My colleague Mark already wrote a little bit about this topic but I would like to go a little bit deeper if that’s possible. I have been reading news lately about two devices coming soon: the HTC Athena and Tatung.
These devices have been called by the OEM or by the press UMPCs, and I think that the reason why is because of their size. In my opinion they should have been called PPCS which means Pocket PC on Steroids. Yes, these two devices use Windows Mobile 5, based on Windows CE. This Operating System has a lot of advantages like Instant On, a very easy to use Calendar and an Easy to Use Contacts. But it has a huge to me disadvantage, it can’t run the millions of programs available for Windows OS for PCs. This disadvantage is what has pushed me and many others Pocket PC owners to buy a UMPC.
Of course, this is another valid option for some. But… Don’t let them lie to you. You are buying a PPCS not a UMPC. Be sure that you are buying what you really need.
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I believe Microsoft is no longer making a big distinction between mobile devices running XP or Vista and those running Windows Mobile. I think that that is a step in the right direction as, in many cases, these devices are trying to solve the same problems. That said, the user should definitely understand the difference between the two OSs.
Of course, I’d love to see someone else try to do what DualCor is trying to do, and release a device that runs both. Each has its pros and cons and is valuable in its own way. To have both options available in one device would be very powerful.