Lisa G from MobileTechReview reviewed UX180P here. It is not a spectacular review, but a good one if you think of buying and learning the components with a little detail.
I have the Samsung Q1 UMPC. I like it. I have the Sony UX180P. I like it too. I will not tell you one is strictly better than another because their intended usage scenarios are different and because there’s a big price gap too. It’s hard to fault the UMPC for not having “cool feature x” found on the Sony because it costs $700 less after all. The UMPC makes a great web tablet, ebook reader, multimedia companion and works as a somewhat sluggish regular notebook. Good enough for the web, MS Office work and a little Photoshop. It’s easy on the eyes compared to the Sony since it has a 800 x 480 pixel 7 inch display. Icons aren’t as tiny; when watching videos, characters in large-cast scenes are bigger and text is larger. Though Microsoft was criticized for setting the UMPC’s specs at 800 x 480 resolution, I think that it’s a good compromise: most folks can actually see and use the display, even those over 40 . It’s a mass market product with mass-market feature promotion— watch videos, listen to MP3s, surf the web, draw, use real Windows and do it without breaking the bank (though UMPCs are still too expensive for mass-market penetration).
