PCD showing-off Haier X220 netbook at CTIA 2010

CTIA 2010 commences today and PCD has the Hair X220 on display which features a typical 10.1-inch display. What makes it different animal is the fact that the display can fold over allowing the user to use it like a slate tablet. PCD will be offering it with either Windows 7 or Windows XP and it will be powered by the good old Atom N270 processor (1.6GHz). Other specs include a 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM, multi-card reader, webcam, and microphone.

OQO cancels all preorders for MODEL 2+

First we saw the disappearance of the OQO models from the expansys store and now we get the news that OQO has canceled all the preorders for the model 2+. This further makes us think one think: Is OQO on the brink of getting bankrupt?

Clearly, UMPCs are now dying due to their huge price tags and poor demand. Companies need to realize that in such tough times, it would hard for the consumer to shell out $1000+ on a UMPC. ASUS has pretty much understood this fact that they released their tablet/UMPC at a fair price tag of $549.

I am personally not at all surprised due to the fact they were NOT able to offer satisfactory service to the customers in US or anywhere around the world. See this POST for more information about the extremely poor OQO customer support.

Top 10 reasons you should NOT get a SONY VAIO P

1. Over-Priced: We fully understand the fact that it is SONY. But, paying so much for a device that performs so poorly does not make any sense
2. Super high resolution: What is the point of giving the user super high resolution in an 8-inch screen? Is SONY under some contract of putting so outrageous resolutions in small screens? Looks like they learned nothing from their UX series which squeezed 1024×600 pixels in an 4.3-inch display
3. HDD not easily upgradable: Although we do not upgrade the HDD everyday, but it should be easily swappable in case something goes wrong with the HDD or if the user wishes to use SSD
4. Non-upgradable RAM
5. Poor performance by the entry level model: 1.33GHz simply chokes while running Vista
6. Even entry level model costs nearly twice as much as other netbooks in the market
7. Making the entry level model bundle with Windows Vista
8. Whole device is built around the keyboard and not anything else: I guess the engineers at SONY did not use the device for more than 5 minutes.
9. Trackball: Trackpad is the way to go.
10. Below-average or just average battery life with the standard battery: Even if the SONY is entering so late in the netbook market, it should have already made out that the people want netbooks with REALLY good battery life. Netbooks with 2-3 hours battery life are things of past now.

Do yourself a favour and get something on which you can really work upon.