Guest deadphill Posted February 27, 2009 Report Posted February 27, 2009 Just seen over at msmobiles.com qualcomm intend to release their snapdragon chipset into a netbook powered by windows mobile. This might not be breaking news, but while I was reading I was thinking, what's the point? What would I gain from having a device as a netbook running windows mobile as opposed to a mobile device, other than battery life and a bigger screen to name a couple of barely noticeable differences? What are your thoughts? Is this just a folly for a cheap way to make a windows netbook, or is this maybe going to lead the path to a mobile you can use as your main PC? Would you buy one? How would you use it? Like I said not exactly news but certainly is thought provoking, and your views could make this topic quite interesting. I look forward to reading them. Cheers Phill
Guest Alcedes Posted February 27, 2009 Report Posted February 27, 2009 I would love to have one. Though I don't know that my motivations are rational. I like windows mobile, I like my RedFly, and I would enjoy having a windows mobile device with the usability of the redfly. It would be cool to have a computer that could last most of the day on a battery charge. But I work from home and I'm never away from a power socket for to long. What I would not like is the possibility that the OEM would decide to stop supporting it and leave me without a legit way to update the OS.
Guest deadphill Posted February 27, 2009 Report Posted February 27, 2009 See this is also another reason. If you want a netbook style have the best of both worlds with a redfly! Agreed though I think that updates are going to have to start coming from Microsoft and not the OEM's! Cheers Phill
Guest ZSX Posted February 27, 2009 Report Posted February 27, 2009 See this is also another reason. If you want a netbook style have the best of both worlds with a redfly! Agreed though I think that updates are going to have to start coming from Microsoft and not the OEM's! Cheers Phill I agree with the above, the main advantage of a netbook running WinMo being instant on and a longer battery life. The redfly combo is good, as is the i-mate Legionnaire/Warrior combo. With most phone screens now hitting WVGA, however, I would expect the netbook's screen to be at least XGA.
Guest UndeadDevil Posted February 28, 2009 Report Posted February 28, 2009 On the opposite side of the coin, VMWare are working on a PC Virtualization on Windows Mobile. They've already shown it working on ARM9 Nokia S60 Devices.
Guest deadphill Posted March 2, 2009 Report Posted March 2, 2009 This may make a top CarPC :( Terran Do you not think though that a windows mobile phone would already do this? Cheers Phill
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