One2OneMate’s StudentMate is a sort of $400 UMPC
One2OneMate’s StudentMate is a cross between one of those electronic toy computers and an UMPC. The device is an affordable sub 2 pound PC with a 7 inch color touch screen with a 800×480 resolution, Wifi and ethernet connectivity, and a full size laptop keyboard all running on Linux. Memory-wise the device comes with just 128mb but that is expandable via SD cards and USB. A Carrying case is included as well. On the software side a web browser, word processor, spreadsheet, contact manager, clock / calendar, calculator, typing tutor, home work helper, student summary list, and e-message client are some of the software programs that come included. The StudentMate is supposed to retail for less than $399, and was supposed to be released in June but it doesn’t seem to be out yet. Nowadays $399 can get you a cheap laptop running Windows with a decent amount of specs, so they need to charge much less than that for this to be successful. Make the price $199 and both parents and schools will want it for their grade school children. A similar device called the DataMate is also scheduled. The DataMate looks identical to the StudentMate but it will retail for $450 and be geared towards professionals looking for mobile way to work on word processors and spreadsheets. We think that that will be a total bust all together for $450. Can we say Folio?
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[...] to ChipChick, the StudentMate is supposed to retail for $399 and was supposed to have come out this June.. but [...]
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[...] One2OneMate’s StudentMate es una combinación entre una computadora de esas que parecen un juguete y una UMPC. Yo probé la Dana (que usaba palm os) y su teclado era comodísimo pero no estaba a color. Pesa 2 libras y tiene una pantalla a color de 7 pulgadas con una resolución de 800×480, Wifi y ethernet además de su obvio super teclado completo y lo mejor es que usa Linux. Viene con 128 mb de memoria interna y es extendible con tarjetas SD y acepta USB. Incluye un estuche. En cuanto a software incluye navegador, procesador de texto, hoja de cálculo, contactos, reloj, calendario, calculadora, tutor para tipear, lista para estudiantes, cliente de e-mensajes entre otros. Se supone que su precio es menor de $399 y ya debería estar a la venta. También sacarán otro producto llamado DataMate que es similar pero a un precio de $450 y será enfocada a los profesionales.Vía: Chipchik [...]
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I wonder if it’s for real. I remember a throw-away cell phone I heard an awful lot about a few years back, mostly via hype from the company. They never sold anything but a few cells cobbled together from other cell phones; i.e., it was a scam. If you look at the one2onemate web site and press releases, this company’s product has some of the same earmarks, including prolific grammatical errors, no info on who’s running the company, a rollout that never seems to arrive, etc.