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Personal Computer World

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Byline: Kelvyn Taylor

How small is portable?

Your news article 'Ultra-mobile on the move' (PCW, February 2007) mentions the future of UMPC devices and states that they sell "largely on their portability", but why wait when you can already use ultra-portable devices?

I'm using my Spv3100 mobile with its slide-out Qwerty keyboard to type this email. After finishing I can either send this to you via my GPRS/3G/Edge connection or, as I am at home, connect via my Wifi.

I'm able to browse the internet comfortably on its landscape screen (even better when websites are designed for small mobile screens) and am even able to get broadband speeds ...

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