Comments on: Stylish 640gm 8” UMPC with 3G, GPS for just 470 Euros…with a Gotcha! http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/stylish-640gm-8-umpc-with-3g-gps-for-just-470-euroswith-a-gotcha/ portable pc, mobile computer, pocket pc and handheld computing Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:29:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Angel http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/stylish-640gm-8-umpc-with-3g-gps-for-just-470-euroswith-a-gotcha/#comment-28672 Angel Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:04:21 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=10208#comment-28672 Chippy O' my P series Sony Vaio signature. It's a marvel! 2 Ghz, 2 Gb ram, 256 Gb.SSD, GPS. 3G, etc... It's very silent, 0% noise. It DOES NOT come hot as someone said. Also, the battery charge is good, 3 hours 25 minutes, with Wi-Fi on and normal screen intensity. For the small microscopic tiny letters on 1600 display, it's easy, just go in control panel, put 125% letters. Also, some told the middle keyboard mice is a patience skill, but not for me, i like, also, NOBODY told, to just tap on with finger, it does: enter! I had Viliv X70 and with touch screen, many times i did taps on the beside icons, on the taskbar, because i have large, but not very large fingers. I like also the keayboard is spacefull and better than screen tapping. The only thing that i have for some month hards, is the price; but you must know 256 Gb SSD are all still expensives. Also, you think, less than 1 inch thick all inside: GPS, 3G. The Wi-Fi is MORE sensitive than was terrible unsensitive in the Viliv X70, I installed Windows 7 in the Viliv and the Vaio comes with Win 7, so i compare, carrots with carrots! I had 3 Wi-Fi places in Viliv X70, now i have 7 on this Vaio! I know why, because Vaio they installed N in this model, it does a big difference, and also it has faster download and upload with same web browser. The microphone in this is BETTER than the one in Viliv X70. I tested it with the same person at Skype. I like that large screen. I have it for some 5 to 7 years long. Because it's very nice and fast. I love the INSTANT ON, Viliv don't have it. It's very fast and full of functions. It's the FIRST TIME ALL my friends and relations want one. 2 bought when saw. Thanks Mr Sony, he's genius. Maybe Chippy is running to buy one now? Chippy O’ my P series Sony Vaio signature. It’s a marvel! 2 Ghz, 2 Gb ram, 256 Gb.SSD, GPS. 3G, etc… It’s very silent, 0% noise. It DOES NOT come hot as someone said. Also, the battery charge is good, 3 hours 25 minutes, with Wi-Fi on and normal screen intensity. For the small microscopic tiny letters on 1600 display, it’s easy, just go in control panel, put 125% letters. Also, some told the middle keyboard mice is a patience skill, but not for me, i like, also, NOBODY told, to just tap on with finger, it does: enter! I had Viliv X70 and with touch screen, many times i did taps on the beside icons, on the taskbar, because i have large, but not very large fingers. I like also the keayboard is spacefull and better than screen tapping. The only thing that i have for some month hards, is the price; but you must know 256 Gb SSD are all still expensives. Also, you think, less than 1 inch thick all inside: GPS, 3G. The Wi-Fi is MORE sensitive than was terrible unsensitive in the Viliv X70, I installed Windows 7 in the Viliv and the Vaio comes with Win 7, so i compare, carrots with carrots! I had 3 Wi-Fi places in Viliv X70, now i have 7 on this Vaio! I know why, because Vaio they installed N in this model, it does a big difference, and also it has faster download and upload with same web browser. The microphone in this is BETTER than the one in Viliv X70. I tested it with the same person at Skype. I like that large screen. I have it for some 5 to 7 years long. Because it’s very nice and fast. I love the INSTANT ON, Viliv don’t have it. It’s very fast and full of functions. It’s the FIRST TIME ALL my friends and relations want one. 2 bought when saw. Thanks Mr Sony, he’s genius. Maybe Chippy is running to buy one now?

]]> By: refurbished blackberry http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/stylish-640gm-8-umpc-with-3g-gps-for-just-470-euroswith-a-gotcha/#comment-28507 refurbished blackberry Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:25:21 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=10208#comment-28507 Wow !! Nice blog . I am sure it is going to help me a lot because I was facing many problems due to lack of proper keyword search information. Wow !! Nice blog . I am sure it is going to help me a lot because I was facing many problems due to lack of proper keyword search information.

]]> By: Mark Wood http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/stylish-640gm-8-umpc-with-3g-gps-for-just-470-euroswith-a-gotcha/#comment-55215 Mark Wood Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:04:35 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=10208#comment-55215 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Stylish 640gm 8” UMPC with 3G, GPS for just 470 Euros…with a ...: It's a shock to me because the last time .. http://bit.ly/3gYhZR</span></span>

Stylish 640gm 8” UMPC with 3G, GPS for just 470 Euros…with a …: It's a shock to me because the last time .. http://bit.ly/3gYhZR

]]> By: Andreas Ritter http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/stylish-640gm-8-umpc-with-3g-gps-for-just-470-euroswith-a-gotcha/#comment-28139 Andreas Ritter Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:19:53 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=10208#comment-28139 Ironically Moblin 2.1 does not support the GMA 500 graphics processor: "Platforms with the GMA-500, Nvidia, or ATI Graphics chipset are not supported." (http://moblin.org/downloads/releases/2.1/moblin-2.1-netbook-and-nettop-project-release) Otherwise this would be the perfect OS for this device. I tried Moblin on my MSI Wind Netbook and startup time was impressing. Ironically Moblin 2.1 does not support the GMA 500 graphics processor:
“Platforms with the GMA-500, Nvidia, or ATI Graphics chipset are not supported.” (http://moblin.org/downloads/releases/2.1/moblin-2.1-netbook-and-nettop-project-release)

Otherwise this would be the perfect OS for this device. I tried Moblin on my MSI Wind Netbook and startup time was impressing.

]]> By: R100 http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/stylish-640gm-8-umpc-with-3g-gps-for-just-470-euroswith-a-gotcha/#comment-28137 R100 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:26:25 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=10208#comment-28137 What about Moblin ? 2.1 for example.. What about Moblin ? 2.1 for example..

]]> By: NobbyNobbs http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/stylish-640gm-8-umpc-with-3g-gps-for-just-470-euroswith-a-gotcha/#comment-28123 NobbyNobbs Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:06:55 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=10208#comment-28123 The successor 21Z is already for sale. Not that there is much difference between the two (as far as I can see it`s only the size of the hard disk). I just don`t think that the sales of the vaio p are really great. At this price it`s ok for somebody who is into mobile computing, but I can`t imagine many people buying this device at 800€. It`s just got too many flaws for suich a price. The successor 21Z is already for sale. Not that there is much difference between the two (as far as I can see it`s only the size of the hard disk).
I just don`t think that the sales of the vaio p are really great. At this price it`s ok for somebody who is into mobile computing, but I can`t imagine many people buying this device at 800€. It`s just got too many flaws for suich a price.

]]> By: NobbyNobbs http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/stylish-640gm-8-umpc-with-3g-gps-for-just-470-euroswith-a-gotcha/#comment-28120 NobbyNobbs Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:51:26 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=10208#comment-28120 They have been selling the vaio p at these prices since the end of september. I got myself a black one for 550€, just to find out that one week later it was only 520€ at the same store... Anyway: after installing windows xp and getting the high capacity battery (~6h with wwan) this has really become my favourite mobile device! Great build quality, best keyboard on a sub 1kg device I`ve seen so far, (somehow) pocketable (even with the high capacity battery), fast wwan (the reception is far better than with my se experia x1), nice resolution and great looks. Only the color, contrast and viewing angle of the screen aren`t unfortunately that great. All in all I really love this device! They have been selling the vaio p at these prices since the end of september. I got myself a black one for 550€, just to find out that one week later it was only 520€ at the same store…

Anyway: after installing windows xp and getting the high capacity battery (~6h with wwan) this has really become my favourite mobile device!
Great build quality, best keyboard on a sub 1kg device I`ve seen so far, (somehow) pocketable (even with the high capacity battery), fast wwan (the reception is far better than with my se experia x1), nice resolution and great looks.
Only the color, contrast and viewing angle of the screen aren`t unfortunately that great.

All in all I really love this device!

]]> By: Andreas Ritter http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/stylish-640gm-8-umpc-with-3g-gps-for-just-470-euroswith-a-gotcha/#comment-28115 Andreas Ritter Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:48:11 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=10208#comment-28115 There were a large number of special ebay deals in germany some weeks ago. I brought a P11z for 430 euros, but the device is almost unusable: The 60gb HDD is so extremely slow and Sony decided to put the 8gb restore partition at the start of the disk, so you can't use the fastest part of the HDD... I have repartitioned the HDD with one large partition and installed Windows 7. Now wake-up time from suspend to disk is 43 secs compared to 120 sec with Widnows Vista and the original partition scheme. This makes the device a lot faster, but I think an SSD is the way to go. I just ordered a Runcore 32gb SSD and hope it will arrive in the the next two weeks. @James Pond: I tried the Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook remix, but it does not support the WWAN hardware and it has no driver for the GMA 500 graphics. The UI is so slow, it was unusable. So Windows 7 is the only real option for this device :-( There were a large number of special ebay deals in germany some weeks ago. I brought a P11z for 430 euros, but the device is almost unusable: The 60gb HDD is so extremely slow and Sony decided to put the 8gb restore partition at the start of the disk, so you can’t use the fastest part of the HDD…
I have repartitioned the HDD with one large partition and installed Windows 7. Now wake-up time from suspend to disk is 43 secs compared to 120 sec with Widnows Vista and the original partition scheme.
This makes the device a lot faster, but I think an SSD is the way to go. I just ordered a Runcore 32gb SSD and hope it will arrive in the the next two weeks.

@James Pond: I tried the Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook remix, but it does not support the WWAN hardware and it has no driver for the GMA 500 graphics. The UI is so slow, it was unusable. So Windows 7 is the only real option for this device :-(

]]> By: dbzeag http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/stylish-640gm-8-umpc-with-3g-gps-for-just-470-euroswith-a-gotcha/#comment-28112 dbzeag Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:01:34 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=10208#comment-28112 Why would they need to push these? I thought with Sony if the laptop or desktop had Vista Home Premium, there was a free upgrade to 7 Home Premium when it came out? This deal is still going on until January. Maybe it's just a US thing. http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/os7upgrade.pl Why would they need to push these? I thought with Sony if the laptop or desktop had Vista Home Premium, there was a free upgrade to 7 Home Premium when it came out? This deal is still going on until January.

Maybe it’s just a US thing.

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/os7upgrade.pl

]]> By: owydd http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/stylish-640gm-8-umpc-with-3g-gps-for-just-470-euroswith-a-gotcha/#comment-28109 owydd Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:00:53 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=10208#comment-28109 Chippy. Can't you remap the keys and move them physically? Owydd Chippy.

Can’t you remap the keys and move them physically?

Owydd

]]> By: yanni http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/stylish-640gm-8-umpc-with-3g-gps-for-just-470-euroswith-a-gotcha/#comment-28107 yanni Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:52:38 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=10208#comment-28107 I choose the viliv s7 over this! I choose the viliv s7 over this!

]]> By: Top Gps Reviews http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/stylish-640gm-8-umpc-with-3g-gps-for-just-470-euroswith-a-gotcha/#comment-55216 Top Gps Reviews Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:36:02 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=10208#comment-55216 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Stylish 640gm 8” UMPC with 3G, GPS for just 470 Euros…with a ... http://bit.ly/2OlAHz #gps</span></span>

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]]> By: James Pond http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/11/stylish-640gm-8-umpc-with-3g-gps-for-just-470-euroswith-a-gotcha/#comment-28106 James Pond Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:22:06 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=10208#comment-28106 Still needs an SSD upgrade! And maybe an OS switch to XP, Seven, or Linux? Still needs an SSD upgrade! And maybe an OS switch to XP, Seven, or Linux?

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