I’m listening to a podcast that was announced on Hugo’s blog tomorrow! Dr Neil’s Notes #31 is live.  There’s plenty of UMPC application talk and all the usual banter. Sometimes I wish these were live because I always want to join-in. Guys. I’ve dropped ie7 and here’s my applications list that I use on a daily basis to perform my work on Carrypad. (My UMPC is my main PC) Firefox (which is [...]

Dr Neil and Hugo Ortega are back together for another of their frank and passionate discussions.
This time they’re talking about applications for the UMPC.

Its a great podcast and you can find it [url=http://drneil.blogspot.com/2006/11/dr-neils-notes-31.html]here.[/url]

PocketPC’s have been used as media devices for years. I used to load up 128MB of Mp3′s for a days listening on my Cassiopeia E-115 and even used it for QCIF videos for a while until I got bored of the video conversion process. Now of course, we expect full media players on our devices and it looks like the Nokia 770 has just got what it deserves, a nicely [...]

The i7210. How does it feel after 2 months?

[img]http://www.carrypad.com/gallery/d/1347-4/tk-i7210.jpg[/img]

[quote]I have been extremely impressed and a little surprised at how easily it has fulfilled the desktop role and how capable it is with many many tasks. [/quote]

sounds good…

[quote]No device is perfect though and I want to review these issues now because potential buyers need to be aware that these issues are still outstanding.[/quote]

sounds not so good!

Full details at Carrypad – [url=http://www.carrypad.com/journal/2006/11/i7210-umpc-long-term-testing-notes.html]i7210 long term test notes[/url]

Here’s some information about new Dell Axims. The info comes from Brighthand and I have to say ‘well done’ to Ed Hardy who spotted this. There was one important line in an IDC report: The company [Dell] has finished phasing out some of the older models from its portfolio and is concentrating on developing the Axim X51 platform with faster processors and more memory. Ed expects to see Axims running Windows [...]

This is fantastic news via PocketPCThoughts. The Next Generation of XScale: Monahans Is Here! Three new Marvel Xscale processors have been announced. Mummy, Daddy and Baby Monahans! Daddy breaks through the 1Ghz barrier. •PXA320 (Monahans-P)- 1.2GHz scalable down to 806MHz, general applications processor; [Update - Only 806Mhz for the time being. 1.2Ghz has been tested though.]•PXA310 (Monahans-LV) – multimedia processor, supposedly capable of 30fps H.264 playback in VGA resolutions; and•PXA300 [...]

PocketPCThoughts have some great news today. There’s 3 items I want to relay. Firstly, the W-Zero3 from Sharp. This is very much how I imagine the HTC Athena will be, but with a bigger screen and a magnetic keyboard cover instead of the slider. I had forgotten about this high-end Smartphone from 2005. Its not a UMPC (VGA screen and Windows Mobile 5 unfortunately) but there’s a lot to learn [...]

Writing detailed reviews should always be a long-term process. Often its not possible though. Even after spending many many hours with a device, you don’t find out about everything that an owner would. This has been true of the TabletKiosk i7210 UMPC which I still use as my daily PC in docked, mini-PC, extended-screen mode. I’ve had it for nearly two months now and I think I’ve finally found out pretty much everything [...]

Sorry to all of you that are still subscribed to the old RSS and email feeds. I’ll be turning them off today. The new, more complete, RSS and Email feeds are active though so you just need to switch-over to carry on getting the content.  For the email subscription (a daily Email containing the last 24 hours postings.) use the form below. Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner     [...]

The R2H will not budge from the top of the UMPC table. On the Carrypad product list it gets more than twice as much attention as any other Ultra Mobile PC. I’ve had the ranking system in place for a while now and its interesting to watch things go up and down. Generally after some news, a device will climb a place or two but there is a definite pattern forming. [...]

It was reported on AVING news network in Korean but the article appears to be about a Wi-Bro conference and not the device. Anyone know anything about it? It looks cool. Not sure about the flat keyboard though. Steve. View details of all Ultra Mobile devices in the UMPC product database. From N800 to Flybook V5, its all there!

UMPCs like you’ve never seen them before at TabletPC2 Tablet PC 2 has a summary of many of the UMPCs in a festive photo-shoot. I like it. Makes me want to go and put my decorations up! Steve.   Technorati tags: umpc View details of all Ultra Mobile devices in the UMPC product database. From N800 to Flybook V5, its all there!

There’s a new blog being written about the Raon Digital Vega which is building up nicely. Snave, the blogger, has a Vega and has been posting tips, ideas, images and news. Check it out at My Vega. Vega with Zune theme.   Raon Digital Vega specifications and links. Steve   Technorati tags: vega, umpc View details of all Ultra Mobile devices in the UMPC product database. From N800 to Flybook [...]

Firstly James Kendrick of jkOnTheRun sells his UMPC and now Matt Miller is selling his too. What’s up? At the World of Mobility expo I spoke to a number of resellers about the UMPC and they are all having a hard time selling it. On one hand, its not big enough for many commercial users and ink lovers and on the other hand, it hasn’t got a keyboard for the rest [...]

If you’re reading this, you’re on the new Carrypad server! Steve. View details of all Ultra Mobile devices in the UMPC product database. From N800 to Flybook V5, its all there!

UltraMobile Life are reporting that the VIA Unichrome GPU supports DirectX9. That isn’t my understanding. I said so in a blog comment yesterday and its probably the reason for Bjorns posting. I have always understood that the VIA Unichrome GPU does not support DirectX 9. I understood that the extensions were not supported in hardware. This could be the reason for the confusion. You can run DirectX9 software but its [...]

NotebookReview.com and ProPortable have a competition running. If you fancy winning a customised R2H…. …get your cameras out because its a photo competition. More details over at NotebookReview.com Steve View details of all Ultra Mobile devices in the UMPC product database. From N800 to Flybook V5, its all there!