I know this is a tablet-centric blog, but I am actually more interested in the UX and OQO as ultra portable desktop replacements. My interest in digitizer versus touchscreen is more out of what is best for interaction with the device while travelling or when using it in, say, the living room instead of at the desk.

Gaber:

I own a UX and think that it would not really be a good candidate for traditional Tablet PC usage…its touchscreen is just t small for general inking use…the ~7″ screen seems to be the most appropriate sized screen for users planning heavy inking.

I use my UX differently than a traditional Tablet…I use it as a desktop replacement that is extremely portable…more so than any notebook I have ever owned. It performs very well as an untethered desktop for most business needs (email, messaging, Word/Excel, and limited vertical apps via a VPN), anything requiring heavy text input will not work well with the UX unless you have an external keyboard (I have a BT Stowaway)

G. Scott —

Thanks for the your thoughts! I would love to hear what you think about the OQO2. When I played around with the Sony, I liked the feel. I didn’t do a whole lot of typing, so perhaps I should take closer notice when I can get my hands on one again. What about the screen comparisons? The Sony is a touchscreen (and digitizer I think), versus the digitizer-only of the OQO2. How should that affect one’s choice between the two?

Gaber:

I love the look of the UX, but can’t stand the usability. The keyboard is an atrociously and suffers from the same Sony user design faults as their old Clie PDA keyboards. Overall, the device looks great, but feels like they forgot the end-user as part of the design quotient.

I haven’t tried the OQO 2 yet, but I’m going to give it a shot. I’ll be sure to post my impressions if you like.

Speaking of the UX series and the OQO, which one are people thinking is the better mobile device? I know the OQO is not a touchscreen, but does have a digitizer. What about the Sony? I got to play with both, and they are both very cool devices. Just not sure which one I would choose.

So, by the purist definition, is the UX, with its Gunze USB HID drivers, an active digitizer worth of praise as a tablet (with Vista or XP Tablet) or not?

I just returned a Fujitsu P1610 because it had a touch screen and not an active digitizer. coming from a Tablet PC background (TC1100) I was very dissapointed at the touch-screen’s limitations compared to a real tablet.

Next step, OQO 2.

Exactly, JKK. If the UMPC does not have a BIOS indicating the existence of HID and you don’t have HID drivers all you are going to get is “part of the whole picture”.

This is not true in real life. Touch screen is not the key to open tablet features in Vista.. You also need the real implemention of tablet hw and drivers..
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