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mogui · 02-12-2007, 03:31 AM

I wandered into the Sony store in Jinbi Plaza here in Kunming. I saw the Vaio UMPC pictured under "Portability" in the referred video. It was sitting in a docking station. The docking station was securely cabled to the display shelf. Interestingly the UMPC was detachable and not secured.

The screen was very Microsoftish and hard to read. If I were a little bitty person with little bitty eyes, it would be fine. It was made with two grip posts on each side like the grip section of a camera, but bilateral. The screen slid up to reveal a keyboard. It had WiFi.

The cursor, run by a joy-key at the upper right, was devilishly hard to control, seeming to need constant correction. Could I ever get used to it? I do not know the screen resolution. There was no literature present and the usual salespeople were not hanging about to answer questions.

Conclusion: It was very cute and a nice piece of miniaturization. It was easy to hold. The keyboard was thumbable. If it was blown up by a factor of two in each dimension it might be usable. I have not seen any other UMPC up close. If they are all this tiny, they are not for me.

02-12-2007, 03:31 AM	#4
mogui eNigma Posts: 503 Karma: 1335 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Philippines Device: HTC G1 Android FBReader	UMPC in China -- Honey I shrunk the Vaio! I wandered into the Sony store in Jinbi Plaza here in Kunming. I saw the Vaio UMPC pictured under "Portability" in the referred video. It was sitting in a docking station. The docking station was securely cabled to the display shelf. Interestingly the UMPC was detachable and not secured. The screen was very Microsoftish and hard to read. If I were a little bitty person with little bitty eyes, it would be fine. It was made with two grip posts on each side like the grip section of a camera, but bilateral. The screen slid up to reveal a keyboard. It had WiFi. The cursor, run by a joy-key at the upper right, was devilishly hard to control, seeming to need constant correction. Could I ever get used to it? I do not know the screen resolution. There was no literature present and the usual salespeople were not hanging about to answer questions. Conclusion: It was very cute and a nice piece of miniaturization. It was easy to hold. The keyboard was thumbable. If it was blown up by a factor of two in each dimension it might be usable. I have not seen any other UMPC up close. If they are all this tiny, they are not for me.