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Re: Has anyone experience of this?


  • Subject: Re: Has anyone experience of this?
  • From: "rb_ziggy" <rb.lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:30:48 -0000

Paul

Thanks for that.  Looks nearly there but the lack of a cradle is a
killer for me.  Guess I'll have to carry on waiting!

Richard

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gale" <groups@...> wrote:
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> Yes - I bought one a while ago.
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> Email me on/off list for anything specific you need to know.
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> I'm using it with MainLobby for general HA use and on it's own for
web browsing in bed etc!
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> Excellent kit. They only downsides are:
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> 1) touch screen is pressure sensitive rather than resistive (is that
right term???) so if you lean your hand on it, it interferes with
handwriting recognition etc - but maybe not a problem for HA use -
actually, prob better in pure HA use as you can use a finger etc to
push buttons on an interface like ML!
> 2) battery life is poor at around 1 - 11/2 hours. The biggest
problem here is there's no recharging dock unit for it (power is a
plug in type on the side :( This makes HA use much less likely
> 3) still a little chunky for my liking.
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> It's still a good bit of kit for HA - but for a real winner, I'd
wait to see the next raft of UMPC devices. Bill Gates was envisaging
seeing these at around the $400 mark IIRC, rather than =A3800 or so that
I paid.
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> Paul.
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> > Sent: 09 September 2006 13:14
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> > Subject: [ukha_d] Has anyone experience of this?
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> > http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=3DSAMSUNG_Q1&tab=3D2
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> > Has anyone used the Samsung Q1 Ultra Mobile PC as a HA interface?
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> > I'd be interested in experiences.
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