How to get a free lunch out of me: be nice to UMPCs

Wong_wongIf you noticed a light posting day that’s because I’ve been off the grid to meet up with Ben Drawbaugh from EngadgetHD. Ben is in Philadelphia this week, so I hoofed it 40 miles this morning to meet up with him, drive over to the Marlton, NJ Apple store and have lunch. For the record, I walked out of the store empty handed while Ben was seduced by the new iLife ’08. I just bought Nascar ’08 for the 360, I figure I’ll wait a while for my next ’08 product. ;)

I brought Ben onto HDBeat (now EngdagetHD) about two years ago and since he lives in Tampa, we’ve never met although we do stay in touch. Our most recent conversations were around UMPCs and after much e-mailing, Ben decided to pick up a used Samsung Q1P for his home at an obscenely low price of under $600. He uses the UMPC for a specific purpose: it’s basically a touchscreen remote control for his home automation and audio/video equipment. I can’t recall the software application he’s using but if I know Ben, he’ll chime in here with a comment. In any case, he sounded like he’s enjoying the Q1P and didn’t think he’d like using a touchscreen to control Windows as much as he does. For that comment alone, I picked up the tab at Wong Wong in the Chinatown section of Philly today. There you go…..just make a nice UMPC comment and you might get a free lunch!

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