ApoTheTech’s friend UMPCportal.com has recently published a huge review about the ASUS R50A, which is a premium category UMPC. Here are the specifications of R50A:
- 5.6″ 1024×600 gloss touchscreen
- 1.33GHz Atom Z520 CPU
- 1GB of RAM
- 32GB SSD
- Windows Vista Ultimate
- 3G HSDPA, Bluetooh/WLAN, GPS
As we can see, there is nothing spectacular about the specifications. True, is has 3G to offer, but I lost all the interest when you come to know that this UMPC retails at $1300+. No doubt, UMPCportal is also very disappointed with ASUS R50A.
Here is what they have to say about it:
I’ll start out by just saying that I’m disappointed in the R50A. It is hard for a product like this to really succeed though. When you think about it, the R50A tries to fill a niche within a niche. Unless you are specifically looking for a handheld device that can only be used as a slate, I couldn’t recommend the R50A to you. I can’t think of many situations where a full sized slate, or convertible Tablet PC wouldn’t be a much better alternative than the R50A.
Click here to read the full review at UMPCportal