Comments on: My (Current) Working Mobile Device Line-Up.

By: ruby

ruby — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:52:29 +0000

i use sony ux 280p for 1 hour browsing , lenovo s10-2 for more than 1 hour browsing, lenovo r61 for vb/php coding.

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:29:57 +0000

Was at J&R in NYC this morning. Looking at the sad — and big! — array of underpowered netbooks. It hit me that Intel has a vested interest in NOT making Atom a kick-ass CPU. It’d steal their high-end business. So do people have to look to AMD or ARM for faster, stronger, power-stingy chips? Really, the form factor is still great (loved that Samsung N120, even though I didn’t buy it) — but the OOMPH! just isn’t there. When do we get the OOMPH!?

By: chhh

chhh — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:19:42 +0000

that’s good news, cause i’m at the point of loosing patience waiting for the viliv product and going for any of those new CULV packing, 8 hour lasting goodies out there.

By: Dima

Dima — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:13:58 +0000

I use T1028G and wait for Viliv S10!

By: medah4rick

medah4rick — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:23:37 +0000

you use a phone to make calls?

By: Chippy

Chippy — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:59:14 +0000

I haven’t had a chance to test that browser yet but it looks like it has powerful features. Thanks for the sharing your details.

By: Chippy

Chippy — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:17:45 +0000

Something came through today. Cant give details but there should be something to tell (and maybe show) by end of next week.

By: fargox

fargox — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:51:40 +0000

I bought Fujitsu P1620 for exact the same reasons. I needed high quality internal 3G (altough i am using Mifi if i need to share one SIM) with a fair amount of cpu power, tablet functions and decent battery life all packed into a relative light and small package. The only thing missing is the Webcam which i personally can live with. Its a great machine. The only downside in my opinion is the price tag. The P1620 itself is changing the owner on ebay for a good price, but new models like P1630 are unfortunately a bit expensive.

By: HG

HG — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:59:33 +0000

Chippy that’s a pretty good mobile solution you are using. I agree you must use what works for you best as the user. I use the BB Storm 2 and for my computers. I have the Sony P which I use if I know I will be working on light stuff or know that I will just need to use it for web browsing. Really like how small and keyboard is great to type on. For my main Netbook I use the MSI Wind only because I have Leopard and Win 7 Ultimate on it and use it for work pretty much daily and sometimes use my Toshiba NB205 which is a great Netbook. Great battery life, keyboard, speed, etc… I recently got the Archos 5 and installed the Android Market, google maps, and the Dolphin Browser which is really good. See the video I did. http://www.youtube.com/user/MrHG78#p/a/u/0/2fJ6mCbT7ek I also tested the google maps with the GPS and works good also to look up for places, stores, etc… and fits in your back pocket.

I tether the Archos 5 to my phone and its actually working very nice and can view word, excell, pdf’s on the road so I have been using a lot lately. For my main computer I use my MacBook to a 22″ with BT keyboard, and BT mouse.

By: chhh

chhh — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:33:09 +0000

so do you hear anything concerning s10 from viliv lately?
pixel qi screen? ulv processors? looks like we’ll have to wait till CES at very least…

By: ninetynine

ninetynine — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:12:44 +0000

You can try Asus UL20. Meets your screen, battery, processor and weight requirements. Liliputing has a good review of it. Unfortunately 3G would be a DIY mod, but I imagine it’s possible since the UL30vt has 3G built in.

By: Chippy

Chippy — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:09:23 +0000

1.65kg is an absolute deal breaker for me. I won’t go heavier than current solution!
high-quality 3G is a must. I have the Mifi but I need built-in too.
Battery life needs to be 6 hours working (with extended battery)
I’m actually prepared to lose touch and convertible as long as I get multi-touch mousepad.
3D graphics not important (ION just wastes battery in my use cases)

Thanks for the suggestions.

By: Energy Doctor

Energy Doctor — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:57:59 +0000

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By: James Pond

James Pond — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:08:21 +0000

Or there are the Acer TimeLine notebooks, the 11 inches ones are just under 1.5Kg if you don’t take the extended battery. Basically they are the same as the one I spoke about but not convertible.

There are also MSI devices with 11 inches displays and using AMD/ATI platforms. They are too much more powerful than Atom-based devices but unlike the new Intel CULV platforms they are also much more power-hungry. Of course they are 65nm CPUs instead of 45nm for Intel’s, plus maybe the power-management features of Intel’s are better; and the Intel’s 4500 line IGP are also less powerful than the ATI’s but still much better than the GMA450 and GMA500 that usually comes with Atom.

By: James Pond

James Pond — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:57:00 +0000

In order to replace the Gigabyte T1028M you should take a look to the new Acer tablet (Acer Aspire 1820PTZ) . For instance it will be soon sold in France under the Packard Bell brand for 500€.

http://www.blogeee.net/2009/12/le-packard-bell-butterfly-touch-en-stock-a-499e-chez-carrefour/

For this price you get a device:
- which is convertible and with touchscreen
- with much more horsepower than any Atom-based device
- bigger screen but still not too big (11 inches)
- better resolution at 1366×768
- which uses 2.5″ HDD like the Gigabyte, meaning you could keep your RunCore killer SSD
- reasonable battery life, it seems to be up to 8 hours in power-saving mode, on high-performance mode with Wifi and all you should be able to get more than 4 hours, from what I read
- not that pricey for what’s included
- HDMI & VGA outputs, don’t know if you care about that

For the downsides:
- 1.65 Kg
- no 3G, don’t know if that would be easy to add — Is there a free mini-PCIe slot? Is it easily accessible? Is the device pre-wired with 3G antennas?
- no ExpressCard slot, but were you using the one in the Gigabyte?
- Acer/Packard Bell brand are not well-known for build quality, have to wait for the first reviews to have an idea on that — however the Acer TimeLine users seems to be pleased, so there’s hope!
- I guess the display will be ultra-glossy, again have to wait for some user-reviews in order to know exactly

Or if you’re looking for a non-convertible device the Asus 12″ netbooks are under the 1.5Kg I think. But they won’t be very powerful:
- Asus EeePC 1201HA with Atom/Poulsbo Z520 (1.33GHz)
- Asus EeePC 1201N with nVidia ION and Atom N330 (1.66GHz dual-core) promises to be more powerful but also more power-hungry
- Asus EeePC 1201T with the new AMD/ATI platform will be probably much more powerful but probably with a poor battery life, and maybe heavier

Hope that helps!