Raon’s original Everun was a strange but solid handheld computer. The sequel, called the Everun Note, is a more attractive affair that strikingly embodies a fantasy computer familiar to anyone who writes: one no bigger than the smallest reasonable keyboard.
Powered by an AMD Turion chip and up to 2GB of RAM, the Note will be $900 or thereabouts and weigh 1.6 pounds. XP, not Vista, comes pre-installed. Like the original, it’s not a Netbook. It’s a sort of budget UMPC, which means higher performance in a smaller package (the display, for example, is only 7 inches), accounted for by a price tag intermediary between those typical of each class of device.
A few frills, spotted in the spec sheets, suggest something special might be on its way. It has a uSIM slot, which implies 3G WWAN. ExpressCard is nice and contemporary, and two USB ports mean you can add an optical drive and still have a port to spare. Is this the one? Maybe, if it can stay awake more than 2 hours per battery charge.
Raon Digital Everun Note. Price. Brochure. Demo device. [UMPC Portal]
meh … more 1024×600 garbage.
1280×768 please.
And he’s done it! Rob Beschizza has completely inundated the Boing Boing Gadgets front page with his posts!
Cool, it hangs right in the middle where there’s something for everyone not to like.
Right Rob?
I’m trying to think the glass is half-full, but fear that after 20 minutes of use the only thing at 50% will be the battery gauge.
The more of these I see, the more I think about dusting off the Tandy 100. Or maybe the WP-2, if I’m in a writing mood.
“1280×768 please.”
People keep saying this; but on a seven inch screen? Really? I find 1280 to be the minimum usable resolution for a desktop, where the monitors are 15″ at the tiny end, but on a 7″ screen I would be begging for mercy after a half hour.
1024 is fine for a 7″ screen, imho. Yes, it would require some changes to operational habits, but working on a UMPC / Netbook already will, what with the limited resources.
One thing I’ve learned from BBG lately is to look at the placement of the quotes and apostrophe key. Can anyone seriously type on these things when it’s placed as a Function+ key?? Will the world devolve into typing like 12 year-old girls on their cellphones?
many Asian languages do not use much punctuation.
I don’t like the location of the arrow keys. All on the same line. That takes me back to the C16/Plus4 days.