TabletKiosk Launches the eo v7110 UMPC

The relatively new company TabletKiosk has just introduced its eo v7110 Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC).  Significantly, it’s the fourth company to jump on the UMPC bandwagon, but unlike the three that preceded it, TabletKiosk’s already announced how much its device is to cost ($899 for the base version and $999 for a version with more RAM and hard drive capacity) and is even beginning to take orders for it.

Only 9″x5.75″x1″ and just 2 pounds light, the eo has a 7″ touch screen and runs Windows XP Tablet Edition on its 1.0GHz processor.  Base versions come with 256MB RAM and a 30GB hard drive and higher-end versions with 512MB Ram and a 40GB hard drive.  The eo also comes with 802.11b/g, Bluetooth, two USB ports (but no memory card slots, strangely enough), a “revolutionary” new on-screen keyboard, stereo mike with voice recognition and hardware controls that can be optimized for right- or left-handed users.  TabletKiosk makes them in either black or white.  All eos come with Microsoft’s Touch Pak, described as mobile-ready technologies that make it easy to access and use your software on the go.

Not half bad, we think, but we wonder if this unit’s going to live up to the basic concept of the Ultra Mobile PC.  The eo’s already got two strikes against it – it’s a bit pricey (both versions cost nearly $1000, and if buyers splurge on the extras they can easily push the price past $1200)- plus it’s a bit too large to be comfortably placed in a pocket.  Let’s see how it stacks up against the competition – when they finally get released, that is.

The relatively new company TabletKiosk has just introduced its eo v7110 Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC).  Significantly, it’s the fourth company to jump on the UMPC bandwagon, but unlike the three that preceded it, TabletKiosk’s already announced how much its device is to cost ($899 for the base version and $999 for a version with more RAM and hard drive capacity) and is even beginning to take orders for it.

Only 9″x5.75″x1″ and just 2 pounds light, the eo has a 7″ touch screen and runs Windows XP Tablet Edition on its 1.0GHz processor.  Base versions come with 256MB RAM and a 30GB hard drive and higher-end versions with 512MB Ram and a 40GB hard drive.  The eo also comes with 802.11b/g, Bluetooth, two USB ports (but no memory card slots, strangely enough), a “revolutionary” new on-screen keyboard, stereo mike with voice recognition and hardware controls that can be optimized for right- or left-handed users.  TabletKiosk makes them in either black or white.  All eos come with Microsoft’s Touch Pak, described as mobile-ready technologies that make it easy to access and use your software on the go.

Not half bad, we think, but we wonder if this unit’s going to live up to the basic concept of the Ultra Mobile PC.  The eo’s already got two strikes against it – it’s a bit pricey (both versions cost nearly $1000, and if buyers splurge on the extras they can easily push the price past $1200)- plus it’s a bit too large to be comfortably placed in a pocket.  Let’s see how it stacks up against the competition – when they finally get released, that is.