Several days ago I put up a post asking which device was most anticipated by readers of our site. 648 of your responded and I’m here to share the results. Take a look at the graph below:
For readers who didn’t have a chance to participate in the poll from the previous post, here is the list of devices which readers could have chosen from (click the link to be taken to the product’s Portal page).
Crunchpad | Asus Eee T91 | Archos 9 | Always Innovating Touchbook
As I watched the results roll in, the Eee T91 stayed the leader for nearly the entire duration of polling. The CrunchPad came in second, followed by the Archos 9 and then the Always Innovating Touchbook. There was a good amount of ‘other’ responses. in fact enough to tie the CrunchPad for second place (I’ll add more devices to the poll next time!). What I found interesting was that some people filled in the ‘other’ dialogue with existing devices, and some filled it in with devices that they would like to have, but might not be products at this point. Here is a short list of ‘other’ entries for existing products:
- Viliv X70 [Portal page]
- Viliv S7 [Portal page]
- Asus Eee T101H [Portal page]
- Kohjinsha SK3 [Portal page]
- Asus Eee Keyboard PC
- Open Pandora
- ION/Tegra based netbook
And a short list of ‘other’ entries featuring devices that don’t yet exist:
- Apple tablet
- Archos 5 inch Android device
- LG ultra mobile PC (this person must be old school!)
- Next Nokia Internet Tablet (several people called this the N900)
- Viliv S5 with keyboard
Interesting suggestions everyone. Thanks for participating in this poll. Its good to know people are looking forward to these devices. We have quite a few nice products lined up that we’ll be reviewing for our readers. Chippy has the Viliv S7 coming eventually, and we’ll also hopefully have our hands on the Asus Eee T91, and the Always Innovating Touchbook in the near future.
New article: The most anticipated device, as chosen by the readers [poll results] http://cli.gs/e7a0t
I think people voted for things you regard as “released” or existing but which aren’t actually available to “normal” people as they’ve only been relased to bloggers and reviewers, like the X70 or the S7. This is probably available in korea, has been reviewed all over the shop, been pre-order released at Dyna, but certainly isn’t in the hands of all us “normal” people yet.
You are right, the X70 was right on the cusp of being released. I didn’t include it in the poll because I felt that the other devices were still ‘upcoming’. Also at the time that I made the poll, we hadn’t heard anything about the S7 in a long time and it wasn’t really on the radar. Votes for it started coming in after a later announcement that it was coming soon. I’ll try to be a bit new inclusive next time.
IMO, UMPC’s are poorly marketed poorly priced. What if you saw an OQO, Everon, Wibrain next to a HP mini for the same price?? Wouldn’t you think millions would go for the smaller UMPC pocketable, same functionality verse the bigger HP Mini? If not just for WOW factor, for functionality and portability. Now what if you saw a OQO next to a I-phone in a store (best buy)for the same price?? I think I would for for the OQO. Now what if UMPC’s had blue tooth headsets for phone calls/Skype? I think that would a good battle between UMPC/headsets verse smart phones. See i’ve NEVER seen a UMPC displayed in a retail store? Why NOT??!?!? it’s the UMPC companies that need to step up their marketing divisions/techniques. Have we ever even discussed UMPC’s with headsets??? Yo, you don’t need to hold a brick computer to your head, if you have a headset brothers and sisters. (remember the funny video JKK holding an XP cellphone to his head and laughing??? Who forgot about the bluetooth headset? EVERYONE. Someone please stick a UMPC in a retail store ASAP. No excuses.