Comments on: Asus R50A full review

By: karmic koala

karmic koala — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:10:48 +0000

I have been looking for a device that I can use a web tablet and a phone, but that is a real computer. Some things concern me:

First, some devices have everything soldered to the board. I know this was an issue with the eee. If I but ubuntu 9.10 on an ssd, will I be able to swap it into this machine? Yeah, I know there will be driver issues.

Is there another machine that I should be looking at instead?

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Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:45:06 +0000

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By: Corrupted Mind

Corrupted Mind — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:17:17 +0000

Oh dear, this does not sound like the upgrade I want for the Samsung Q1 that is now on its last legs. I have a hunch that the new Sony will be more expensive than the R50 (currently £700-800). The fact that vista is on that too makes me less hopeful. I think this next round will be a strange one for me as I’m being forcibly penned into the MID category, and I’m feeling rebellious about my netbook options which has me suddenly searching through full size laptop options – this isn’t good. I’m hoping CES will help me get my UMPC mojo back.

By: Asus R50A UMPC | Laptops Latest News and Review

Asus R50A UMPC | Laptops Latest News and Review — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:15:25 +0000

[...] UMPCPortal has reviewed the Asus R50A and comments: I’ll start out by just saying that I’m disappointed in the R50A. It is hard for a product like this to really succeed though. When you think about it, the R50A tries to fill a niche within a niche. Unless you are specifically looking for a handheld device that can only be used as a slate, I couldn’t recommend the R50A to you. I can’t think of many situations where a full sized slate, or convertible Tablet PC wouldn’t be a much better alternative than the R50A. Unfortunately the UMPC form-factor and slate PC concept just don’t mix well. What you end up with is a device that can’t be held with one hand very comfortably, and even looking beyond that, has a very small writing space. Related PostsAsus R50A UMPCWiBrain I1 UMPCAsus U2E notebookSamsung Q1UP-V Vista UMPCAsus Eee PC 1000HD Save This Article : [...]

By: Abdu

Abdu — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:36:57 +0000

I use a Samsung Q1 as an eReader. It has left/right arrow buttons which I use to page up/down when reading pdf’s. Does this unit have similar button functionality?

By: Arthur

Arthur — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:05:41 +0000

Ben, I just email you the screen shots.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:27:04 +0000

Sure: ben (at) umpcportal.com

By: Arthur

Arthur — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:25:12 +0000

Ben, I can’t see the speaker but the sound appears to be coming out of the right side of the unit. I did the test and captured the results. Can I email them to you?

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:39:30 +0000

Sorry Arthur, it may be the non-production model factor, but my R50A doesn’t show any speakers even in the device manager unless I plug in the headphones. Where is the speaker physically located within your unit?

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:34:21 +0000

You are right, the Core Solo line should be more powerful than the Atom CPUs, but the R50A has double the RAM, and has technology that is 3 years more advanced.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:31:29 +0000

I’m firing up the R50A right now to see if there is anything I can do to reach the performance of your unit. I just got word from Dynamism that this was not a production unit, so it is likely that the software build is not optimized; maybe I’m missing some important updated drivers. Can you do me a favor and run Crystal Mark on your R50A? ( http://release.crystaldew.info/CrystalMark2004 ) I’d like to see how yours scores.

By: Arthur

Arthur — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:01:32 +0000

Ben, you are wrong again. The r50a does have a built in speaker and it works well. In fact I used it this weekend.

By: Arthur

Arthur — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:59:43 +0000

Ben, I have only made one small change to the graphics settings on my unit. I do not understand why your unit was not performing better without making the changes that negativley impacted your units performance. All I did was turn off the glass. Unfortunatley other outlets have picked up your flawed review which makes it sound like the r50a can perform no better than a UX. This is clearly the best performing UMPC I have owned. Prior devices include UX50, HTC Shift, and u810.

By: Rob Beschizza

Rob Beschizza — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:45:26 +0000

@fauc Asus’s R50 Mobile Internet Device not very good. Does not bode well for same-specced Sony P. http://tinyurl.com/a36pum