Now they’re saying it’s going to have 3G, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi? Please let me know, I’ve preordered the UX180P and now have second thoughts if I can get an extra 10GB and 512MB, not to mention PPC capability with the DualCor over the Sony UX.

What was the plan here? Either the device was designed with integrated WiFi and Bluetooth from the beginning, or the company has been perpetrating fraudulent claims since they revealed the device at CES back in January. It’s a lot of work to actually add or remove these networking components from the design. Personally, I think that they’ve been dishonest on these counts.

As for WWAN support, they’ve never claimed that they were integrating this, but have said that they were planning on pursuing deals with carriers before integrating a WWAN module. Granted, the way they presented these statements implied that they had room inside the case to actually add a module of this sort (along with an accompanying antenna), which seems unlikely at this point. In light of the fact that dualCor’s idea of “adding a module” was actually adding a PCMCIA card, I guess we should consider them dishonest on this point as well.

We’ve been sold some snake oil here, and it’s pointless to argue about whether the backpack full of adapter you’ll need to make it work are the right mix of things to carry around. Sony’s upcoming UX model is looking like a better choice at this point. I’d like to see DualCor succeed with the cPC, but then again, I’m expecting them to go back and put the stuff they promised initially into the package before I’ll buy one.

…JK and Rob got disappointed of it , but it is not very shocking for me : It is hard to squeze two hardware systems in such a small box ; both C7-m processor and Xscale etc. and i believe cPC’s charm is in being so small and including both Windows XP and Windows CE in different hardware platforms in the same small box. If you want to have GSM or EVDO on a pocket-pc , there are already lots of options for that.

And i think like Mark Sumimoto too, it frees you and give possibilities.

That said, I think we all need to keep this in perspective: one card in a slot and one dongle sticking out (which could even be repositioned using an articulated adapter) adds phone, wifi, and BT connectivity to an energy-efficient, 30GB Windows Mobile Pocket PC that can switch instantly to Windows XP Tablet PC Edition with Origami UI. That setup literally puts a smartphone and UMPC together in one pocket-sized device that can connect to your BT accessories and a wifi hotspot without swapping any cards. I can tolerate one dongle to get that.

On my Sony U71 I have integrated WiFi but no BT so I have to use a BT CF card when I am using my keyboard and mouse. If WiFi is not available then I tether the U to my Treo via USB and I can tell you it becomes a bit unwieldy pretty quickly. Integrated BT along with the WiFi would make this much easier, and it would be a nightmare if I also had to provide WiFi with an external solution.