Alot of the complaints with the UMPC devices have been the low battery life the system come standard with. Some have reported battery time under 2 hours.

Well, Ervetzin posted a picture [url=http://www.origamiportal.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=508]in our forums [/url] of The Q1 extended Battery that supposedly netted him 5 1/2 hours of useage.

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As you can see it is running my favorite site origamiportal.com

And Steve at [url=http://www.carrypad.com]CarryPad.com[/url] posted a [url=http://www.carrypad.com/journal/2006/07/amtek-eoeasybook-5-hour-battery.html]picture yesterday of the eo/Amtek/PaceBlade extended battery[/url]. which is said to get 4-5 hours of use out of the UMPC.

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Slowly battery life is becoming less of an issue with these devices which could help with better market adoption.

In the Origamiportal.com forums, ervetzin has posted a pic and made a few comments about the extended battery for the Samsung Q1 UMPC. [click image to enlarge] ervetzin paid a rather heafty $164.21 for the part (#BA96-03130A) from samsungparts.com The battery is about twice the size of the original. It extends about 3/4″ below the bottom of the unit. For me this is actually a welcome added space for resting my hand while inking. The added area is black, but not polished like the rest of the front. The Q1 […]

Dailytech.com have an article up about the R2H and FCC aproval which means its moving towards release in the U.S. We were told that there would be a July launch for the R2H and it looks like it’s on target. The R2H has some unique features among UMPCs including the fingerprint reader and camera and we’re also expecting a a GPS option, single-sign-on software and competitive price, All the details we have on the R2H are in our product database here. Steve / Chippy. View details of all Ultra Mobile […]

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[url=http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3156]Dailytech.com[/url] just released an article today linking to the [url=http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/cf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&RequestTimeout=500&calledFromFrame=N&application_id=876648&fcc_id=%27MSQR2H%27]Asus R2H FCC Documents[/url].

Like always, the FCC documents included the user manual([url=http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/forms/blobs/retrieve.cgi?attachment_id=676597&native_or_pdf=pdf]1[/url],[url=http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/forms/blobs/retrieve.cgi?attachment_id=676598&native_or_pdf=pdf]2[/url]) and some pictures of the device on tables and taken apart.

Like we have heard before the device includes a built in GPS, wireless LAN and Bluetooth, SD Memory Slot, an expansion port for an add on port bar and other devices, fingerprint scanner(which doubles as a vertical scroll wheel), built in 1.3 M camera, thumbstick cursor control, direction buttons, right and left thumbstick mouse buttons, and last but not least the InstantFun+ Key (Which launches a multimedia player).

The manual also references a few add on components including a fold up keyboard.

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The FCC docs also had pics of the built in GPS and the pictures of the R2H open, which can be seen below…

Once again [url=http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2006/07/guest_article_h.html]jkOnTheRun[/url] has a great article posted. This time Fernando Miralles has posted instructions on how he upgraded the hard drive on his Sony Vaio UX50 from a 30 GB drive to a 60 GB.

The drive he used was a Toshiba MK6008GAH and there are detailed step by step picture instructions [url=http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2006/07/guest_article_h.html]here[/url]

Someone has sent me this great animated gif which sums up exactly what I was talking about in my post on the $1500 Carrypad Office Companion. A UMPC, the ultra-mobile PC, can be turned into a home PC just by adding a docking station! The ultra mobile PC is already a great concept as a device in its own right, but with the addition of a docking station, why not use it as your home PC too! The only thing is, is this animation just a concept or a real […]

I’ve been hearing that the extended battery for the eo/easybook/it’s/T700 ultra mobile PC is nearly available through resellers now (and about time too, this should have been available for review devices on day one.) CTitanic reported that Tablet Kiosk would have it available for order in two weeks and I assume that Paceblade will also have it soon. Price is going to be up to the reseller but I know that PocketPC Solutions/Tablet Kiosk in the UK is offering it for UKP100. Its on offer via Tablet Kiosk in the […]

Rob Bushway over at GottaBeMobile.com just released a version of the [url=http://www.gottabemobile.com/EnglishStandardVersionForOneNote2007NowAvailable.aspx]English Standard Version Bible for One Note 2007[/url].

GottaBeMobile says:
This version for OneNote 2007 is formatted with wide margins and double spacing, especially tailored to Tablet PC users for ink notetaking. In addition, each book in the Bible is a seperate OneNote section, with each chapter in the book belonging to a page within that section.

Here’s a nice picture of the UI from [url=http://www.tabletbible.com]TabletBible.com[/url]

So if you love to be able to read you bible in book form and also need electronic form here’s the software for you.