Mounting a UMPC in my H2

[ree]

About three weeks ago I got a new toy. An Ultramobile PC, a TabletKiosk eo i7210 to be specific.

This is what people were referring to as Origami devices until this recent winter when Microsoft revealed that Origami was a spec for UMPCs. It is really just a tablet PC with a touch screen up to about 7 inches running Windows XP Tablet Edition. It's sort of half way between a high end PDA and a full-sized tablet/slate notebook PC (BTW, I'm not interested in debates on the relative usefulness/capabilities of these devices...it's useful to me).

I don't have a nav unit in my H2, just the base stereo/CD/casette unit and I thought that a UMPC would be a good way to get navigation capabilities, replace my Creative Zen Touch music player, and have any other Windows desktop software handy.

I wrote up the project in two parts:

Part 1
Part 2

Since the i7210 is fairly new on the market, I had to hack up a mini-tablet cradle made for a different product.

Thought I'd share. Here are some teaser pictures.

[ree]

BTW, I'm using a bluetooth GPS receiver (Holux GPSlim 236 using SiRF III chipset) stashed in one of the overhead console storage bins.

[geeroy10]

do you have enough gadgets? geez.

[DDWH]

Looks good ree, nice and clean install!

your links need to be edited though

http://www.eeaston.com/using-my-umpc...mmer-h2-part-1

http://www.eeaston.com/using-my-umpc...mmer-h2-part-2

[ree]

Originally Posted by DDWH

Looks good ree, nice and clean install!

Thanks.

Originally Posted by DDWH

your links need to be edited though


http://www.eeaston.com/using-my-umpc...mmer-h2-part-1

http://www.eeaston.com/using-my-umpc...mmer-h2-part-2

Thanks for pointing that out. Should be fixed now.

[ree]

Originally Posted by geeroy10

do you have enough gadgets? geez.

Yes. Actually, one reason for getting a UMPC is to be able to have most of my gadgetry in one place. That MP3 player is going to be removed shortly. And the DVD player is indispensable when you have kids.