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11-07-06, 10:43 PM

I would like more memory and a hard drive, mainly for movies and music. I'd like a better way to sync to a PC. Better battery life would be a plus. Built in GPS would be nice. They could do away with the CF slot if they put a HD in. USB hosting would be nice. WiMax would be nice.
There's a lot of great software that is written for the PDA, while there are PC programs that do the same thing, perhaps there are a lot of people who have come to depend on there PDA's and those software programs. Instead of trying to make PPC run XP software, software developers shoudl write more desktop companion software programs.
I dont think that the UMPC should replace the PPC. Cost is an problem, size (thickness) is a problem,boot-up time and battery life would be a problem.
I would love to have a UMPC, I would use it like I am using this laptop now, surfing and watching tv at the same time,away from the desk top. But I am planning on getting a laptop of my own, (this is wife's work laptop) for that purpose, cause who wants to spend almost $2000 to be able to sit on the couch and surf on a reasonable size screen? I can do it with my PPC. Almost anything, that most anybody would want to do at home or in the street with a computer can be done with a PPC or a converged device. And can be done more easily with PPC software than XP.
For the business world I could see a need for a UMPC.
If they could make a PPC with a maybe 5" screen so that you dont have to scroll from side to side as much, and yet make it so that you can wear it on your belt, or make it fit in a good sized jacket pocket ?i would want it.
In my humble opinion a ppc needs to do the following. In my day there are short term notes, get milk, mail the mail, stuff that, i think of and need to do to day. It is still easier for me to keep that info on paper. Anything that I need beyond today, it is easier or better to keep it in a PDA. In any info that I might need from the net, or other resources is better in the PDA. Any info that I might collect in a given day and may need later, past today is better in the PDA. The screen needs to be big enough to write on confortably or draw on (Phatpad) yet small enough to hold in your hand comfortably. And really as i hold my ppc we maybe there already.
A PPC needs to be a seamless extension of one's memory, something that is always there to take a note, remind you of something, or give you a quick way to access a piece of information. Like the weather, time, news updates so on so forth. Something to keep up with all the background information, so that you can totally focus on what you are trying to do at a given time.

11-07-06, 10:43 PM	#25 (permalink)
vilasman Guest Posts: n/a	I would like more memory and a hard drive, mainly for movies and music. I'd like a better way to sync to a PC. Better battery life would be a plus. Built in GPS would be nice. They could do away with the CF slot if they put a HD in. USB hosting would be nice. WiMax would be nice. There's a lot of great software that is written for the PDA, while there are PC programs that do the same thing, perhaps there are a lot of people who have come to depend on there PDA's and those software programs. Instead of trying to make PPC run XP software, software developers shoudl write more desktop companion software programs. I dont think that the UMPC should replace the PPC. Cost is an problem, size (thickness) is a problem,boot-up time and battery life would be a problem. I would love to have a UMPC, I would use it like I am using this laptop now, surfing and watching tv at the same time,away from the desk top. But I am planning on getting a laptop of my own, (this is wife's work laptop) for that purpose, cause who wants to spend almost $2000 to be able to sit on the couch and surf on a reasonable size screen? I can do it with my PPC. Almost anything, that most anybody would want to do at home or in the street with a computer can be done with a PPC or a converged device. And can be done more easily with PPC software than XP. For the business world I could see a need for a UMPC. If they could make a PPC with a maybe 5" screen so that you dont have to scroll from side to side as much, and yet make it so that you can wear it on your belt, or make it fit in a good sized jacket pocket ?i would want it. In my humble opinion a ppc needs to do the following. In my day there are short term notes, get milk, mail the mail, stuff that, i think of and need to do to day. It is still easier for me to keep that info on paper. Anything that I need beyond today, it is easier or better to keep it in a PDA. In any info that I might need from the net, or other resources is better in the PDA. Any info that I might collect in a given day and may need later, past today is better in the PDA. The screen needs to be big enough to write on confortably or draw on (Phatpad) yet small enough to hold in your hand comfortably. And really as i hold my ppc we maybe there already. A PPC needs to be a seamless extension of one's memory, something that is always there to take a note, remind you of something, or give you a quick way to access a piece of information. Like the weather, time, news updates so on so forth. Something to keep up with all the background information, so that you can totally focus on what you are trying to do at a given time.