Handtops, UMPC - Are you a UMPC or MID person?

Are you a UMPC or MID person?
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01/10/08 + ecsk2

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01/10/08 + tnkgrl

MID, clearly.

Recent Blog: Bluetooth hack for the Asus 701 (Eee)

01/10/08 + ecsk2

tnkgrl said: "MID, clearly."

Hey there long time no see!

After having posted this I was thinking of myself and I don't know what I am, something in between more like 3/4 MID

On that note what is the iPhone, I mean I do want to be able to VIEW the office files, and that I can with the iPhone, well kind of if they are in an email that is...

01/11/08 + MeanSquare

It depends on how you classify a PDA. I've got a WM6 device that I use mostly for PIM, but also with a number of other small, portable applications. I've also got a UMPC for when I need to do presentations (because there are too many limitations to PowerPoint on PDAs at present) and for serious, out-of-the-office browsing and such. No single device really does the trick for me, no matter how hard I work at it. With the UMPC, I miss things because the PIM functions won't wake it up and warn me and the battery life is still not quite what I need. With the PDA, I miss the ability to use some of the powerful applications that only run under Windows. So my day-in-day-out constant companion is now my PDA (MID?), but my UMPC is never too far away.

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01/11/08 + ronaldheld

I am tending toward MID.

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01/11/08 + 2disbetter

This is a tough one. I've never really used a MID. I'm not opposed to a LINUX os, but I don't want it to be all. In ASUS EEE you can put XP on it. If a MID where able to do that a still retain functionality I would be on board... BUT that kind of defeats the point of having a MID category.

IMHO I think a MID is a waste of time. This is for me. I'm sure in the market it will do rather well. All the cell phone junkies will be all over them.

I want a real PC in as little a form factor as possible. A MID doesn't work, despite how nice their interface looks and how well they are designed.

I was a fan of the PDA platform for a while though, I would have like to of seen more innovation there.

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01/11/08 + ecsk2

MeanSquare said: "It depends on how you classify a PDA. I've got a WM6 device that I use mostly for PIM, but also with a number of other small, portable applications. I've also got a UMPC for when I need to do presentations (because there are too many limitations to PowerPoint on PDAs at present) and for serious, out-of-the-office browsing and such. No single device really does the trick for me, no matter how hard I work at it. With the UMPC, I miss things because the PIM functions won't wake it up and warn me and the battery life is still not quite what I need. With the PDA, I miss the ability to use some of the powerful applications that only run under Windows. So my day-in-day-out constant companion is now my PDA (MID?), but my UMPC is never too far away."

Interesting the "traditional" PDA (which is almost dying out due to smartphones?) really is neither it's not a MID as it does do some of the UMPC things as mentioned in the link above, but then again Linux wouldn't have much of any limitations, I mean I can run just about anything on my Asus EEE thanks to crossover, I mean I am ok with having "multiple layers" like Linux->Crossover->Win Apps if I need to and if it otherwise has decent performance, and most importantly has an almost instant on, and GREAT BATTERY lifespan.

P.S. ...why does Safari think you can say "smartphone" but it has to be "smart phones" in plural, oh I get it Apple doesn't really have any so you can mention it ONCE but lets not talk about it in plural?

01/11/08 + ecsk2

Just out of curiosity I searched Engadget on the term MID to see what all devices are in that "category" then:

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01/11/08 + tnkgrl

This is the world's smallest x86 computer: link

Is it a MID?

Recent Blog: Bluetooth hack for the Asus 701 (Eee)

01/11/08 + ecsk2

Call me a dummy but I can't make out half of what the icons stand for

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01/11/08 + ecsk2

tnkgrl said: "This is the world's smallest x86 computer: link

Is it a MID?"

Says UMPC on the same site

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01/19/08 + servili007

im a UMPC person, i have one for sale atm-

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01/23/08 + mensrea

UMPC all the way.

01/25/08 + GenM

UMPC definitely

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