http://www.wirevolution.com/2007/03/15/mossberg-pans-flipstart-umpc/ Mobile Unified Communications Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:47:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.wirevolution.com/2007/03/15/mossberg-pans-flipstart-umpc/comment-page-1/#comment-208 wirevolution » Mossberg revisits UMPC Fri, 18 May 2007 15:31:43 +0000 http://www.wirevolution.com/2007/03/15/mossberg-pans-flipstart-umpc/#comment-208 [...] wrote last month about a WSJ article panning the Flipstart [...] [...] wrote last month about a WSJ article panning the Flipstart [...]

]]> http://www.wirevolution.com/2007/03/15/mossberg-pans-flipstart-umpc/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Michael Sun, 18 Mar 2007 05:21:41 +0000 http://www.wirevolution.com/2007/03/15/mossberg-pans-flipstart-umpc/#comment-9 There is definitely a market for devices with a screen about the size of a paperback book page. Ebooks, for example, or personal DVRs, or any number of clipboard-type commercial uses, like medical charts or notes. New display technologies like Liquavista or <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yvxgog" rel="nofollow">PV-QML5</a> or any of the several other ones you get by Googling "flexible screen" mean that these devices can come in a phone form factor. The question is whether we need them to have the same personality as a PC (i.e. full Windows), which appears to be the differentiating feature of the UMPC concept. There is definitely a market for devices with a screen about the size of a paperback book page. Ebooks, for example, or personal DVRs, or any number of clipboard-type commercial uses, like medical charts or notes. New display technologies like Liquavista or PV-QML5 or any of the several other ones you get by Googling “flexible screen” mean that these devices can come in a phone form factor.
The question is whether we need them to have the same personality as a PC (i.e. full Windows), which appears to be the differentiating feature of the UMPC concept.

]]> http://www.wirevolution.com/2007/03/15/mossberg-pans-flipstart-umpc/comment-page-1/#comment-8 P.K.Gupta Sun, 18 Mar 2007 03:18:02 +0000 http://www.wirevolution.com/2007/03/15/mossberg-pans-flipstart-umpc/#comment-8 UMPC, which is trying to put a laptop PC into a smaller form factor, is a solution looking for a problem. The current offerings at prices over $1000 do not offer enough of a differentiation for consumers from standard low end laptops. However, there is a market need for devices with a larger screen than current smartphones at prices of about $500 targeting enterprises and professional consumers. Nokia's 770 Internet Tablet is a step in the right direction. Its latest device is supposed to address the shortcomings of this one and has a better chance of success in filling the sweet spot. UMPC, which is trying to put a laptop PC into a smaller form factor, is a solution looking for a problem. The current offerings at prices over $1000 do not offer enough of a differentiation for consumers from standard low end laptops. However, there is a market need for devices with a larger screen than current smartphones at prices of about $500 targeting enterprises and professional consumers. Nokia’s 770 Internet Tablet is a step in the right direction. Its latest device is supposed to address the shortcomings of this one and has a better chance of success in filling the sweet spot.

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