Comments on: EKing S515 Tilt/Slider UMPC. Unboxing and Overview.

By: johnkzin

johnkzin — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:17:24 +0000

Maemo does an excellent job of presenting a desktop Linux (with X even) environment on a 800×480 display.

Though, they do it by completely revamping common applications around an 800×480 display. You can’t easily just “recompile and run” for some apps or dialogs. But, the point is, “desktop linux on 800×480″ isn’t the problem.

The problem is “just recompiling and expecting everything to ‘just work’”.

By: johnkzin

johnkzin — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:15:31 +0000

I don’t agree. For a 7″+ screen, yeah, 1024×600 is a must.

But at 4.1″ (in my experience), 800×480 is just about right. 1024×600 would give pixels that are WAY too small, and make some work difficult. It’s my expectation that anything up to 5″ is still going to be perfect for 800×480 or 854×480.

I’m not sure about displays in-between those two sizes, though.

By: Another guy

Another guy — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:38:48 +0000

800×480? no thanks. At that size, a 1024×600 output is a must!

I cant wait for the UMID M2 to be released already!

By: Minions

Minions — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:44:31 +0000

I personally plan to downclock my cpu back to the current one when on the go, which should return the battery life to that of the m1. It’s rather simple and I believe most people would probably want it that way.

By: tino

tino — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:23:19 +0000

At 800X480, there is no point putting desktop OS and desktop OS CUP in it.

I install Linux Fedora 10 on a virtual machine last week. If you change to 800X480, you actually can not change the resolution back. The ok button is out of the border. This happens even on Linux. I know there are slimmer Linux disto. But why don’t I just deal with a mobile OS and mobile browser?

By: Absolutely NoOne

Absolutely NoOne — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:36:17 +0000

Is that an HD2 in the background? SWEEEEET!

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:44:05 +0000

I have 2 questions:

1) would it be possible that instead of having a sliding battery, was a detachable one? … that may give the battery a couple of millimeters in thickness without altering the devise dimensions and maybe get another hour of juice?

2) Does the devise has a physical button for screen rotation?

By: ssagg

ssagg — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:21:58 +0000

The Oqo replacement or just another deception?. It seems that battery life is poor and build quality is questionable but otherwise the device seems a fine option if you look for a pocketable and produictive device.

By: yamete888

yamete888 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:06:57 +0000

Chippy, I was wondering, even the eking s515 with no 3g that Mobilx sells come prewired with mini pci-e slot, and antenna?
I’ve seen some video on you tube, and it looks like the phone capability is like the “classic” Everun, when using it with a voice enabled mini pci-e card…! It’d be interesting to see how “integrated” the phone capabilities will be on the XPPHONE…which by the way, it looks like it has a gazillion customizable options…if yoou have more info on the XPPHONE as well would be great!

By: yves

yves — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:50:19 +0000

If UMID has not made too many internal changes between the M1 and the M2, the battery life of the M2 should be ~4h with wifi on or ~6h with wifi off. Maybe a little less due to the higher frequency CPU, and also to Windows 7 (?). However, much better than the Eking S515…
But I like the slide and tilt form factor.

By: focus

focus — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:01:34 +0000

It`s RAON EVERUN and he never changed in profile picture

By: Martins2012

Martins2012 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:46:34 +0000

Please, tell me which device is that one u are holding on ur profile picture.

By: Arthur

Arthur — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:40:05 +0000

How does the SSD speed looks like ?

By: admin

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:39:05 +0000

Slightly off topic but someone said they are selling Benq S6’s for $150 in Blockbuster in the US right now. Anyone seen this?

By: jech

jech — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:17:44 +0000

The keyboard adds about 0,5cm to the thickness, that should be all.

But what is a bigger mystery to me, is why they put such a small screen to such big devices. I don’t want any buttons on the front, they can be placed on sides. The designers are wasting a lot of space IMO. Hopefuly this also changes with Moorestown. The Wistron MID prototype looks good.