Comments on: 2008 Year of the UMPC for Everyone Except Microsoft? http://www.mobileviews.com/blog/2007/11/22/2008-year-of-the-umpc-for-everyone-except-microsoft/ All Things Mobile and Wireless Sat, 11 May 2013 17:38:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Alan http://www.mobileviews.com/blog/2007/11/22/2008-year-of-the-umpc-for-everyone-except-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-152675 Alan Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:08:13 +0000 http://www.mobileviews.com/blog/2007/11/22/2008-year-of-the-umpc-for-everyone-except-microsoft/#comment-152675 It is not only price related. The real problem has been MS pushing the devices to be 7″. All the UMPC’s have been too large generally and/or too small with poor inputs like thumb keyboards.

What is really missing is a basic jacket pocket touch type computer that could run desktop applications. Something either like a modern Psion 5mx/Revo, HP Jornada or a very innovative device like the Samsung sph p9200 (only sold in Korea).

People still prefer touch type input over pen, and thumb inputs.

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