http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/ Engadget Comments for Hanbit's Pepper Pad 3 returns with Intel's Atom inside http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/Jun 17th 2008 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/Jun 17th 2008 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/Jun 17th 2008 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/Jun 17th 2008 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/Jun 17th 2008 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2008/01/_lg_48inch_umpc_wow.html]]>Jun 17th 2008 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/Jun 17th 2008 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/Jun 17th 2008 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/
wait Linux? Forget everything I said about gaming. And please no lectures about the "potential" of Linux. Just show me the big titles.]]>Jun 17th 2008 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/
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.]]>Jun 17th 2008 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/Jun 17th 2008 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/Jun 17th 2008 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/Jun 17th 2008 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/Jun 17th 2008 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/]]>Jun 17th 2008 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/
]]>Jun 17th 2008 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/Jun 17th 2008 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/Jun 17th 2008 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/Jun 17th 2008 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/Jun 17th 2008 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/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.]]>Jun 17th 2008 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/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.
]]>Jun 17th 2008 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/Have you ever used the Pepper Pad Linux distro? ;-)]]>Jun 17th 2008 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/Jun 17th 2008 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/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.
]]>Jun 17th 2008 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/Jun 17th 2008 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/17/hanbits-pepper-pad-3-returns-with-intels-atom-inside/*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.
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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.

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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.
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