It feels slightly heavier than I would like it to be but it may also be due to the excellent build quality and heavier battery.
It feels well-balanced in your hands, particularly when you use the keyboard in thumb typing. The Avox is just about the right size for a handheld device running full Windows. You’ve seen the pictures before, you’ve read about the specs but what does it feel like in your hands, what’s the keyboard like, battery life under load? How easy is it to use? What’s the build quality like? First impressions are important and I’m glad to report that my expectations were exceeded. Unboxing a new device is that unique experience where you find out whether the reality meets your expectation. This is what is on offer: GPS, 3G, extra battery, TV tuner and DVD burner. Other accessories make the box not only versatile but they may be essential in some applications. With the Australian dollar almost at parity with the US greenback, the Avox hovers around that sweet price point of US$1000. The docking station is not included in the purchase price of AUD1199. The fun starts when you see what the docking station offers in terms of connectivity and flexibility. It’s the nature of an Ultra Mobile PC: you can take it anywhere and be connected to the Internet via WiFi or to other devices with Bluetooth. Today we will be looking at the Avox from the unboxing perspective and go into the hardware details.Ī next review will highlight the software and performance aspects to be followed by a write-up of all the various accessories that can be bought separately.Ĭonnectivity is a strong point with the Avox - as it should be. So that will be the main focus of this and the following reviews. In this fluid world of sub-notebooks and UMPCs that claim is probably correct but bragging rights are never long-lived and it is better to judge a device, particularly when it is this small, by its usability.
Please follow me on this unboxing and our subsequent in-depth reviews of the Ruvo Avox.įirst off, the Avox is billed as the smallest full-featured PC. They are excited about that little critter and I am beginning to see why!
We got ourselves the first Avox in Australia, courtesy of Tegatech, the UMPC distributor par excellence down under. Think of it as a Nokia N95 on steroids, but then a lot bigger! The Avox, whilst practically unknown, has a more familiar incarnation as the Gigabyte U60. In this category you will find the Ruvo Avox, a handsome slider UMPC. The vibrant world of UMPCs has many players, most of them well-known brands, others less so, but probably deserving our attention just the same.
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