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Picked up U1010 in HK and disappointed with performance

Jul 24, 2007

Rating: 5 out of 10 (Average)
Pros: great feature set, reasonably priced for feature set and form factor
Cons: Performance, battery life, start up time and fan noise
Opinion:
Perhaps I was being unreasonable, but I had high expectations for this generation of UMPCs. The device's feature set is great and it operates as advertised. I held high hopes that this would be the device to consolidate my many gadgets. Unfortunately the performance of the device leaves much to be desired. Start up time from a cold boot or hibernation is extremely slow. Performance while multi tasking is sluggish and you find yourself staring at the Windows Vista rotation "wait" circle much of the time. I was especially frustrated by the device's inability to consistently stream video over WiFi. The video freezes often and there are sync issues between audio and video streams. My Archos 604Wifi is able to accomplish a steady video stream and video/audio sync.

The battery life is about 3 hours. I haven't been able to find any shops that stock the extended life battery, but that should improve the longevity of the device to an acceptable time.