ish-umpc-by-end-of-year/Apr 13th 2006 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/samsung-to-release-700ish-umpc-by-end-of-year/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/samsung-to-release-700ish-umpc-by-end-of-year/
I consider myself a tech fan and an early adopter and this is my attitude...I think I speak for most people in my demographic/consumer profile/whatever. If they expect to sell this to real people they have a long way to go.

Hopefully they realize this and will stick with the platform even after the first wave of overpriced units fails to sell in any appreciable numbers.]]>Apr 13th 2006 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/samsung-to-release-700ish-umpc-by-end-of-year/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/samsung-to-release-700ish-umpc-by-end-of-year/we won't abandon this fledgling platform just yet.

Unless there is something I don’t know about UMPC (unlikely…) as of today – April 13, 2006 – no UMPC has shipped yet and he’s talking about abandoning it… Que fumas, hombre..?

Who is “we”, ‘cuz “we” here are delighted with the practicality of UMPC. And “we” use Sony U71, Fujitsu P-series submnis and 1510 tablet every day, so “we” know what “we” are talking about…]]>Apr 13th 2006 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/samsung-to-release-700ish-umpc-by-end-of-year/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/samsung-to-release-700ish-umpc-by-end-of-year/
If you haven't seen the video review of the TableKiosk eo, by jkontherun, then you're missing out.

Pretty damn sweet w/o ANY accessories, considering it's NOT a replacement for your 'business' machine.]]>Apr 13th 2006 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/samsung-to-release-700ish-umpc-by-end-of-year/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/samsung-to-release-700ish-umpc-by-end-of-year/
"A little over $700" = "no less than $1500, more like $1800"]]>Apr 13th 2006 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/samsung-to-release-700ish-umpc-by-end-of-year/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/samsung-to-release-700ish-umpc-by-end-of-year/Apr 13th 2006 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/samsung-to-release-700ish-umpc-by-end-of-year/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/samsung-to-release-700ish-umpc-by-end-of-year/Apr 13th 2006 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/samsung-to-release-700ish-umpc-by-end-of-year/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/samsung-to-release-700ish-umpc-by-end-of-year/Apr 13th 2006 10:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/samsung-to-release-700ish-umpc-by-end-of-year/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/samsung-to-release-700ish-umpc-by-end-of-year/
The difference is it's tiny.

My vision of the ideal UMPC is a device small enough to take the place of a portable media player, provide at least rudimentary web browsing ability (a la the Nokia 770) and perhaps run productivity software in a pinch. It's at once a personal entertainment device and a personal internet device that's small enough to be carried around for everyday use without being a hassle. I don't mind bringing my mp3 player with me when I go out...I don't want to bring a laptop even though there might be times when it would be awesome to have one. Even the smallest tablet I've seen (the Motion LS800) is too big to fall into that category.

I've been waiting for the ideal convergence device for sometime now, and I hope that this platform will evolve into it.]]>Apr 14th 2006 12:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/samsung-to-release-700ish-umpc-by-end-of-year/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/samsung-to-release-700ish-umpc-by-end-of-year/
Exactly!

I use a tablet PC (Fujitsu T4020) and love it. I don't want to carry it everywhere, however, and the tinier Fujitsu has a screen that is too small for the work I do (grading papers) and a price too high for an everyday gadget in the carry-all (purse to you Seinfeld fans).

So, $600 or so for a tablet-like machine that has decent battery life (at least 6 hours), is very small, can replace mp3 player and PDA, would let me take notes at a meeting (and transfer them to OneNote on my other computers), would let me read e-books and -mags and pdfs (I really liked the look of that Irex), and perhaps even get some work done in a pinch--that's a no-brainer! I'd buy it in a second.]]>Apr 14th 2006 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/samsung-to-release-700ish-umpc-by-end-of-year/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/13/samsung-to-release-700ish-umpc-by-end-of-year/Apr 14th 2006 11:38PM