jkOnTheRun Audio Edition #14- TabletKiosk eo UMPC video review
Watch jkOnTheRun Audio Edition #14 here (WMV format, 320×240, 80.2 MB, 32 minutes)
I can’t remember the last time a genre of mobile device created quite the buzz that the Origami/ UMPC has generated. Show #14 is a video overview of the TabletKiosk eo v7110 UMPC, generously provided by the good folks at TabletKiosk. I only had the device for a couple of days but wanted to give a thorough overview of the hardware, software, and potential of the UMPC using the eo and a video review seemed the best way to do that.
I hope you enjoy this video and apologize for the audio quality. The video camera I was using was generating some internal noise that I could not hear until I encoded the video. You can still hear the audio track OK, it’s just a little annoying. :( Feel free to shoot me any questions about the eo that you don’t see answered in the video and I’ll answer them if I can.
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The screwmount at the back is actually a rest to prop up the device using the thin pen that comes with it. A pretty poor idea I thought. ie there isn’t a proper rest for the device. If you look at the manual (now online) there’s a picture and guide to the device being proped up by its own pen.
James,
On your video review, you mention that the hole in the back of the unit looks like it’s for a stand. The preliminary product manual shows that you can insert the stylus into that hole to prop it like a stand. Doesn’t seem too useful, though.
That’s what I get for not having the manual. :) The big end of the stylus is made of very slippery plastic and after trying it on the pre-prod unit I have it doesn’t work. Won’t support the eo at all so maybe they are going to ship with a different stylus. It would have to be rubberized on the tabletop side to avoid slippage.
FCC owners manual is here:
http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/forms/blobs/retrieve.cgi?attachment_id=644170&native_or_pdf=pdf
May or may not be the same with the preproduction or shipping units, but may help some…
That was a great review. I couldn’t ask for more. It is quite upsetting that the device will not rotate portrait. I wonder if programs like ereader and zinio will fix that problem.
I intended to address the heat of the eo in the video but ran out of time (meaning I forgot). All handheld devices generate a lot of heat and while the eo got a little warm on the back never uncomfortably so. I did find that sometimes the vent on the left side of the eo could blow fairly hot air but only after I inadvertently blocked it completely with my hand.
I don’t think eReader on the PC will rotate the screen, nor Zinio either. They both depend on the device to rotate it. While I would love eReader in portrait I think that Zinio would probably work better in the wider direction. Just my 2 cents.
So VIA’s solution is bad for gaming too? That’s too bad.
Those controls had potential.
I didn’t get a chance to try any real games on the eo since I didn’t have it long enough. But, according to the display properties the Via graphics had 32 MB of memory which is not enough for serious gaming anyway.
Re: The WMP skin and color
You can change the blue background to Black if you’d like. We embedded the 6 different backgrounds that we shipped as part of the Program Launcher within the skin.
To change the background, tap the Middle button in the top left collection of buttons to cycle through them (circle with half shaded).
–Sears