Thursday, March 16, 2006

Via Virtual UMPC

*Update 30th June 2006 - 20:08*

Final release of the Microsoft UMPC Display Emulator Beta is now ready for download.


File Name: UMPCDisplayEmulator.msi
Version: 1.0
Date Published: 5/3/2006
Language: English
Download Size: 1.2 MB





Knowing that UMPC deliveries are only weeks away, Hugo Ortega of the UberTablet blog couldn’t help but get a little creative this evening. With talk of Tablet MVP’s trying out UMPC devices his excitement levels were as high as ever. All he could think of was, ‘I just want to demo my own UMPC!’

Using the Microsoft UMPC display emulator, a tool designed for software developers to view their application's layout and screen behavior as it appears on a UMPC, Hugo does his best to create a Virtual UMPC device at home!

Here are some notes:

  • We know UMPC will run a 1.0GHz CPU of some sort and Windows XP Tablet Edition as its Operating System - Hugo Ortega grabbed a Sahara Slate running a 1.0GHz CPU and then proceeded to install Windows XP Tablet PC Edition on it.
  • We know the resolution on most UMPC devices will run 800*480 native on a 7” TFT; to replicate this Hugo installed Microsoft’s UMPC Display Emulator (download UMPC Display Emulator) to replicate a 7" UMPC device on a 12.1" Slate.
  • We know that the UMPC screen will be resistive touch, and not digitizer like current Tablet PC's, so Hugo makes sure that his experiment is conducted on a resistive touch slate PC.

Now that Hugo Ortega has mimicked almost all the UMPC criterion; all that is left is to let the demo speak for itself, “Via Virtual UMPC.”

The following is not a UMPC device – believe it or not – it is however an UberTablet.blogspot.com "Via Virtual UMPC" demo, dedicated to all of you that will not touch a UMPC for months to come!


[19MB, 5 minutes]
Watch it on "YouTube.com"

What do you think?



17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Cool demo Hugo!

Anonymous said...

This is great....

Anonymous said...

Very cool, but can you demo the round keyboards on the sides of the screen? I'd really like to see that.

Thanks!

Hugo Gaston Ortega said...

Cheers Boys!

As far as the round keyboard goes we need to have the Microsoft "Touch Pack" for UMPC.

So far I haven't been able to get my hands on it; I am working on it though!!!

stay tuned

Anonymous said...

Nice demo. The on screen keyboard looks a little too small for accurate typing using your fingers though - perhaps tapping out the letters with the stylus would work but two handed typing looks like it would be too fiddly.

Hugo Gaston Ortega said...

Hey Chris,

I ran this demo at home without really much preparation or planning. My intention was to use my finger as the only input device, and therefore add credibility to a resistive touch computer concept.

I think Microsoft has developed the translucent round keyboards on the "Touch Pack" in order to make thumb typing (as on a blackberry) more practical than the current Tablet Input Panel (TIP) that I use on my "Via Virtual Tablet” Demo; TIP is the standard Windows Tablet Edition Input Panel.

Let’s hope they got it right!!!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful ....Thanks!

Anonymous said...

That is pretty neat! :)

I think its a good move to use resistive touchscreen as it means the ability to touch the screen with the fingers instead of only using the pen.

The dial keys should make it easier to thumb-type compared to using a stylus too!

Thanks Hugo! :)

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