POSTED BY

Rob Beschizza

AT 11:21 AM
Friday July 3, 2009

Computers

Kohjinsha SK3

Kohjinsha SK3 is filofax for the 21st century

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The SK3 is a small, well-specced netbook that would be called a UMPC in a past life. What intrigues me about it is how it's made to integrate with this standard-form business planner. It's strange and pointless and wonderful, like something from an old science fiction movie.

Check out the unboxing at UMPC Portal: Kohjinsha SK3. Ultra-Portable and Portfolio-Ready! (Unboxing video).

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8 Comments

HeatherB

#1 – 11:32 AM July 3, 2009

I am someone who still likes planners. I have an iPhone but I can still write a note or schedule a date much faster with my pen then I can it. If had a stylus I'd be all for it and carry it with me.

Waffles

#2 – 1:24 PM July 3, 2009

Man, mixing it with a pen-and-paper planner is a great idea. I think this is where tech should head, not all flashy and sleek and loading times and keyboards. If I want to quickly jot a note down or check a date, awesome. I can do that without clicking through to Notepad or whatever people use for calendars. If I want to check BB or kill some time with the flash games or work on some writing, I can also do that.

I can see tech like this in the world of Blade Runner, where detectives jot down notes on paper and cross-check them with the computer. I want this.

The Lizardman

#3 – 2:33 PM July 3, 2009

My recent dis-satisfactgion with a lot of gadget shortcomings has rekindled a love affair with good old fashioned pen & paper - p&p is generally faster, more reliable, and more flexible. I strongly agree with Waffles points. Between my pen and small notepad and my smartphone or laptop that I carry it is the smartphones/computers that I regularly have issues with in terms of performance & their ability to meet my needs.

mdh

#4 – 2:39 PM July 3, 2009

nothing beats a soft graphite stylus for speed and flexibility.

phisrow

#5 – 5:53 PM July 3, 2009

Everything old is new again.

It's interesting, actually. The history of the personal computer is littered with (mostly failed) pen computing experiments.

Aak

#6 – 7:16 PM July 3, 2009

Oh Rob, you're strange and pointless and wonderful.

yezzer

#7 – 12:54 PM July 4, 2009

Pointless? This is perfect! I always carry around a notepad to scribble in. Laptops, iPhones etc, just don't cut it. To combine them like this looks great..

I guess I could just stick a notepad to a netbook like Jemaine's cameraphone in Flight of the Conchords, but the SK3 is so much more elegant.

Dean @ Filofax

#8 – 8:56 PM August 6, 2009

I wouldn't say pointless. Even these days people still prefer to have something written down rather than store it on a pc. I think its a tactile thing.

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