Comments on: Vulcan Flipstart: Underwhelming

By: Marius Gedminas

Marius Gedminas — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:38:37 +0000

If it doesn’t fit into my pocket, then I’d rather carry a laptop. The N800 fits.

By: John

John — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 06:02:03 +0000

UMPC’s adavantages:
-plays any video format you thow at it with decent framerate, etc.
-plays Flash 9 content
-has a better Browser (i.e. Firefox 2.0)
-has a much better email client (any client is better than what is included with the N800)
-supports BT headset
-Skype video
-Large storage capacity

By: Hanno Zulla

Hanno Zulla — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:08:18 +0000

True, “days” on the N800 includes non-use, since that’s how you use a portable computer: Pick it up, use it for a few minutes, put it down.

Thanks to the system’s agressive power saving, the N800 will last for days on one battery if you use it like that.

You cannot leave a UMPC turned “on” like you can with the internet tablet.

By: Karel Jansens

Karel Jansens — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:59:32 +0000

The 770/N800 may be a great line of hardware, but giving incorrect information doesn’t do them much good: the Internet Tablet will run for a maximum of 6-7 hours (2-3 hours with WiFi on, around 10 hours playing music with the screen off). Those “days” refer to the standby time.

The IT’s battery is 1.5 Ahs; not huge, but not especially tiny either. One nice battery feature of the Internet Tablets is that they take a bog-standard Nokia BP-5L battery, available in any good phone shop and cloned like mad.