Trains are great. I’m having some quality thinking time here. Having just mused over the price of the Q1 Ultra, its time to move on to the 7″ ASUS UMPC with the VIA chipset.
I had 15 minutes with one of the sales managers from ASUS’ IPC division (Industrial PC) about the device and about its future. Maybe it was because of the press badge I had on that I got a different answer to everyone else because there appeared to be no intention of putting the consumer version of the device into production unless a big requirement came along. We talked a little about pricing around the $1000 mark and about battery life (6 hours he said…a little ambitious if you ask me) but that was about it. I’ll be following up with them of course. Having read some reports of availability I need to challenge them a bit to get the right answer.
One thing is for sure though, if this model comes out with the VIA C7, a touchscreen and 6 hours battery life I’ll be upgrading from the Kohjinsha for my mobile reporting. Unless, of course, the beautiful US702 comes out first.
