06-16-2006, 09:00 PM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2002
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The Gadgeteer Reviews the Sony Vaio VGN-UX50 uPC
"Ultra portable PCs (uPC) seem to be really hot right now. With Microsoft's Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) / Origami devices being announced here there and everywhere, it looks like this product category has the potential to become as popular as PDAs were a few years ago... I was more than a little excited when I learned that Sony had decided to announce a new uPC a couple months ago. Not content to jump on the Origami bandwagon, Sony has come out with their own 'everything but the kitchen sink' style device."
A couple weeks ago, we posted on Digital World Tokyo's review of the Sony UX50. Now the Gadgeteer weighs in with her own opinions and thoughts. Overall she sees this being a valuable device for the mobile professional performing very CPU-light tasks like internet surfing. It's not the ideal device for people who perform slightly more intensive tasks like spreadsheet manipulation or creating PowerPoint presentations. Take a look.
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06-16-2006, 09:33 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 256
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This is the FUTURE of PDAs ....
Reminds me of the first iPaqs and how I felt when I saw one for the first time ....
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06-16-2006, 09:47 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 1,108
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Bah. Thousands of dollars apiece, huge, heavy, runs hot, clumsy to hold, and they're supposed to be popular?
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06-16-2006, 11:21 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 66
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far too extreme, bulky, probably heavy and expensive for my likings.
i'll stick to my htc pocket pc phones.
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06-16-2006, 11:23 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 256
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by ADBrown
Bah. Thousands of dollars apiece, huge, heavy, runs hot, clumsy to hold, and they're supposed to be popular?
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That's how it all starts :wink:
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06-16-2006, 11:30 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 378
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Since it runs Windows XP, can I load any binaries compiled for the desktop versions of Windows XP onto this thing? For example, can I take my version of Dreamweaver for WIndows and run it natively on the UX50?
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06-16-2006, 11:37 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by JesterMania
Since it runs Windows XP, can I load any binaries compiled for the desktop versions of Windows XP onto this thing? For example, can I take my version of Dreamweaver for WIndows and run it natively on the UX50?
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Yes, that's the whole point. ;-)
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06-16-2006, 11:59 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Aug 2006
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This is still a bit bigger and heavier than the OQO, which is probably as big as you can realistically pocket. However, it should provide much better performance as the processor and graphics sub-system are a big step up from what's included in the OQO.
I'm surprised they don't think it will work well for Excel or Powerpoint, since the OQO handles those fine. I'm still tempted to give this a try though, and I agree with the previous poster that this is the future of Handheld computing. Remember how big and heavy the original PPC's were. I still have the original Casio E105 and it seems almost identical in size as the OQO. In 5 years, I imagine we'll be getting full-blown UMPC's in the size of today's PPC's.
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06-17-2006, 02:28 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 794
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Very light CPU tasks?? Isn't the Core Solo 1.06 GHz supposed to perform at least like a Pentium 4 2.1 Ghz or more? Something like that is more than adequately powerful. What app needs more than 1 GHz?? Plus, it's got 512 MB of RAM. I think you just gotta be conservative and don't give it way too many apps to juggle and everything will be okay.
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06-17-2006, 03:45 AM
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Theorist
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 266
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Yeah, well maybe it's not "perfect", but it's darn nice and I like it... If I had a few extra bucks I'd pick one up. I think it would be great for its intended audience, a road warrior who doesn't want/need to lug a full-sized "back breaker" along on short trips... (or a gadget freak, like me). I use my x50v on short trips and use LogMeIn to access my "real" machines at the office and home -- This Sony device would be great for me...
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