Thread: Asus Eee Pc and Nokia N800
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FirebirdFeuervogel is offline FirebirdFeuervogel
2007-08-16 , 18:59
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SD69 is correct. Neither the n800 nor the Eee are UMPCs.

In May 2007, Intel told the world that they saw two markets for the UMPC. One, a higher-end market for professionals and productivity users. The other, a low-end market focused mainly on smaller, cheaper, less powerful entertainment and communication devices aimed at the consumer.
Ironicly enough though, by that definition, it almost sounds like the Eee and especially the ITTs (which considering their form factor and other things, really arnt *that* far off from being umpcs) are aiming towards that lower end umpc niche. Which no UMPC I've ever seen has gone for. For instance that everun umpc is priced at more than twice a n800 for the lowest end version, which kinda puts it in a different market than the n800, and thats before we take into account that fact that it runs xp.