Mr DHL delivered the Flybook V33i this afternoon so I had to say goodbye to the family and lock myself in the Carrypad cellar for some intimate dealings with said device.
I’ve done a really brief video (will be up tomorrow) and a photo-set as an introduction to the device. Over the next 3 days (myflybook.de have kindly loaned it to me for 4 days) I’ll be doing some tests, making a few journal entries and writing up a report for the portal.
The unboxing was almost embarrassing. I’m glad I didn’t video it because I got (and I find this somewhat weird thinking about it) all emotional and excited as I flipped it open. First words from the wife (who’s looking for an Ultra mobile PC for her personal training business.) were: ‘Now that’s a real mini PC. Its got a keyboard.’ I think she’s echoing a lot of other peoples thoughts there.
I haven’t had much of a chance to use it yet but I’m looking forward to testing out that graphics processor. It could make all the difference with Vista. The 1024-wide screen is cool too. Browsing the web is perfect and with 600pixels vertical resolution, it means that dialog boxes don’t fall off the bottom of the screen like they do with 800×480 screens. Take a look at the difference in the scaled image below to see how much more space you get to play with. 800×480 on the top, 1024×600 on the bottom. (colour differences are because of the camera, not the device)
Ritepen and Ritemail are included on the device and compensate a little for the lack of XP tablet edition. The screen is a heavy touch (probably 120gm) part but I’ve already had some vectoring issues as I’ve played with it.
I’m missing the buttons of the Vega but that’s only because I’ve been using it non-stop for the last week. There’s plenty of buttons on the Flybook!
Immediately I can hear that the sound quality is better and you’d have no problem using this as a PMP. However, at over 2000 Euro, its got to do a lot more than that and over the next 3 days I’ll be trying to find out if it justify’s its top-end price.
In the meantime though, I’m running a forum thread at Origamiportal.com where you can throw in questions that I’ll try my best to answer.
Regards
Steve / Chippy
