Hanbit's Pepper Pad 3 returns with Intel's Atom inside
By Darren Murph 
posted June 17th 2008 11:37AM
posted June 17th 2008 11:37AM
posted June 17th 2008 11:37AM
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Ugly is right.
makes me hungry for steak.
I think its gorgeous.
It looks Cardassian. Ick.
I wouldn't say it's downright ugly, just a little funky looking.
guys just check this awesome LG umpc:
www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2008/01/_lg_48inch_umpc_wow.html
It looks like an Apple Newton.
Eat up Martha.
It's not ugly. As a matter of fact the Everun was amazing. With some getting used to, it is an amazing handheld pc. With that directional pad, I can only imagine the higher class gaming possibilities for REALLY rich kids.
wait Linux? Forget everything I said about gaming. And please no lectures about the "potential" of Linux. Just show me the big titles.
Just can it already.
Gaming's not about titles; and you're not going to run most modern games on an Atom, anyway.
But there's a reason some old games are classics, and others are forgotten; many of the classics are available for Linux, and will fit in this class of hardware. Obviously that won't make rich kids happy, but there is gaming to be had.
Would have loved to play C&C on that touchscreen....
Looks like it's running XP, not Linux.
Looks like Vista to me.. Or is that a skin for the taskbar..?
....the article here says Linux-based OS.
It looks an awful lot like an Atari Lynx with a bigger screen.
The Pepper Pad? They can expect a phone call from Tony Stark's personal assistant's attorney.
Oh, is her name Pepper Pad?
No, but I think her apt is.
or her Maxi.
that thing looks silly to me.
Atom-based version is planned for later this year. Improvements over the old Pepper Pad: XP, Battery cover, much much longer battery life and LED-backlit screen.
Not targeted at consumers. Targeted at industry segments like restaurants. Having tested a few of these, I know they are well built.
News from Feb:
http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/02/1241/
Chippy.
Moving to XP is NOT an improvement.
An improvement would have been moving to a standard linux dist, like Ubuntu, maybe, instead of their own personal linux dist. They should have provided their add-ons as just that: add-ons to any linux dist, not their own customized linux.
I could be convinced to buy an Atom based Pepper Pad. Put a WWAN dongle on it, an SSD, and use it as my "in backpack" personal area network server (for my smartphone and pda). Run either Ubuntu on it, or use that "OSX on non-Apple hardware" thing from the other day to see if I can get OSX to use it properly.
John. In this case, it was an improvement. Trust me.
Have you ever used the Pepper Pad Linux distro? ;-)
the buttons look unusable
How is that a loose interpretation of a Qwerty keypad? They're not the only ones to use split-thumb keyboard designs. Nokia N70. Samsung Q1 Ultra.
Personally, I think that's MUCH more ergonomically correct than something the like the OQO (or my N810). The thumb placement is less extended, making less stress on the thumb muscles and tendons... therefore less potential for RSI's.
But, split or not, there's no question about whether or not it's "qwerty". Look at the keycaps. The layout is definitely qwerty. No two ways about it.
It's like Samsung Q1 Ultra, but with Wings™ for that clean, fresh protection!
*laugh* I always thought the Pepper Pad was funny looking, but never connected its shape with that of a maxi-pad before. So true.
Still... I'd buy one over a Macbook Air. Or iPhone, for that matter.
Their hardware is 100%...it was the half-assed linux/java distro which killed it (mostly the java part).
The split keyboard worked incredible well and I got quite proficient. The CIR (tv remote ir) worked like a charm...very nice thing to have on a webpad for livingroom/bedroom/etc.
the software is new but the hardware, the think looks like if from 1993 for Pete's sake EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Pepper and Hanbit should give up, Hanbit demonstrated that they are idiots at case heat management (that size system needs a heatsink case or a fan), the CPU, chipset, RAM, HD (and a hot fluorescent backlit LCD!) all generate lots of heat, so my PP3 was unreliable, then failed because of their incompetent engineering, so an accursed waste on money!
MSI have a much better understand heat management of heat management, so even the more spacious case of the MSI Wind has a fan! I now have a Advent 4211 (PCWorld) a rebadged MSI Wind 10", at £280 it is much cheaper than the official MSI version and that £20 overpriced "Medion Akoya mini netbook E1210" rebadge that Sainsburys are selling.