evilecho
08-14-2004, 12:40 PM
Well, I got my UX50 delivered Monday and I've had a chance to begin setting it up a bit over the week. Yes, Winexprt's loss is my gain, this is an incredible machine. I believe he moved to the TH55, I considered this also, but I travel a lot and the non-clamshell larger screen would end up damaged sooner.
First impression= INCREDIBLE!!!!
I upgraded from an NX80V that just died one day. No power, just dead, wouldn't charge, etc. When I opened it, I found a small piece of metal that had broked off the hinged CF cover. :( There is a thread over in the NX forum about the very same issue (with pictures of the piece that looked exactly like the one that fell out of my NX).
I installed zlauncher and used a nice winxp based theme to make my UX50 look mysteriously like my windows xp laptop. There were 2 guys in my class I was giving that worked for Palm a few years back and until they actually got into the preferences to verify, SWORE my UX was not running Palm OS.
:p
I played my old 'Once Upon A Time in Mexico' movie from the NX while flying home. The sound and video were noticeably better than on the NX. I was impressed and being able to flip up the screen like a laptop and watch the movie was cool. Some people on the plane were wondering how in the world I was able to fit a DVD in such a small DVD player. :D
I haven't noticed any speed change from my NX. This could be because I always used ZL to run all my programs off the memory card so that built in lag from launching the apps off the card was there on the NX too.
It is nice having the internal memory to run the programs off. Too bad I can't find a way to use the 16 meg of backup space on the UX for something productive but I'm sure I'll get used to using it for backing up. I'd just rather use the memory stick to backup and use that 16meg for things like books.
I got a 512 memory stick to put my mp3's and movies on. The default music app and Pocket Tunes found the mp3's right off with no hassles.
Course, this gem came with the EB50 extended battery. Yes, did I tell you I'm a lucky guy? :p
The wifi came right up at my house. I have my linksys wrt54 setup with a block of dhcp addresses and setup was a snap. I'd like to find a way to setup my laptop with a bluetooth usb dongle I got off ebay so I can plug my laptop into the hotel highspeed internet and be able to access the laptop via bluetooth from the UX to bridge the highspeed to my UX. I'm sure there's a way to do this, I just haven't had time to research this. Now, if the hotel has wifi (more and more do every day) the UX50 is set.
Oh, did I say how cool this device is??? :cool:
I was apprehensive about the landscape mode, but once I got it, I don't know how I got by with portrait mode. Yes, I'm off to the codediver thread a lot lately. :)
Oh, and, I NEVER used the keyboard on my NV70 or NX70 or NX80. I use it all the time on my UX50. I considered the keyboard when deciding to go with a UX50 or TH55. Since I never used it before, I was REALLY leaning toward the TH55 until I was able to find a UX50 still at the local compusa I could play with. Plus, they had a TH55 right next to it. It just felt too light and flimsy for my needs. All I could see was me snapping the larger screen on the road. Sure it has better battery life, but suprisingly I prefer using my UX50 with the exteded battery attached. It feels larger and sturdier than without the battery. And when watching movies the extra weight helps it sit better on my airline tray table. It's total hands free movie viewing baby! :cool: I had to how the NX80 to watch a movie in landscape mode. I need my hands free to open those little bottles of scotch. :p
Anyhow, I was like a kid on Christmas Eve waiting on this to arrive. Now I'm like a kid in a candy store playing with it. :D
Thanks Winexprt for making this happen, and for taking such good care of this UX50.
First impression= INCREDIBLE!!!!
I upgraded from an NX80V that just died one day. No power, just dead, wouldn't charge, etc. When I opened it, I found a small piece of metal that had broked off the hinged CF cover. :( There is a thread over in the NX forum about the very same issue (with pictures of the piece that looked exactly like the one that fell out of my NX).
I installed zlauncher and used a nice winxp based theme to make my UX50 look mysteriously like my windows xp laptop. There were 2 guys in my class I was giving that worked for Palm a few years back and until they actually got into the preferences to verify, SWORE my UX was not running Palm OS.
:p
I played my old 'Once Upon A Time in Mexico' movie from the NX while flying home. The sound and video were noticeably better than on the NX. I was impressed and being able to flip up the screen like a laptop and watch the movie was cool. Some people on the plane were wondering how in the world I was able to fit a DVD in such a small DVD player. :D
I haven't noticed any speed change from my NX. This could be because I always used ZL to run all my programs off the memory card so that built in lag from launching the apps off the card was there on the NX too.
It is nice having the internal memory to run the programs off. Too bad I can't find a way to use the 16 meg of backup space on the UX for something productive but I'm sure I'll get used to using it for backing up. I'd just rather use the memory stick to backup and use that 16meg for things like books.
I got a 512 memory stick to put my mp3's and movies on. The default music app and Pocket Tunes found the mp3's right off with no hassles.
Course, this gem came with the EB50 extended battery. Yes, did I tell you I'm a lucky guy? :p
The wifi came right up at my house. I have my linksys wrt54 setup with a block of dhcp addresses and setup was a snap. I'd like to find a way to setup my laptop with a bluetooth usb dongle I got off ebay so I can plug my laptop into the hotel highspeed internet and be able to access the laptop via bluetooth from the UX to bridge the highspeed to my UX. I'm sure there's a way to do this, I just haven't had time to research this. Now, if the hotel has wifi (more and more do every day) the UX50 is set.
Oh, did I say how cool this device is??? :cool:
I was apprehensive about the landscape mode, but once I got it, I don't know how I got by with portrait mode. Yes, I'm off to the codediver thread a lot lately. :)
Oh, and, I NEVER used the keyboard on my NV70 or NX70 or NX80. I use it all the time on my UX50. I considered the keyboard when deciding to go with a UX50 or TH55. Since I never used it before, I was REALLY leaning toward the TH55 until I was able to find a UX50 still at the local compusa I could play with. Plus, they had a TH55 right next to it. It just felt too light and flimsy for my needs. All I could see was me snapping the larger screen on the road. Sure it has better battery life, but suprisingly I prefer using my UX50 with the exteded battery attached. It feels larger and sturdier than without the battery. And when watching movies the extra weight helps it sit better on my airline tray table. It's total hands free movie viewing baby! :cool: I had to how the NX80 to watch a movie in landscape mode. I need my hands free to open those little bottles of scotch. :p
Anyhow, I was like a kid on Christmas Eve waiting on this to arrive. Now I'm like a kid in a candy store playing with it. :D
Thanks Winexprt for making this happen, and for taking such good care of this UX50.