Comments on: Wired Mag reviews UMPCs but misses the device concept

By: jk

jk — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 09:00:38 +0000

This is typical of MSM “reviews”. You will rarely see us assign ratings to a device here on jkOnTheRun because they are totally subjective. Our mantra here is that everyone’s needs are different when it comes to mobile technology and a device with a killer feature for some may be totally unnecessary for others. I especially dislike articles like this that review multiple devices and rate them as the ratings end up as a ranking system which is totally inappropriate in my opinion.

I get dismayed when articles like this do not point out that the Tablet Edition is a superset of Windows XP and thus the Sony UX should be penalized for not coming with them. Why would you not consider it a negative when other devices have this additional functionality yet the Sony UX doesn’t have it?

By: silliecutie

silliecutie — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:42:06 +0000

that is so not a good review of the UMPC’s. not even reviewed for their usuage models but instead for a usage model of a laptop.

By: Chip Chick

Chip Chick — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 03:31:36 +0000

Wired is an awesome magazine, however I’ve noticed that many of their reviews are really whack and seem to come from a lack of knowledge about the kind of gadgets that they are reviewing. They should probably stick to what they are good at

By: Ayrkain

Ayrkain — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:37:31 +0000

The last three are just bizarre (deserving better grades), but the UX180P (the only one I have hands-on experience with) I’d rate at a 7 with a tentative 7.5 for the UX280P’s RAM upgrade.

By: Loose Wires In This Review

Loose Wires In This Review — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:50:06 +0000

By: Xanax.

Xanax. — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:50:06 +0000