Will Microsoft react or just keep the same business plan for the Ultra Mobile PC? Here are some discouraging words from PC World.

UMPCs: In 2005, Microsoft announced a bold new standard for mobile devices known as the Ultra-Mobile PC. Armed with touch screens, GPS, and Wi-Fi, these not-quite-tablet PCs were supposed to revolutionize how and where people compute. But by delivering a platform that's too small for true productivity and too large for genuine mobility, Microsoft ensured that the UMPC was pretty much dead on arrival, and new designs have done little to arouse consumer interest--Palm recently scrapped plans for the Foleo, a device with similar dimensions.

Of course, being negative is easy. The real challenge is figuring out how to deliver the best product for the target audience. Maybe the Surface PC, UMPC, Zune, and Tablet PC working in coordination is the perfect scenario. Enthusiasts simply have to show everyone else how to do things easily.
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