08-25-2006, 09:03 PM
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UBiQUiO: The Next Big Thing?
"Have you ever heard of UBiQUiO? Me neither but maybe the company is worth to watch. At least their latest ultra slim Pocket PC Phone Edition with QWERTY keyboard, the UBiQUiO 501, is an interesting devices for all non-Smartphone users since it also features the traditional Pocket PC input through the 2.5" QVGA touch screen, allowing stylus control of menus and programs. The UBiQUiO 501 has a host of connectivity options to choose from. Bluetooth 1.2 with A2DP, it either connects to the internet using WiFi 802.11b or 802.11g or via GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 MHz networks (sorry - no EDGE or GSM 850 MHz). The 2 megapixel camera should provides a crisp and colorful imaging and the the 64 MB internal storage is extendable through miniSD cards"
Inspired by HTC's success, other ODMs are emerging and while this one doesn't win any awards for "easiest to pronounce", the specs look fairly respectable. I really wish I knew why these ODMs all have an obsession with 64 MB of internal storage when 128 would be so much more luxurious!
Update: The device now appears to be available from Expansys for pre-order Any takers?
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08-25-2006, 09:44 PM
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Thinker
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kind of answered your own question....
IT IS A LUXURY.
just hope this comes out in canada.... but then agian, nothing good every comes here or for that matter from here either.
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08-25-2006, 11:01 PM
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Ponderer
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>no EDGE or GSM 850 MHz
This is a problem for me. Video-call would have been nice too.
>2.5" QVGA touch screen
Way too small for normal usage of the PocketPC. I have found that 2.7" is the absolute minimum you can go with the current non-vector UI.
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08-25-2006, 11:55 PM
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Pontificator
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Man, the bad hardware is everywhere these days. Slow processors, marginal memory, and stupid drawbacks like no EDGE or no 850 MHz. My X51v is almost a year old, and it's still by far the best hardware on the market.
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08-26-2006, 12:03 AM
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Thinker
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very nice Form Factor & Design but what the heck is these spec? cant compete with any phone in the market unless someone gets it just for the Form Factor..
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08-26-2006, 12:50 AM
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Oracle
Join Date: Aug 2006
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This is a step further towards a WM5 M600i 
I would consider this except for its lack of UMTS 2100Mhz. It looks alright, and a decent size.
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08-26-2006, 12:58 AM
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Re: UBiQUiO: The Next Big Thing?
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Originally Posted by Jon Westfall
I really wish I knew why these ODMs all have an obsession with 64 MB of internal storage when 128 would be so much more luxurious!
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It's the "persistent storage" Microsoft is touting and OEMs/ODMs trying to save money some where in the device. They make it seem as though 64MB is enough to run any program(s) you want. Since the so called "Smart Close" feature will shutdown any unused program that is running at the time. It may work in theory or in the lab but not in the real world. For example: 64MB minus what ever has to be put into RAM for the OS to run by default at startup and apps needing to run at startup. That leaves roughly 57MB depending on device type (smartphone, pocket pc or pocket pc phone edition) and manufacture. 57MB minus the "persistent storage" space taken up so it can take a snapshot of all your setting and save it to FlashROM. 40MB minus all your software you just added which still puts information in RAM. Wow, that leaves you with a whooping 30MB of RAM to run your apps.
Would 128MB of RAM really suck battery power so much that I'd find my PPC unuseable? No, it's just fine with not much difference in operational time. The whole memory configuation of PPCs is really bad and behind by todays standards. I've been a PDA user from before it was popular and it seems that as much as things change things stay the same. 64MB of RAM when I go my first PPC in 2000 and 6 years later its still the same with my current PPC. What's up with that?
Applications use up RAM and none of these people seem to think that users will have to run not only more than one application at a time but that none of the apps are memory intensive. It's really appauling at this point. ActiveSync, Bluetooth, File Explorer and Windows Media Player plus a few customization programs (WisBar, PocketPlus, etc) all running at the same time doesn't leave me with much room to do anything else. But I guess they don't do tests like that or do they and just don't care. I guess all PPCs would run just fine if we don't add software to them and save all our files to a memory card.
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08-26-2006, 01:56 AM
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Thinker
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WM2003?
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08-26-2006, 02:02 AM
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Contributing Editor
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Re: UBiQUiO: The Next Big Thing?
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Originally Posted by WyattEarp
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I really wish I knew why these ODMs all have an obsession with 64 MB of internal storage when 128 would be so much more luxurious!
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It's the "persistent storage" Microsoft is touting and OEMs/ODMs trying to save money some where in the device. |
Actually Jon's talking about ROM not RAM. But for what it's worth, I absolutely agree with you.
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08-26-2006, 02:20 AM
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Oracle
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Originally Posted by eriqc
WM2003?
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I'd say that is just an accident. If you look its got the two softkeys for WM5, so I doubt it has WM2003. If it does, they are REALLY stupid.
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