http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/ Engadget Comments for UMID M1 gets official, handled on video http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/Feb 23rd 2009 2:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/Feb 23rd 2009 2:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/Feb 23rd 2009 3:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/Feb 23rd 2009 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/Feb 23rd 2009 2:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/Feb 23rd 2009 2:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/
The convergence into all-in-one is blurring the differences. This UMID with 3G & a bluetooth earpiece to use it as a phone or ... tethering to a small pocketable phone (watch anyone?). HTC Touch Pro 2 seems to move into this area but for the time being without the processing power. ]]>Feb 23rd 2009 3:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/Feb 23rd 2009 2:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/Feb 23rd 2009 2:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/Feb 23rd 2009 3:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/Feb 23rd 2009 2:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/...]]>Feb 23rd 2009 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/
I want to use M$ Word on that without getting a headache and severe finger pain. With 8gb of memory on the low end wtf is going to fit on that? six year old XP requires just under 3gb. Prepare for 'Virtual Memory too low' messages.

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It's SUPER-Small though. I wonder if somebody can cook up a set of tools to make Windows work better on such a small screen? That's the beauty of Windows, if you want something somebody will make it happen. Noobs won't have fun though. I fear they might have a hard time selling these things to a general public that can barely handle installing a new web browser, much less tweaking an OS for micro size screens.

Of course, if they add a Pico Projector, then things change radically for the better! ]]>Feb 23rd 2009 3:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/Feb 23rd 2009 4:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/Feb 23rd 2009 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/Feb 23rd 2009 3:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/
thats and honest question. if you could run some basic games on that thing it would be pretty freakin sweet. want]]>Feb 23rd 2009 3:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/Feb 23rd 2009 3:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/Feb 23rd 2009 3:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/Feb 23rd 2009 4:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/And who the hell wants windows on a 4" screen.. Windows is completely worthless on such a device as the entire user interface needs to be modified anyways.. And thats exactly the type of major modification that Linux is great for.. This thing needs Ubuntu mobile]]>Feb 23rd 2009 4:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/
Also intel is closing the gap on ARM. Soon enough they will be close in battery life/speed and consumers will be faced with a decision like this:

ARM- 7 hours battery, very little software
X86 - 5 hours, enormous commercial software library available

Guess which one is going to win? ARM WILL become obsolete.]]>Feb 23rd 2009 4:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/This was the problem with the first EEE-PC. The application launcher may have been designed for a 7-inch screen, but all the third party software wasn't.

And as for battery life, this device packs a 2400mAh battery while the G1 (ARM-based) only has a 1150mAh battery.]]>Feb 23rd 2009 6:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/

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but not for $350]]>Feb 23rd 2009 4:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/Feb 23rd 2009 4:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/Feb 23rd 2009 4:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/Feb 23rd 2009 4:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/
Still, I guess under OSX I won't be able to use the TV tuner, WiMax connection etc. etc.

Jesus - this thing may well be the future. I can't quite believe all the specs.]]>Feb 23rd 2009 5:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/Feb 23rd 2009 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/Feb 23rd 2009 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/Feb 23rd 2009 8:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/
Personally, I find that Smartphones are too small to be useful to me. They are just phones at their current average size.]]>Feb 23rd 2009 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/Feb 23rd 2009 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/Feb 23rd 2009 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/Feb 23rd 2009 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/umid-m1-gets-official-handled-on-video/Feb 23rd 2009 8:37PM