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Marketing effort for new products to keep you buying
This is really nothing but a marketing effort to produce another new and slightly different product to keep consumers buying. They have to continiously change or they wouldn't sell half as much stuff.

If i had every computerized device out there in every size I might have...

I could keep my PDA in one pocket...
...My old trusty laptop on one shoulder
...My tablet for those other jobs...
..My new "UMPC" for those other few things where my pda is just a little too small, but my tablet a little too big, and my laptop not portable enough...
...How about my MP3 player?...
...oh yeh, and my portable video player....
...Or maybe my smartphone?...
..not to mention my old fashioned cell phone for those other calls...

I know each of these products have some usefullness, but consumers overzelously jump on the bandwagon everytime something new and "great" debues. Microsoft, amoung other manufacturers, are just hoping we'll all do it once again.
Posted by: dhagey   Posted on: 03/09/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Only 2 to 3 hours battery life?!  Tony Agudo | 03/09/06
At $359 on the Nokia site, the 770 is less than 1/3 the cost.  DonnieBoy | 03/09/06
$700 laptop will not have..  mharr | 03/09/06
I have one...  duane.wills@... | 03/09/06
"but it has touch keys" nt  tbbrickster_z | 03/09/06
He's got a valid point.  mikeartee | 03/09/06
Not when there is no place to set it down  DarrellM | 03/09/06
These are not the first ultramoble PCs, Nokia beat them to it.  DonnieBoy | 03/09/06
Toshiba too?  SC-man | 03/09/06
Pig with lipstick  mighetto | 03/09/06
Well, I think people want graphics and audio. The Nokia is just right.  DonnieBoy | 03/09/06
WiFi is Terestrial - think Satellite  mighetto | 03/09/06
Yeah, if you can handle 3 hours of battery life  Beat a Dead Horse | 03/10/06
So, how does it stack against your PSP  Boot_Agnostic | 03/09/06
Manufacturers unwrap first ultramobile PCs  Loverock Davidson | 03/09/06
You Jest of Course.  mighetto | 03/09/06
Conspiracy theories and the people who believe them  Loverock Davidson | 03/09/06
Conspiracy or not, 1,200 is a lot more than 359. This is a non-starter.  DonnieBoy | 03/09/06
The first step was brought to you by Nokia, under $400, and available  DonnieBoy | 03/09/06
Hey Lovepucker, take a tall glass of STFU please  BUCKWHEATONRICE | 03/09/06
Smile on your face?  mikeartee | 03/09/06
Here come the iPhone, here come the iPhone...  nomorems | 01/10/07
Three hours MAX? They're useless  sehlat@... | 03/09/06
No thanks!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 03/09/06
This one will be great  FADS_z | 03/09/06
UMPC's  CodeBubba | 03/09/06
Misleading headline  Get-Smart | 03/09/06
Mini PC's  Nerdygrandma | 03/09/06
Yep, I want one  ArizumaBrett | 03/09/06
I want one- but not for more than a cheap laptop costs.  Steve Summers | 03/09/06
But you pay for smaller  Boot_Agnostic | 03/10/06
WHAT A JOKE  BUCKWHEATONRICE | 03/09/06
GEE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TABLET PC?  BUCKWHEATONRICE | 03/09/06
Marketing effort for new products to keep you buying  dhagey | 03/09/06
For $500 I'm in line  DarrellM | 03/09/06
Too big, like a PSP, too small, like an iPod  Boot_Agnostic | 03/10/06
I'm convinced  hawkeyeaz1 | 03/10/06
Can't wait to install Mac OS X Intel on one! wink  AWolfe_II_z | 03/10/06
Too big, too heavy, too short of battery life.  dbman4088 | 03/10/06
I see a great in-car PC solution here  p305491 | 03/10/06
Linux ultramobile PC  Pazooza | 03/11/06
Will OS/2 run on it  Boot_Agnostic | 03/11/06
iPhone  barmon777 | 01/10/07

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