Rodfather Mobile

Layne Heiny recently fiddled around with google ads and search using ‘UMPC’ as the search term. It wasn’t pretty.

In response, he’s calling out for ‘ultra-plan’ and is going to start using a UMPC on a daily basis to help promote its use.

We need an ultra-plan. A plan to show people how to use the UMPC so that efficiency is improved. Therefore, I worked to clear up a TabletKiosk UMPC from my daughters and plan to carry the UMPC with me. I hope to write about the experience daily so that others can follow along and maybe get excited about why the UMPC is a great product.

Great move.

As for myself, I’ve been using my Samsung Q1 as my main device for over a year. I do all my blogging from this device whether connected through WiFi or tethered through a WWAN connection. As you may have noticed, I occasionally do ink blogging too.

When working away from the office, it does the job since it’s a full Windows device. I can run SQL server, remote desktop, SSH, VPN, and many other tools to get things done.

While at work, I take the Q1 to meetings and use Onenote to ink notes along with recording audio with its built-in mic.

It’s the perfect media player. I don’t have to worry whether a certain codec will work. I use VLC media player and it can play just about any format. I also use Miro as my video podcatcher and it’s great not worrying whether my device will play a WMV or Quicktime h.264 podcast. It just works.

It’s my GPS device. I have a car mount set up in my Subaru to stick my Q1 on the dash. I’m running iGuidance as my navigation software which is great since they include a UMPC specific version with nice big buttons to take advantage of the touchscreen. I have a bluetooth GPS receiver sitting in my car to which pairs with the Q1 automatically after running iGuidance.

I can go on and on. For me, the UMPC has been great and I will continue using it even after upgrading to a new device.

[UMPC Buzz : UMPC Search on Google]