A lot of us here are sorta nonplussed by UMPCs for one reason or another and Kohjinsha’s K600 isn’t likely to change our minds. Not just because we’ve never even heard of this company before, but because it doesn’t really seem to do anything particularly special or exciting. You’ll find—provided you’re in Korea—a 7-inch touchscreen display, DMB TV support and a Korean/English dictionary. Perhaps Jin from “Lost” could have used that, but not us so much.
I suppose it’s price, $870, isn’t so high when you consider that it’s a fully functional computer that you can easily walk around with. But yeah, UMPCs are still a little rough around the edges for our tastes.
Kohjinsha to present its 7-inch 2nd generation mini notebook pc ‘K600′ series [Aving]
Looks like a portable TV from the mid ’90s.
Heading in the right direction though with the full keyboard.
Kohjinsha’s been in the UMPC market since last year. Their SA series and all the models within it have been topics on most tech sites, Engadget and Gizmodo included, since at least January.
They’re a decent company.
Get a world-view Nicholas is all I can say. As previous posters have said this co has been in the game for a little while now and seems to be heading in the right direction. If you were a Korean rather than an English speaking American then I guess an in-built dictionary would be highly useful and since Korea is probably their first (home) market then that’ll be why it’s there.
And since you mention it does nothing special or exciting; Well, maybe it doesn’t have fast enough facilities for gamers, the rest of us that need to limit the weight we carry around to get a job done (in my case as a photographer), could find something in this format highly appealing.