UMPCs

THG - if you are reading this, please keep up the UMPC coverage & hype. UMPCs are good idea and I hope things mature and actually work. It seems easier to make a notebook smaller than to make a PPC more powerful.

Thanks.

Ya,
I see your points.
There are also some "no-nonsense" people that don't want a drive spinning in their PDA.

PPCs and sub-notebooks are getting close to my sweet spot.

For a PPC to be useable, they also need:
a telephone - many already have this.
a good browser - not the retarded IE 2.0 looking browser. USELESS ON A 240x320 screen !!
at least 480x640 - some have this.
a real SD card slot - many PPC phones don't have this.
a 1.8" drive. I've seen this in lots of small MP3 players. Can't be that card to add.
3-D accelerated DX 8 graphics (this was promissed already). Why a PPC can't have games as good/better than a PSP?
The other office apps seem good enough for mobile work. (office-pdf, etc)
WiFi and GPRS, 3G, bluetooth, etc - necessary for remote connecitons.
simple video-out
A USB port for external hardware like cameras, hard-drives, mouse & keyboard, etc.


ALL THIS CAN REPLACE MY:
Mp3 & DIVX playter - The media player seems good enough - the hard-drive will make this so much better.
GPS device - the mapping and GPS seems good enough already. Just need that SD slot. Built-in GPS is better anyway.
Notebook PC - That is what I need for web-surfing and device connecting.

I understand this kind of PPC will be a bit bulky (slim PPCs already exist)

That is all I can think of. Don't know how many years I need to wait for this. I will get angry if I start seeing Symbian phones or Blackberrys do this first !


T0 make a UMPC useful:
a screen less than 8" - very few have this.
All software is good enough.
A pull-out thumb keyboard & mouse "OQO style".
Power like Pentium M+
Graphics like GMA 950+
1 gig RAM.
Every wire and wireless connection option possible. - Connect to the Internet via my phone & bluetooth.
8+ hours of battery life.
Able to run any version of Windows - even server 2007 if necessary (linux and OSX is always nice)
A phone - one less thing to carry.

That's all, getting close. 2010 ?

Please tell me if you think I've missed something important.