Comments on: Kohjinsha SK3. Ultra-Portable and Portfolio-Ready! (Unboxing video)

By: STYPROD

STYPROD — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:16:36 +0000

Hi, i ve just sent driver and hotkeys softwares on usenet :
http://www.yabsearch.nl/search/SK3+DRIVER+
Just in case !!
Enjoy!!

By: animatio

animatio — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:17:07 +0000

like the folio concept. have the same with my asus eee 900. it’s exellent for seminars, meetings, congresses and so on. if one is not so much in that sort of bunsiness it might looke more like a fancy gadget.

By: Chippy

Chippy — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:16:06 +0000

Mike. The SK3 is just an all-round tidy-up. Keyboard, processing power and battery life are not improved at all. 3mp web cam seems to be driven by totaly slow and useless software too!

It doesnt beat the Fujitsu U820 in my opinion. X70 also a good choice unless you need more comfortable table-top use.

By: Cajun_Mike

Cajun_Mike — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:31:17 +0000

I have the SC3 and have only used it twice. It is totally worthless. Anyone want a good deal on it? Let me know. There isn’t a UMPC or MID that’s available right now that is worth a damn for us in the U.S.A. who need a tactile keyboard.

Eking i1 looks the best, but it has it’s faults too. I simply do not understand what is taking this market so long to evolve. These products are never done right.

By: joenoe

joenoe — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:01:28 +0000

how is writing/drawing with the stylus? does it have any level of pressure like a wacom cintiq (i have one but i hate that it needs to be connected to a computer to work)?

i really want a slate that works like a wacom tablet to do digital artwork. the apple modbook has a wacom board with 512 levels of pressure but it weighs a ton (5lbs), mac only os, and costs over $2,000+.

i’m looking at three other slates/umpcs: the Stylistic ST6012 (12.1″ screen but weighs 3+ lbs), the x-mode slate (10″ screen; looks really nice; i can’t wait until it’s released), and the archos 9 (looks interesting too).

anyway, thanks for this post and the nice video (i’m typing this reply using my asus eee 1000H).

By: stellar

stellar — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:26:02 +0000

It is very suprising to have only 17W battery.

Only 1 hour 3 min. battery life time ???

By: Joao Oliveira (BassoPT)

Joao Oliveira (BassoPT) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:30:24 +0000

Hi!

Do you have any reports on battery life?

João.

By: xemone

xemone — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:32:49 +0000

By the way chippy thanks for your questions at the Moorestown Q&A. You were almost reading my mind the whole time.

By: xemone

xemone — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:31:15 +0000

That’s one impressive device.
The slim polymer battery give the SK3 a bit more visual balance as compared to the SC3. I’m sure it’ll be easier to carry around too.
I’m not so sure about the case though. It’s probably not leather but it looks nice. I think it looks a little too thick/bulky. Maybe the additional paper is too much; but either way I think it’s a smart idea.
Doesn’t look like there’s goin to be enough space in there for a 1.8″ hard drive, but maybe there is.
In my opinion, it’ll be a better alternative to most 7 inch UMPCs/Netbooks out there.

Any thoughts?

By: holy shXX

holy shXX — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:11:26 +0000

yeah, that´s what I want. All-in-one.
Let´s wait what chippy says to the battery.

And, hey chippy, what´s the price of it?

By: John in Norway

John in Norway — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:43:36 +0000

That battery placement doesn’t look good for an extended battery. I was a bit annoyed that I’d just bought my SC3 but this doesn’t seem to have anything more that I want (especially as I have the double capacity battery fitted). I also like the portfolio.

As you’ve used the SC3 with XP and Windows 7, can you tell if there was any difference in the speed? I’ve only used Windows 7 on mine and it seems a bit slow sometimes.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:18:02 +0000

I like the folio idea. I guess you could replace the default pages with some of the Pulse Livescribe pen special paper for notes, and audio recording with the pen; that would make a good combo.