What UMPC's do you recommend Betty?
dan
b_s-wilk wrote:
>
> What do you really want/need? An ultra-mobile PC or a small notebook?
> *That's a very good question and not really sure of the
difference. Think
> a small notebook though. *
> *
The original small hand-held PCs with 4 to 7 inch displays that came
out at some 3 or 4 years ago were mostly called ultra-mobile PCs, but
in Europe people told me they were netbooks. The UMPCs were great for
travel, had WiFi, cellular and regular modems, USB for devices and
printing, and could easily fit into a large pocket or small shoulder
bag. You probably didn't see [m]any unless you spent a lot of time in
airports and foreign cafes, pensions, hostales, albergos, studios,
hostels, tabernas, mountains, deserts...
However, when the unrelated 8 to 11 inch PCs were released in the
['bigger is better'] US, they were also called netbooks, even though
they're almost twice the size as the UMPCs and had fewer features. The
larger netbooks are OK, but are often less useful than the smaller
ones although are easier for touch typing. UMPCs cost 2 to 5 times as
much as a netbook, and are not likely to break when dropped.
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