tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70805268735980752362009-12-18T17:19:22.908-07:00My continued search for the perfect cell phone, UMPC, and computer. How I find I use it in my day to day life and my opinions as a student on them.MiKeNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901533134416133415noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080526873598075236.post-56659561617699851112008-12-04T07:43:00.000-07:002008-12-04T07:45:33.514-07:00

My post for an additional entry :).Jake Ludington’s HP Magic Giveaway

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My bonus entry in hopes of winning the HP giveaway, come on Gearlive :)Gearlive

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Hey everyone. Sorry I haven't been able to post lately. Been crazy busy with school and life. I have a bunch of tech stuff to fill you in on as soon as I get the chance as well as post my Samsung Omnia Review. It's almost done, just need to find time to finish it. Hope to post soon.

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Hey all, sorry it has taken so long to get some quick first impressions up but I have been busy. So on to the device.The Omnia is my first Windows Mobile device so I will try making sure I understand as much of it as I can before I publish a review but so far on the Omnia I am not impressed.Samsung has tried hard to put a "skin" over top of the GUI to make it more touch friendly and it has. It

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Guess what the Fedex man brought me ;)? The phone (Samsung Omnia if you haven't read the title by now) actually got here really quick. Two days in fact when it came from China. That is record timing. I was also extra lucky in the fact that he came to my house twice today. I missed him the first time since I was at work but he came back later, which is great for me. So thus I have done an unboxing

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Just as the title states, I believe the UMPC is dead. The age of these fine mobile products with weird names (Samsung Q1 Ultra Ultra Mobile PC) is coming to an end. There are still some stragglers left behind still making a couple products but beyond that they are fighting a losing battle.The original concept of the UMPC (or the Origami project as it was originally) was to have a portable,

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It's almost here ;). I'm surprised after one day it got here.

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The new Wibrain model definitely looks a lot nicer compared to the previous model wit the new curved designed compared to the old brick-like one. Many people thought it was hit by the ugly stick but personally I never had a problem with the design (though I would never be against improvement).The Via C7 is now replaced with an Intel Atom CPU clocked at 1.3 GHz which should hopefully increase the

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I may finally have found my "all-in-one" device. This seems to be something I have been looking for for a long time now and it seems to deliever.The Samsung Omnia sports a 3.2" with haptic feedback, a 5 Megapixel camera (Finally a good camera in a phone with a large screen!), and a QWERTY keyboard. These are things that I look for in a good device. Usually I must make a compromise for one thing

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Here is a post I made over at GottaBeMobile in their forums about how I use my OQO as well as some other thoughts. So I shall just post it here."So the OQO forum is pretty dead these days. I know they haven't really come up with anything new but it is nice to have some chit chat in here once and awhile so lets try to breathe even a little bit of life back here. If there are still OQO users out

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With my OQO away on repair I'm missing it. Now I realize I can't sell this thing. I miss not being able to do anything computer related anywhere I want. It is sad but I guess I will have to make due for now.

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A new gadget can warm a geeks heart. I received the OQO and am having loads of fun with it. I have done most of my catch-up blogging with it and have started using it for school so I shall provide my first impressions of my first ever UMPC. The OQO sports a 5” screen, now I was initially worried about not having enough screen real estate but that is not an issue. I’ve been using the OQO in a

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Now as I wait I am a little anxious. I bought the OQO on impulse and am not sure if I regret it yet. Will the device work well for my needs? Is it going to be powerful enough to run all my applications? I guess I will have to wait and see.

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Okay I have now contradicted myself. I bit the gun, or dust, or however that phrase goes and bought myself an OQO. It was such a low price for a used one that I could just not pass it off. I got the unit for $850 and a whole bunch of accessories for $200 totalling of $1050 including shipping. The unit itself has paint chipped paint on the battery and a fixed WWAN antenna so it’s not perfectly

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While at Best Buy the other day I saw HP’s new TX2000x “consumer laptop.” It is basically a convertible tablet at a consumer price level where (I assume) that tablet functionality is not as important. Some of the tablet features are a lightscribe DVD drive, dual touch screen, and the latest wireless N. I really like it, though it does seem a bit heavy. With the screen you can use your finger to

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I have bid farewell to my faithful Nokia N95 8GB. The N95 had been my phone for the better part of a month serving as a video/mp3 player, portable internet device as well as my phone. I have no particular reason to sell the phone except for my pursuit for more money. Buying and selling phones adds to the savings and I get to try them all out. I shall see what interesting tech I fondle next.

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After going through all the possibilities I could pick for a UMPC I have finally decided on… none of them. The UMPC’s available on the market are expensive with costs ranging around the $1000 mark for something decent. I normally wouldn’t mind paying that much for a cool device but with my purchase I need it to do everything my laptop does and more. I need something that I can use for school as

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Part 4 of this series of articles I will talk about the the smallest of the UMPC's, the more "pocketable" ones. These would be the OQO 02 and the Sony UX series. Both are similar in design and price, but very different in overall features.The OQO is sexy done right. Anyone can take a look at this machine and clearly see that it looks amazing. The various reviews on the internet praise the OQO for

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The next type of UMPC's available are the convertibles. These are what you see of the larger tablets today that have the standard laptop mode and can convert into a slate. These include the Fujitsu P1610, P1620, and the U810. As all of these are made by Fujitsu they have "heavy" touchscreens where you either have to use your nail or press pretty hard on the screen to activate something and as a

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The Samsung Q1 Ultra, Q1 Ultra Premium, Q1P, and Asus R2HV are all considered tablet UMPC's which means they lack a physical keyboard (except for the Q1 Ultra line which has a little split thumboard). They all have passive touch screens and everything is finger driven, though the R2HV has palm rejection so that you can lean on the glass. With these touch screens I could easily navigate something

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With so many UMPC's out there which would I choose? I will list the available ones here along with a link to their respective info on UMPC Portal (great site).Fujitsu U810Samsung Q1 Ultra PremiumSamsung Q1 UltraFujitsu P1610OQO 02Fujitsu P1620Samsung Q1PAsus R2HVIn my next few posts I will address my thoughts on these UMPC's and why I may consider them viable options based on everything I have

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I believe for my day to day use I could replace my laptop with a UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC for people who didn't know). Generally UMPCs are just small computers with screens ranging from 5-9" running the Windows OS for full application compatibility. I would love to be able to have a computer that will work WITH me. I should be able to move around my house, be able to work on documents for school,

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