Comments on: Why are so many getting excited about Ultra-portable Computers? http://gigaom.com/2004/08/15/why_are_so_many/ Fri, 24 May 2013 02:04:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jk http://gigaom.com/2004/08/15/why_are_so_many/#comment-35495 Mon, 16 Aug 2004 19:50:28 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2004/08/16/why_are_so_many#comment-35495 bk, it’s not just the early adopters that get excited by this technology. Over 50,000 reads of the Sony U-70 review in the first 18 hours, and most of those Linux users from Slashdot. There are tens of thousands of people wanting power that’s portable.

]]> By: jk http://gigaom.com/2004/08/15/why_are_so_many/#comment-35496 Mon, 16 Aug 2004 19:48:29 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2004/08/16/why_are_so_many#comment-35496 Actually I think there will be a firm place for PDAs due to price factors. Ultra portables will never be as cheap as people want and still have the features that consumers want. Let’s face it, the PPCs that are selling like hotcakes now are the $200 – $300 models. The high ends are not moving very fast as the majority of users are just looking for simple PDAs.

]]> By: Bruce http://gigaom.com/2004/08/15/why_are_so_many/#comment-35497 Mon, 16 Aug 2004 18:04:11 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2004/08/16/why_are_so_many#comment-35497 Interesting post James (as usual). It seems to me that pocket pcs have only a couple of pluses at this point: instant on and relative cost. I can picture these pluses becoming irrelevant within a year or so, as early adopters (me included) find an ultra-portable and smartphone combo that makes having a ppc unnecessary (and undesirable).

Later,
Bruce

]]> By: jk http://gigaom.com/2004/08/15/why_are_so_many/#comment-35498 Sun, 15 Aug 2004 23:07:17 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2004/08/16/why_are_so_many#comment-35498 The fact that you have a Toshiba e805 and a Motorola V710 puts you firmly in the early adopter category. :) The difference between you and those people you work with are that they say “hmmmmmm…interesting” and you do something about it. Revved.

]]> By: bkbroil http://gigaom.com/2004/08/15/why_are_so_many/#comment-35499 Sun, 15 Aug 2004 22:52:00 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2004/08/16/why_are_so_many#comment-35499 Are you sure it’s not just the “early adopters” who get excited? I know I love this stuff….but I mention it to people I work with and it I get a “hmmmmmm…intersting” response…. I think you should talk about what is wrong with our genetic code that makes “us” get all reved (sp?) up about this stuff! and why do I care about how “reved” up is spelled?

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