UMPC Portal reviews the Everun Note (Verdict: Not a netbook, but a fantastic UMPC)

UMPC Portal have posted their review of the gorgeous Everun Note: a UMPC straddling the physical dimensions between a traditional netbook and a Nintendo DS with the look of an Apple-designed portable dictionary.

They are really enthusiastic about it, citing some incredible processing power and a bargain price for the features, but don’t mistake this for a netbook: it has all the crampedness of your traditional UMPC.

The Raon Digital Everun Note is flexible and powerful but shouldn’t be mistaken for the ultimate all-in-one solution which, arguably, will never exist. Its not a netbook and not here to offer you a full-comfort touch-typing experience with 5 hour battery life for $500. No, its got a keyboard and battery life that you need to adapt to in order to get the best out of and its main advantage is that it offers a serious single-device alternative to a two-device mobile computing strategy of Netbook and MID that many will consider for full on-the go computing power. For some, this device could even span 4 devices from MID, through netbook, laptop and desktop and that’s something I really hope makes other independent computer manufacturers sit up and take note. It’s fun, it’s powerful, it’s cute, its flexible and it’s good value.

Amazingly, it can even run Unreal Tournament 2003… pretty incredible for a UMPC.

Everun Note Full Review [UMPC Portal]