"We believe that (ultra-mobile PCs) will eventually become as indispensable and ubiquitous as the mobile phone today," said Microsoft VP Bill Mitchell when the platform was first launched.
Despite the initial hype, the first generation UMPCs didn't quite make the splash in the marketplace that Microsoft had once hoped for. Samsung says that its UMPC sales have failed to meet expectations and that it sold less than 100,000 of its Q1 during 2006 -- the company hopes to sell 300,000 units in 2007.
There are a number of key reasons why the platform has floundered thus far: high price of entry, high system weight, meager system/video performance and poor battery life. Until these issues are addressed, sales may never take off for the platform.
The current state of Ultra Mobile PCs
Posted on Saturday, March 24 2007 @ 22:27 CET by Thomas De MaesschalckThe UMPC platform Microsoft introduced in 2006 is now a year old, but how far has it come? Dailytech takes a look the current state of UMPCs:
