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10-07-2006, 09:34 PM
About three weeks ago I got a new toy. An Ultramobile PC, a TabletKiosk eo i7210 (http://www.tabletkiosk.com/config/pc/viewCat_P.asp?idCategory=35) 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 (http://www.eeaston.com/using-my-umpc/mounting-a-tabletkiosk-eo-i7210-in-a-hummer-h2-part-1)
Part 2 (http://www.eeaston.com/using-my-umpc/mounting-a-tabletkiosk-eo-i7210-in-a-hummer-h2-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.
http://gallery.eeaston.com/d/4525-2/Ram+LS800+Holder+eo+17210+1.jpg
http://gallery.eeaston.com/d/4533-2/Ram+Mount+Components.jpg
http://gallery.eeaston.com/d/4543-2/From+Rear+Seat.jpg
http://gallery.eeaston.com/d/4591-2/From+Drivers+Side+-+No+Flash.jpg
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 (http://www.eeaston.com/using-my-umpc/mounting-a-tabletkiosk-eo-i7210-in-a-hummer-h2-part-1)
Part 2 (http://www.eeaston.com/using-my-umpc/mounting-a-tabletkiosk-eo-i7210-in-a-hummer-h2-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.
http://gallery.eeaston.com/d/4525-2/Ram+LS800+Holder+eo+17210+1.jpg
http://gallery.eeaston.com/d/4533-2/Ram+Mount+Components.jpg
http://gallery.eeaston.com/d/4543-2/From+Rear+Seat.jpg
http://gallery.eeaston.com/d/4591-2/From+Drivers+Side+-+No+Flash.jpg