Mobile Ministry Magazine

I do not know how much many of you keep up with the latest tech news (and if you don't here is a reason to visit MMM more often) but there has been an interesting new product demoed this week at CeBit in Hanover, Germany. The product is called the UMPC, or ultra mobile personal computer. Its really a neat idea, and one whose time has come for many who have used PDAs a long time as replacements for their computer, but need more power, but not necessarly more bulk to carry with them.

CNN has done some neat coverage of this new class of mobile computer. While I do not feel that this is really a new category of computing, the size and price are where tablet PCs should be moving towards. I do think that a device like this will be my next computer, as I am more mobile now than ever. But even as one friend says, if you are getting this and wanting to completly replace a desktop or laptop, you will need accessories and a workflow that might be better served by just getting a conventional laptop or desktop.

I'd be interested in hearing from you all as to what you think about the UMPC and if you think this has a better or worse place in minstry than other forms of mobile computing.

Engadget also has done some excellent coverage of the UMPC, start at this link and wor way thru the related articles to see how a little rumor has become a neat new product.