C1's not-a-UMPC UMPC

When's a UMPC not a UMPC? When it's a Micro PC, like the Vaio UX. But when's a UMPC a UMPC... that's not a UMPC? Well, C1 claims to be one, but from what we understand it's not running Tablet with Touch Pack -- just XP -- so while you're getting a very small 2.6 pound 1.6-inch thick device with a 1GHz Via Eden, 80GB drive, 1GB DDR RAM, 8.4-inch SVGA display, PC slot, 3-hour battery, Bluetooth, 802.11b/g, and Ethernet, what you're not getting is an ultramobile PC / Origami / whatever you want to call it. But if those otherwise decent specs weren't enough to convince you of this $1,900 US device's merit outside the UMPC space, peep all those feature logos. Audio recording, MP3 playback, and freakin' 360° rotation, dude! This thing is so obviously an EUMPC; hells yes that E is for "extreme."

[Via TabletPCBuzz and JKOTR]

[dhruv @ Jul 2nd 2006 7:44AM]

what do u exactly mean by 360degree rotation is it that the screen image rotates from landscape to portrait. i find no use for these personally. though they do make good replacement for tablets. i personally prefer my alienware laptop

[Robert @ Jul 2nd 2006 8:11AM]

why not just get an LS-800 TabletPC from MotionComputing. Same price AND it is a tabletPC OS with a touch-screen.

[rench @ Jul 2nd 2006 8:43AM]

3 hour battery?? A bit too short for a divice that's supposedly "mobile".

[Eric @ Jul 2nd 2006 9:14AM]

Install tablet PC edition on it and everybody wins!

[kartman @ Jul 2nd 2006 9:29AM]

For all the magritte fans...

Ceci n'est pas un UMPC.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rene_Magritte

"Magritte painted below the pipe, This is not a pipe (Ceci n'est pas une pipe), which seems a contradiction, but is actually true: the painting is not a pipe, it is an image of a pipe"

[Oddmanout @ Jul 2nd 2006 9:48AM]

Yeah, I'll second the question on the 360 degree rotation. What exactly does that mean ? I mean, if YOU turn 360 degrees you just end up facing the same direction that you started out facing. Does this simply mean you can spin this thing around on a table with no complications ? Perhaps it's refering to the lack of keyboard (and the standard laptop like 'L' shape when open) as a plus...meaning it can be handled and manipulated more easily than if it had a hinge.

Anyone ?

[Steve @ Jul 2nd 2006 10:59AM]

Its quite an old device running on a VIA C3 processor. Some more info here:
http://www.carrypad.com/journal/2006/04/quadpad-does-this-look-familiar-part.html

Steve.

[JaXs @ Jul 2nd 2006 11:31AM]

sounds like a UMPC to me

[Mike @ Jul 2nd 2006 12:36PM]

Saying that a 3 hour battery life isn't mobile simply makes one a ChUMP. Last as long as many laptops, and pretty cool, unless you intend on making that "help, I'm on Everest and the sherpas just walk by...." blog.

[Markarian @ Jul 2nd 2006 4:32PM]

This is ridiculous. A VIA processor is the booby prize installed in laptops under $600. Considering the fact it doesn't conform to the UMPC standard (which doesn't mean much in the first place) and has a lackluster battery life, who in their right mind would purchase this pc for $1900?? I would definitely pick it up for $650 though. $1900 could get you a Fujitsu micro convertable laptop/tablet and your next month's car payment :P

[Nak @ Jul 2nd 2006 4:55PM]

did i miss something? how do you input? qerty?

[Frank @ Jul 2nd 2006 5:54PM]

1 GHz Eden? pffffffffffffff
VERY VERY slow CPU

[Steve @ Jul 3rd 2006 12:43AM]

Buy a Fujitsu P1510D, get a keyboard, a faster processor, close to double the battery life with the extended battery, XP Tablet OS, larger screen (slightly, but still...) that will do everything this does and more.

What do you lose with a P1510D compared to this? Half the memory and no PC card. So attach your 3G phone via Bluetooth to the Fujitsu and pay less for the data service than you would with a PC Card.

This device is DOA.

[Russa Russowicz @ Jul 3rd 2006 2:10AM]

This device is a junk. I had one. Touchscreen far from perfect, very loud fan, after 1 hour of work the device is so hot you can barely touch it. It's made from cheap plastc.

[tracy @ Jul 3rd 2006 11:57AM]

1 GHz Eden proccessors are not slow. im useing one right now and have used it for more than a year as a silent home computer. its perfectly fast enough for everything online, office application stuff, photo editing, etc. all that for a proccessor that uses at most 7w! and is quite cheap in the mini-pc form.

that tablet has been around for awhile. its for sale on ebay allot and its said by many (some here) that its crap.

[Mike @ Jul 3rd 2006 1:15PM]

$1900! That's absurd! I agree with some of the other posters, get an alternative for much cheaper.

I bought a Fujitsu 4110P (with the passive digitizer - meaning I can use any pointing device) on eBay for $600. I installed XP Tablet I got from my defunct Compaq T1000, added a graphical media center interface and now have an excellent tablet able to do everything a UMPC does for at least half the price.

How the heck do the manufacturers expect to push these devices out in large quantities at these ridiculous prices?

[Reality check @ Jul 3rd 2006 3:15PM]

UMPC... What a joke.

Whats the point of a UMPC with or without tablet, if you can't get to the web everywhere. Without Edge or Evdo or something else that ofers connectivity out side of the office or home, these are expencive calculators! What the point??

Your not going to type a letter on one, and who is going to do spread sheet work, get real. hmmm, Cad? I don't think so... these are interetnet access devices!! I wish the industry would wake up and put in a methoid for ubiqutis interetnet access. 802.11 is spotty at best.

Other wise you've got a very expensive calculator.

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