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Pepper Pad 3

Friday, 9. June 2006, 21:54:54

If you mozy on down the page for a second you will notice my post to older versions of what the UMPC is to be. I noted the Pepper Pad in that lot of magical hanheld machines and it turns out that Pepper Computer is at it again with the Pepper Pad 3. I won't go into much detail about the device but here is the link to the page for it: Pepper Pad 3 A handfull of things have been improved in the new version, including enhanced performance and smaller size, longer battery life, AMD processors as opposed to Intel and a lower price at only $699USD.

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The Original UMPC's

Sunday, 7. May 2006, 17:40:45

UMPC, pc, Computer, Linux ...

I figured I had to post about this as I had been pondering this over the past few days. I know Microsoft has more or less invented a new category of computer, but the question is, Have they? I mean if you look back at the history of handheld portable gadgets you can see numerous amounts of devices that do much of what these "new" handheld computers do. Don't get me wrong here, I think a small, portable, easy to use computer is as good as the next guy imagines it is. The thing is that it begins to bug me when a company thinks they are on the tip of innovation with a device when what they are doing has allready been done.

I would say one of the first similar devices came in the form of the Apple Newton 2000 and 2100. They were fast, they were portable, they were small but not too small. If you wanted to add more space you could via the PCMCIA slot and heck even to this day people are still using them on a daily basis. Even beyond that though the more current PDA offerings are much more like full featured computers. Wifi, bluetooth, hordes of applications and programs and not to mention the fact that some even have hard drives in them now. Then we look at the OQO, a true ULTRA MOBILE Personal computer. This device was being worked on for so long before its release that the company may have signed the devices death warrant before release but in the end it is an incredible device that seems to be picking up speed. Then we move on to the Pepper Pad, a fabulous linux handheld that oddly enough sports a similar keyboard layout to the UMPC offerings that are coming out now, granted its not on the screen, but its there.

All in all there is history behind the concept and the idea of having something that is so simple it doesnt need to have a huge keyboard. Something that can be used in and out of the house and be carried with you everywhere.