In a stunning revelation, we have learned that the new Samsung handtop computer that people have been clucking over at CES, is harboring a great secret. The new feature-weak UMPC is really the new advanced Apple iPod AV that is going to be released April 1st, on Apple’s thirtieth anniversary.
it’s true – the new ipod video device is actually the exact same samsung model of the new microsoft origami UMPC. it will just have an Apple logo on it, instead of the Samsung lable. Apple thought it was very smart to use an excellent palmtop device from the cutting edge Korean company, instead of another company from China.
The new UMPC-branded with the name Samsung, is actually the specified device that Apple ordered for it’s new iPod AV.
Consternation is reigning in Redmond over this fiasco, as you can imagine.
Technologic Pundits have already slammed the UMPC as a warmed-over Microsoft Tablet PC from five years ago. It still has poor battery-life, a weak feature set, and an agonizing human interface. However, these same people, when they found out that the Samsung device will actually be the new iPod AV, they applauded its elegant design, powerful battery life, and the excellent, world-class interface. Just knowing Apple has designed the new interface for the new device, they knew it will be an instant hit. “It is a lousy Tablet, but an excellent iPod!” – Said Harvey Cormer of Wiseacre Electronics.
The new iPod AV, obviously, will not have the Windows For Tablet software on board, and thusly, will have an eight hour battery life (the UMPC has 2), due to specifying better batteries, and using more intelligent power management software.
Prices are very different for the two branded device, with the Redmond device going for 8 big ones and the iPod for 5.
People who just found out about this ‘interesting’ problem are already asking if the new iPod AV could also run Windows.
Samsung scored a real coup here, selling the same device to both Microsoft and Apple without either of them knowing about it.
You heard it here first.
April first will really be April first this year.
Regards,
Roger Born
“Sorry. No refunds.”
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