Death of the UMPC? 127
An anonymous reader writes "Remember the UMPC, that little tablet that Microsoft once called Origami? Well it looks like that Intel has scrapped the idea of promoting the UMPC, in favor of a much smaller (and less capable) Mobile Internet Device (MID). The UMPC is now heading for a market niche, where it may be replacing the tablet PC as a mobile computer for field technicians. The MID takes on the role of the original UMPC concept, but it won't run Vista."
It can't be all that bad (Score:2, Funny)
why (Score:2, Funny)
Because if it did, you'd have to lug a car battery around everywhere.
Re:Another lame MS idea crashes & burns (Score:5, Funny)
* It needs to have the full face be a screen and
* It needs to integrate with cellphone data networks and
* While you're at it you might as well make calls on it and
* Put in a web browser and
* Connect via 802.11 to the rest of the world.
Finally they'll make it look like arse and put WinCE on it. It'll come out a year after the iPhone and will suck. Shit, if we're lucky it'll be called Zune UMPC.
Dave
Re:Another lame MS idea crashes & burns (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Another lame MS idea crashes & burns (Score:3, Funny)
Shit, if we're lucky it'll be called Zune UMPC
And if we're even more lucky, it's gonna come in BROWN
Re:Another lame MS idea crashes & burns (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Another lame MS idea crashes & burns (Score:4, Funny)
Lack of width (Score:5, Funny)
a certain size
point where lack
of width of the
screen really
begins to be a
problem.