TabletKiosk has a UMPC for sale on their website
called the eo, which sports a 1GHz processor, a 30 or 40GB hard drive, and to start out with 256 or 512MB RAM. The
surprising thing to me is that the eo is upgradable to 1GHz of memory, and there is already a slew of accessories you
can buy to supplement the eo, including a USB modem, an external CD-ROM/CD-RW drive, and others. The eo has a 2.5 hour
battery life or 4 hours with the optional extended battery. That's a decent battery life for a first model, and this
will only continue to get better as the next generations and other OEMs come out with their renditions. Granted,
$800-1000 bucks is a bit expensive for a UMPC, but remember how expensive tablets were (still are) or laptops were when
they first came out. Honestly, laptops have had a long incubation period, and now prices are down. It just takes a
while. UMPC's will get there.First UMPC Available
TabletKiosk has a UMPC for sale on their website
called the eo, which sports a 1GHz processor, a 30 or 40GB hard drive, and to start out with 256 or 512MB RAM. The
surprising thing to me is that the eo is upgradable to 1GHz of memory, and there is already a slew of accessories you
can buy to supplement the eo, including a USB modem, an external CD-ROM/CD-RW drive, and others. The eo has a 2.5 hour
battery life or 4 hours with the optional extended battery. That's a decent battery life for a first model, and this
will only continue to get better as the next generations and other OEMs come out with their renditions. Granted,
$800-1000 bucks is a bit expensive for a UMPC, but remember how expensive tablets were (still are) or laptops were when
they first came out. Honestly, laptops have had a long incubation period, and now prices are down. It just takes a
while. UMPC's will get there.
1. Technically, yes thats the first "UMPC" to take pre-orders. But check this out:
http://www.oqo.com/hardware/basics/
Its been available for a while. It meets most of the UMPC specs, but doesn't (yet) have the UMPC software.
If you ask me, the keyboard on the oqo is much nicer than having the few buttons on top. I do think the 1 gigahertz transmeta processor is a little dated though- but I don't know how it compares to the eo's 1 ghz CPU.
Posted at 6:47PM on Apr 1st 2006 by Byron Guernsey