I consider myself an ultra-mobile person as I am forced to spend over two hours of every workday of my life commuting. My non-work time is precious and there is nothing more aggravating than having to waste it getting to work. At least I live in a major city where the public transportation system (underground/busses) is great and I donÂ?t need to sit behind a car wheel cursing the snail-like pace of rush hour traffic. On top of my commute, my job requires me to do a bit of international traveling, so I am always looking for new ways to relieve transit boredom.

So when I had the opportunity to get my hands on my very own UMPC, I knew my commuting life was about to change drastically for the better. Finally I had a multimedia device that was small enough to use while standing up on a crowded train, powerful enough to use as a fully-functional PC and best of all, enough battery life to not run out while watching a movie. So in this blog I thought it might be a good idea to share some of my experiences of using my UMPC and to highlight the good, the bad and the ugly of some applications and uses I have found for the UMPC.