Comments on: Gigabyte M704 is here. Suprisingly good first impressions.

By: chippy

chippy — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:20:05 +0000

Personally I like it this way round but I know many others, especially in offices, need that ethernet connection. A cheap USB adaptor can solve the problem though.

By: dimsumfan

dimsumfan — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:33:44 +0000

Is it typical that there’s no ethernet connection in the body - only in the docking station?

By: chippy

chippy — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:39:25 +0000

Hanzo.
It’s a suprise to me too.
I’m using the Nero video playback tools which might make some difference although i’m not aware that they use their own WMP codec. I’ll look further into this for you.

John.
I can type fast on the thumboard, faster than most thumboards but you won’t reach the speed or, more importantly , the comfort of a real keyboard if you need to type a lot of text. It’s not a notebook replacement but could be a good replacement for something like an Eee 701.

Steve.

By: Hanzo

Hanzo — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:27:42 +0000

Hi Chippy!

Great video as usual! Thanks! But I have a question:

How come the M704 can handle the 6M datarate video while the U60 can’t? According to the SEPC, they both use VX700 chipset, so what’s the difference? This is the most confusing to me. Do you have any idea why?

By: John Lester

John Lester — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:05:24 +0000

Steve/Chippy, do you think that this 704 could serve as a notebook replacement? how fast can you type on it?

By: 3sat “neues” über mobiles Internet und Netbooks | portable-devices.net

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:07:18 +0000

[...] zeigt, wie zum Beispiel den HP 2133, den Asus EEE-PC 900, den Gigabyte M704 (hier vorgestern erst das erste unboxing) und auch den HTC Touch Diamond. Das Video möchte ich euch natürlich jetzt nicht vorenthalten, [...]

By: pc_g

pc_g — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:20:45 +0000

If you are waiting for M528 ask yourself if you can live with the small screen real-estate and 800mhz

By: TareX

TareX — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:11:43 +0000

Can’t I use a stylus with a ball-in-socket point, to make writing on the screen easier? (like the pen used on the Dell Latitude XT tablet)

I just need a solution for that handwriting issue.

By: tal

tal — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:12:04 +0000

My guess is that as soon as UME kicks in on its current designated devices, they will extend its processor base.

From the wiki FAQ:
“Can I run it on a Nokia N770/N800/N810?
As stated above, our current focus in in x86 processors. It should run on ARM if somebody ports it, but for now, if you have a Nokia Internet Tablet, stick with Nokia’s software.”

By: Aristobule

Aristobule — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:06:06 +0000

thx a lot i look forward the M528 too, hope they delayed it for cpu change..

By: chippy

chippy — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:48:57 +0000

No news on M700 yet. Last i heard it would be 4th quarter.
M528 is imminent though.
Steve

By: chippy

chippy — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:48:05 +0000

Yup, worked that one out earlier today. Everything on the docking station working fine now. Thanks for the tip.

Have been using the m704 exclusively all day and its working out well. I keep expecting to hit a major problem but apart from the things ive already mentioned in the forum, theres nothing to moan about.

Steve

By: Aristobule

Aristobule — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:29:56 +0000

Any news of the gigabyte M700 ? seems far much better for me.

By: fab

fab — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:21:41 +0000

yeah, there were problems with LAN as well on the same RoverPC 700Q. i could not find any drivers for the gigabyte, but you can download the drivers for the roverpc from here, they are the same:

http://ftp.roverbook.com/RoverPC/UMPC_A700GQ/

you will find the lan drivers as well

By: TareX

TareX — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:44:54 +0000

hmmm…. the cons are starting to appear already:

- Poor handwriting recognition
- No keyboard backlight…

This is very disappointing. It seemed SO fluid when you were touch-navigating it. Watching the video I was almost 100% sure this is my-UMPC-to-be….