Comments on: FlipStart is now shipping http://gigaom.com/mobile/flipstart_is_no/ Sat, 26 May 2012 02:44:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Søren http://gigaom.com/mobile/flipstart_is_no/#comment-405730 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 06:33:29 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/flipstart_is_no#comment-405730

This device was dead before it landed at the stores… Anybody thinking obout bying a new UMPC, like flipstart and others should take a look at UMPC news… http://www.umpcportal.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=451
http://www.umpcportal.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=452
This thing is never going to make it if you ask me…

]]> By: JuzMe http://gigaom.com/mobile/flipstart_is_no/#comment-405731 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:05:13 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/flipstart_is_no#comment-405731

JK and/or anybody, does the FlipStart display well outdoors in bright sunlight?

I own a Sony UX 180, and while it displays better than the average laptop outdoors in bright sunlight, it leaves much to be desired in this area.

While I don’t own an oQo, the oQo version 1.whatever (the second version of the first model) displays EXTREMELY WELL outdoors in bright sunlight. I know because I’ve held one in my hand on a bright sunny summer day (even though I don’t own one; a sales rep went outside with me with a floor model to test it out).

So before I slap down $2000 or more for the FlipStart after getting burned on this issue with the Sony UX (not making a “mobile” device extremely sunlight readable is like not including a motor on a motorboat), I need to know, how well does the FlipStart display on a hot and extremely sunny day in July/August (so I can take it down to the BEACH)!

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tia

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