Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:09:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Matthew Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Review: Kohjinsha SC3 - By Jenn K. Lee

Browsing information on Kohjinsha today came up with a pretty well done review 
of their SC3 model SC3WP06GA:

http://www.pocketables.net/2008/07/review-kohjinsh.html

I was wondering about the quality of Kohjinsha notebooks, but most of what I’ve 
read so far has been pretty positive.  As far as support, CNET Asia has this 
comment in a review of the older Kohjinsha SA1:

http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/notebooks/0,39050489,40768322p-2,00.htm

"The Kohjinsha has little to offer in terms of support, with only system 
drivers available for download at the Web site. There are no phone helpline or 
technical support email, and any hardware issues will have to be resolved by 
the distributor."

Something significant I neglected to mention that I read on that EBay auction 
is that the screens in new Kohjinsha UMPCs (UMPC© Microsoft: Ultra-Mobile PC) 
are relatively readable in sunlight.  At least with respect to what we’re used 
to.  Here’s another pocketables.net page with pictures of 6 brands of UMPCs out 
in the sun:

UMPC display comparison: Sunlight visibility:
http://www.pocketables.net/2008/08/umpc-display-co.html#more

The pocketables.net forums look like an excellent alternative to this list 
these days:

http://forum.pocketables.net/

If Toshiba does ever come out with a competitive UMPC, it’d be a great 
alternative to this list.  There’s a 'parent' forum there dedicated to UMPC 
Mini Notebooks:

http://forum.pocketables.net/forumdisplay.php?f=6

And a sub-forum devoted to the Kohjinshas:

http://forum.pocketables.net/forumdisplay.php?f=72

There’s a thread in there on the new Kohjinsha 8.9" SX series with the built in 
optical drive:

http://forum.pocketables.net/showthread.php?t=320&highlight=Kohjinsha+SX

But it’s been waiting over a week now for feedback from jcb who reported having 
just received his.

While browsing the forum there, I found mention of an interesting looking 
235(W)x180(D)x28~42(H)mm Gigabyte M912 that sports an Atom 1.6GHz CPU and HDD 
size availabilities of 120/160/250 GB:

http://forum.pocketables.net/showthread.php?t=410
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Notebook/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=2835

An interesting looking device from HTC called the Shift:

http://www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=1160

And though it’s 10” wide notebook, and pathetic at 2 hours battery life, at 
$500 the MSI Wind with a 1.6GHz Atom CPU is an interesting looking little beast:

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4498

Even though there’s little discussion about them here, there’s sure no shortage 
of competitors for the mini-notebook market out there these days.

On the size discrepancy of the SX3KP06MA in the EBay auction I mentioned in my 
last post, I overlooked the obvious.  The SX3KP06MA on EBay is in fact listed 
on Conics as being the same notebook as the SX3WP06MA, with the 'K' standing 
for black model, and 'W' standing for the white model.  So the auction’s 
dimensions of (W) x 155mm (D) x 25.4~33mm (H) are in fact wrong, and should be 
233mm x 191mm x 22-33mm as Conics specifies for both of those SX3 models.

Matt 
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