The tab key is in the space key, but you have to press the Fn key to access it. The same happens with the arrow keys. The keyboard is bad designed in my opinion and it's too small to be really useful. I tested one for few days to write about it and I have wrote about it yet because I'm waiting for my frustrations to settle down.

BTW I hate when people curse in videos like this one. What they are trying to look, more masculine or more mature. Because if that's the case I do not think that that works too well. And it's not funny at all. I could have posted about his video in a few pages because he has some good points and just because of his cursing I wont do it.

It's time to start educating the new generations.

Something wrong with the boingboing.com link...I'm getting one of those fake sites offering domain names and such.

corrected the link....my apologies

Profanity aside, i gotta agree with him about the price though. For $500, I'd buy a UMPC in a heartbeat, but not for much more. I'f I'm going to pay around $1000 for a small PC, I'm going to get a full blown tablet. Oh, wait, I did just order a Gateway C-120X. So there you have it.

Profanity aside, i gotta agree with him about the price though. For $500, I'd buy a UMPC in a heartbeat, but not for much more. I'f I'm going to pay around $1000 for a small PC, I'm going to get a full blown tablet. Oh, wait, I did just order a Gateway C-120X. So there you have it.

We have a demo unit in house, and I'll have to say I find it quite useful. I want one, to bad we brought it in for my CEO...

I find size discussions when it comes to UMPCs interesting. UMPC manufacturers are clearly expecting consumers to place some value in the form factor, and to pay for it. Reviews like this one which calls the U810 "too small", and previous comments in the thread which compare it to the eee, or the Gateway C-120X makes me wonder if the mainstream consumer is actually interested in this form factor at all. e.g. the Gateway C-120X is noticeably larger and heavier than the U810. They're are not at all the same size. OTOH, if people consistently treat them as if they were, it makes me think there really isn't a market for the a computer the size of the U810. For the same price, the consumer will always be able to buy something which has a larger screen and a full sized keyboard. LIkewise, the eee, if not full sized, is also larger than U810. Perhaps people value larger screen and full sized keyboard over small and light? i.e., perhaps the U810 is not small enough to make a difference to the consumer?

Once you get down to something which fits into your pocket, attitudes change. I mean, there are all sorts of pocketable devices with small screens and mini-keyboards. They don't get the sort of review where someone complains that it's too small, or suggests that the consumer buy a full size laptop instead. The OQO may be expensive, but it credibly fits in a pocket. It's the smallest of the UMPCs on the market, but it gets quite favorable reviews, most of which do not complain about the size. When there is a suggestion to buy a full size laptop instead, it is with the caveat "unless you need something this size." It might be that to attempt and fail at a full sized keyboard leaves a worse impression than having a thumbboard. (Even the negative reviews of the OQO seem to have something nice to say about its thumbboard.) Of course, it's not like OQOs are selling in mass volume either (AFAIK).

In any case, it does seem like manufacturers don't really get credit for making something smaller until it fits into a pocket (even if it's just barely, like the OQO). Along those lines, I've often wondered about the full sized laptops which weigh ~2lbs. They're expensive, and difficult to get. But I've wondered if they were cheaper to build and more widely distributed, how well they would do? Is there a mass market for something that light, or is 4 lbs good enough for most people?

(BTW, if people think the eee and the U810 are fighting for the same set of consumers, it also means that the U810's tablet features are similarly uninteresting to people.)

Does anyone know if those headlights actually make it possible to see the keyboard in dim light or are they just a gimmick?