Comments on: MIDs will raise the bar for high-end PMPs http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/04/mids-will-raise-the-bar-for-high-end-pmps/ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:51:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: ARHYTHMATIK http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/04/mids-will-raise-the-bar-for-high-end-pmps/#comment-910 ARHYTHMATIK Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:47:00 +0000 http://www2.umpcportal.com/?p=2180#comment-910 BATTERY LIFE! That will be the ONE function that severely limits MIDs. If battery life can be comparable to a PPC, then you're talking about a revolution in mobility. BATTERY LIFE! That will be the ONE function that severely limits MIDs. If battery life can be comparable to a PPC, then you’re talking about a revolution in mobility.

]]> By: thenegret http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/04/mids-will-raise-the-bar-for-high-end-pmps/#comment-909 thenegret Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:21:00 +0000 http://www2.umpcportal.com/?p=2180#comment-909 I've been thinking about this for quite a while now, about how lower-end UMPCs started to compete with high-end PMPs and where all this is now going.<br/><br/>After the Cowon Q5 was released (last year?) at around US$600, it became quite comparable to the entry level Everun. Threads started popping up at iaudiophile and archosfans about the pros and cons of using a UMPC to fit the media player role (look for them!) which lead to pretty interesting discussions. In the end, it all came up to each person's needs.<br/><br/>Now that MIDs are entering the picture, it will all become even tighter.<br/><br/>I for one, given the choice, would rather have in my PMP a full fledged OS, with all its flexibility, regardless of the inherent setbacks like startup times. I can spare a couple of minutes before watching a movie or browsing the net. WinXP's life has been extended, let's optimize it and put it in a second gen Everun or WiBrain with TV-out and good looks and you've got a winner. The Everun already proved that decent battery life is possible, now lets make an attractive unit which is desirable to the mass market. I’ve been thinking about this for quite a while now, about how lower-end UMPCs started to compete with high-end PMPs and where all this is now going.

After the Cowon Q5 was released (last year?) at around US$600, it became quite comparable to the entry level Everun. Threads started popping up at iaudiophile and archosfans about the pros and cons of using a UMPC to fit the media player role (look for them!) which lead to pretty interesting discussions. In the end, it all came up to each person’s needs.

Now that MIDs are entering the picture, it will all become even tighter.

I for one, given the choice, would rather have in my PMP a full fledged OS, with all its flexibility, regardless of the inherent setbacks like startup times. I can spare a couple of minutes before watching a movie or browsing the net. WinXP’s life has been extended, let’s optimize it and put it in a second gen Everun or WiBrain with TV-out and good looks and you’ve got a winner. The Everun already proved that decent battery life is possible, now lets make an attractive unit which is desirable to the mass market.

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