Microsoft have got together with a number of partners to bring you their latest baby sometimes referred to as the Origami or Q1 UMPC. It has a 7" screen which can be attached to an equally small but usable keyboard; it can be used as a wireless tablet PC with its touch screen and stylus (what really amazed me was that you can scribble onto the screen and it renders it digitally and even formats it for you) ; It even has a text type interface that you can thumb type in much the same way as you do when texting. You can access the web, watch movies, flash e-learning modules, listen to music, access email, download news feeds, make free calls using voice over IP, prepare presentations and do pretty much anything that your laptop/pda/iPod/Desktop PC can do! It even has GPS and bluetooth. Will it kill off the ipod? I don't think so, its not exactly pocket size, but it does fit nicely into a brief case or handbag and is so versatile, if I was going to buy a new PC for myself, this would be my choice at around £799.00.
The main thing that struck me was, how useful would this be for the small business? Compact, versatile and full of features, something that your staff could take home on an evening to do their training perhaps. Let me know what you think.
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