posted on Thursday, December 21, 2006 7:49 PM
by
paul
UMPC
How Microsoft Botched Marketing The Ultra-Mobile PC -- And Why You Might Want To Buy One Anyway
I read James blog, he's a Microsoft Mobile MVP so he knows Microsoft doesn't make the UMPC Samsung does and they are selling very well.
The Microsoft Mobile group has done a very good job at showing-up at each and every conference with members of the Team doing demos and passing the UMPC around. The big misunderstanding is that this is not a notebook replacement, it’s a nice way to connect to a Wi-Fi hotspot and check your email on the run.
Many of the gadget bloggers had everybody’s hopes up to high, this is not the device Bill Gates held-up at WinHEC in '05, it’s really the dream device for a teenager to swap and listen to music files, share photos, IM and email friends.
In another year we will be seeing Intel’s Core 2 Duo inside these UMPC's and they will rock n' ring as your phone.