Comments on: Road S101 ‘HandyPC’

By: Richard Schmidt

Richard Schmidt — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:04:10 +0000

Op deze #HandyPC http://bit.ly/c26FnU zat ik lang te wachten. Vanaf '06 al bezig met ontwikkeling. Volgens mij zijn ze nu outofbusiness.

By: John

John — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:08:57 +0000

What do you mean by smartcard in this context?

By: Uli

Uli — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:45:17 +0000

The device will actually be available with either dual sim option or sim + smartcard option.

By: John

John — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:28:19 +0000

(this article says Linux + Qtopia, but I actually got here not via my usual UMPCPortal RSS feed, but from an article talking about this phone running Android: http://androidcommunity.com/road-picking-android-for-s101-handypc-video-20090305/ … thus all of my references to it being an Android phone)

By: John

John — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:25:06 +0000

I love the idea of an E90 like device that runs Android … but…

1) Needs more resolution … It needs to have AT LEAST as nice a screen as the G1, but I’d really like to see something with a 4″ screen that’s 800×600. I’d pay a premium for it, too.

2) Needs at least quadband GSM (I’ve been toying with getting a Cradlepoint router, so I’m not too worried about not having 3G data, but I do wonder about the implications of not having 3G voice/messaging once 2G towers start being deprecated; aside from that, I’m not worried about not having WCDMA)

3) I love that it’s Dpad based, instead of trackball based, but I’m not sure I like the way that keyboard handles it (vs the E90). If they made the screen bigger, then they might also be able to give a little more room to an E90 like dpad. Though, honestly, I love the look of the keyboard layout on this thing: the most like a real qwerty of any phone I’ve seen. So I wouldn’t to take away from the current keyboard layout — move the arrow keys into a dpad, replace those keys with something Android-ish, but otherwise leave the keys alone (assuming they have a feel as nice as the G1).

4) As ardnimr points out, it’s less than an E90 in capability, but more than an E90 in price. Why not just see if someone is going to port Android to the E90 and get one of those?

5) dual SIM slots wouldn’t hurt, either

I also wonder what exactly is running on the front display. Is it a 2nd, but otherwise fully functional, Android display? is it a custom app that just does a subset of Android’s functionality (call based stuff only)?

By: ardnimr

ardnimr — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:52:21 +0000

800 euros? where I live you can get the E90 for the equivalent of 550 euros, that is without contract.

By: T

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:23:00 +0000

miniE90??

its screen just the same with the pocketsurfer~

512MHz, 128MB RAM and 512MB Flash, very normal smartphone~

By: Vakeros

Vakeros — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:44:30 +0000

Put Android on it, change to 3.5mm jack and 3G and it is a decent Smartphone.
Don’t like the fact it is designed with stylus in mind.

By: anon

anon — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:37:47 +0000

I guess the delayed introduction to market shows. If they can get full 3G on it and provide a great software stack, it might be a very nice and productive device for some.

By: GeoffreyM

GeoffreyM — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:09:14 +0000

It’s cute, but the processor and wireless specs sound like they started development in 2004 and the price is absurd.

By: Steve 'Chippy' Paine

Steve 'Chippy' Paine — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:19:29 +0000

Road S101 ‘HandyPC’ http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=6043