Earlier today I posted a live mobile blog over at Carrypad. I was up a hill in Bonn where it was bloody cold. I took the 500Mhz Kohjinsha SA1F00A and managed to write a blog, take pictures, make a movie and post it all to my server without any problems whatsoever. Don’t let anyone tell you that UMPC’s aren’t for multimedia! While I agree that it was pretty painful watching a 30 second movie render and compress in about 6 minutes, the overall effect of having everything I needed there and then saved a lot more than 6 minutes. And yet, Microsoft seems to think that only Windows Vista Premium PC’s should edit videos. Poppycock! Here’s a short list of the tools I had with me today to do the sub-zero multimedia blog. Total weight was about 2KG (4.4lbs)
- Kohjinsha SA1 sub-1kg Ultra Mobile notebook. $1000
- Nokia 6280 3G phone – Free with contract.
- Canon S2IS – $300
- Tripod – $25
And now look what a Vista upgrade will cost me
- New ultra mobile PC – Minimum $1700 (Lets assume I can get a P1610d + extra battery for this price.)
- Vista – $200
- Nearly $2000 to do the same thing. I realise I’m not your normal home user but what I’ve done here is exactly what many ultra mobile PC users would like to be able to do.
- Steve / Chippy
