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Everun Review |
October 30, 2007 |
| Reviewer:
Derrick Calkins
from Essex Junction, VT United States
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Since becoming an authorized reseller for Raon Digital, I’ve being using the Everun S66HS to get a better feel for its purpose and usefulness in the UMPC market. Previously in my normal day-to-day activities, I used an OQO model 02 with Windows XP Professional and Sprint EVDO. Comparing the form factors of the Everun and OQO, it is a close match. With both devices using standard batteries, the OQO model 02 is about 1/8” thicker than the Everun S66HS. Lengthwise, the Everun is about and inch longer. I also put both units on the scale and they are nearly the same weight. So the form factor of the Everun is quite favorable in comparison to what I have been accustomed to.
The feel of the device is surprisingly comfortable because of the layout of the keys and optical mouse design and sensitivity. Most often, I use the Everun in landscape mode because I’m reading through emails and browsing the web. The optical mouse pointer works well because it acts as the left mouse button. So if I need to scroll down a page, I can click and hold the mouse on the page’s scroll bars and navigate comfortable around the page. If this method doesn’t work for you, the Everun also has an Arrow Keys & Game Pad located on the far top left-hand side that will allow for the same type of navigation.
When looking at the Everun S66HS (and of course any other Everun model), there is also a left and right click mouse buttons located at the bottom left-hand side. This is useful for those who like the feel of having both mouse buttons located side-by-side. Once again, there is another set of scroll keys strategically located directly below the mouse buttons for further navigation control. There are many other keys that provide increased functionality and shortcuts for enabling things such as caps lock, controlling the screen brightness, and enabling an external LCD monitor. For a complete list of other functions, please refer to the Everun user’s manual.
The majority of the Everuns come pre-configured with XP Home for their operating system. As most IT professionals are aware, XP Home doesn’t provide the functionality to properly connect to a corporate network system. If you are one of the users stuck in this in-between world, Raon Digital will install a copy of XP Professional for an additional charge. With this capability, the Everun extends itself to not only the consumer market, but now makes way for the corporate marketplace too.
There have been many questions regarding some features of the Everun. For those Compact Flash enthusiasts, the S6S and L6S-E come pre-installed with a CF adapter as of the end of September. The S60H and L30H are capable of support the CF adapter but the hard drive has to be removed first and the operating system has to be reloaded onto the CF card. The S66HS also supports the CF adapter, but once again the HDD would need to be removed first.
At this time, the Everun models do not have a camera or HSDPA support. These options could be available at a later time if the demand is met.
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