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Directions in UMPC-land

Directions in UMPC-land

Posted Feb 21, 2008 3:51 UTC (Thu) by wahern (subscriber, #37304)
Parent article: Directions in UMPC-land

> Given that the size of a UMPC won't ever reach that of a cell phone

I hope that's not the case. I'm waiting for a cellphone which can project a display in one
direction, and a keyboard in another, using the miniature laser and led projectors coming out.

I don't care much about the CPU, memory or storage. As long as it runs an X server, SSH
client, and has network access, I'm good to go. That's how I usually work, anyhow.



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Directions in UMPC-land

Posted Feb 21, 2008 6:42 UTC (Thu) by dlang (subscriber, #313) [Link]

projecting the screen image is possible, but using the projected keyboard is the problem

Directions in UMPC-land

Posted Feb 21, 2008 8:03 UTC (Thu) by Los__D (subscriber, #15263) [Link]

I thought those projected keyboards that came out a few years ago worked pretty well? OTOH
I've never tried one myself, people being overly impressed with high-tech might have biased
them a bit.

Directions in UMPC-land

Posted Feb 21, 2008 10:08 UTC (Thu) by DG (subscriber, #16978) [Link]

I tried once; it was painfully slow.

membrane keyboard?

Posted Feb 22, 2008 0:28 UTC (Fri) by pflugstad (subscriber, #224) [Link]

Membrane keyboard maybe? I briefly tried the OLPC one and it wasn't too bad. And you can roll it up in your pocket. Anyone tried any that are useable?

If you get a big enough touch screen, you could possibly have a keyboard pop-up there when needed. Never really tried those though.

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