04-11-2006, 02:00 AM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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DualCor cPC Pricing Revealed: $1500 to $2000
"Our readers' eyes bulged when we stated that UMPCs would range from $600 to $1,000. They may be even more surprised to learn that the cPC will ring in at well above the $1,500 mark for enterprise users direct from the manufacturer. In fact, to get a cPC from Westwood, you will have to pay $1,500 plus an additional $500 bucks (although Westwood does throw a three year warranty in with the deal). $2,000 seems like a hefty price to pay for a "do everything" device. If both operating systems are so important to people, a separate Pocket PC used in conjunction with a Tablet PC or UMPC seems like a much cheaper and effective alternative. But then again, it seems as though convergence is the name of the game these days."
Remember the DualCor cPC? It's a new ultra portable personal computer capable of running both Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 and Windows Mobile 5.0. We initially reported that the unit would be available at $1500. It now looks like that price is restricted only to enterprise users, and that standard consumers will have to pay a bit more, say in the order of $2000. Does that make the DualCor cPC any less enticing? You decide.
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04-11-2006, 02:45 AM
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Oracle
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 980
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Another OQO!
I wonder how many OQO has been sold in 3 years.
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04-11-2006, 03:01 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 242
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Its enticing until I look at their price. Especially with all the laptops out there and prices they are going for.
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04-11-2006, 03:44 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 86
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Looks quite expensive...
I remember reading, i think it was on brighthand.com, that the OQO was going to drop it's price to ~1000 price range. If the DualCor follows that same pattern and drops down to ~750 or even ~1000, then I think it would be worth it.
Just think about it
1000 JasJar vs 1500 cPC
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04-11-2006, 04:25 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 800
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As manufacturers blasted customers with fresh and attractive ideas, they definately forgot that almost no one can afford such luxury. :?
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04-11-2006, 05:45 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,041
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$2k? Are they kidding? 8O
$1500 I thought was a good, fair deal. High'sh, but that's what you have to expect with such a cool device. At $2k, it's flat-out rape.
At that price, I don't know if I would buy the DualCor just on principle itself. Not even Apple rapes their customers as much...
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04-11-2006, 06:58 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 15
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Maybe stupid question, that nobody can answer (and I think creator of this creature forgot about it), but for me it will be very important if I will go to buy something like this oneday...
What happen when I create appointment in WM5 OS, then I will switch to WXP OS? Is this appointment automatically synced to my Outlook in WXP part? If not, then it's stupid. And if it bring WM5 OS over WXP OS when I work within WXP session, then they can keep this thing for sure...
Of course this everything vice-versa...
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04-11-2006, 07:09 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 805
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Yes, we can "do-everything", but, $2k is just too much. Getting a small pocket pc + a 9-10' screen tablet pc would be a more usable solution.
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04-11-2006, 09:53 AM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by beecher
What happen when I create appointment in WM5 OS, then I will switch to WXP OS? Is this appointment automatically synced to my Outlook in WXP part?
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To my understanding, it can't be done. On a slightly positive note, the cPC includes a shared folder that allows you to share files across both operating systems, but the functionality is not as innovative as what you're after.
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04-11-2006, 11:20 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 312
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Originally Posted by Darius Wey
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Originally Posted by beecher
What happen when I create appointment in WM5 OS, then I will switch to WXP OS? Is this appointment automatically synced to my Outlook in WXP part?
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To my understanding, it can't be done. On a slightly positive note, the cPC includes a shared folder that allows you to share files across both operating systems, but the functionality is not as innovative as what you're after. |
Yes it can. That's one of the cool things about the cPC is it's ability to autosync info between the two OS's.
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