The S7 has a surprisingly solid design with enough going for it that I'd actually consider buying one--except for the projected $800 asking price. Keep in mind that what you're about to read is an extremely opinionated hands-on. Though Viliv provided us with a production-level unit, it explains that all specs haven't been finalized yet, and that units won't be available stateside until sometime in October (Viliv is based in South Korea). Is it worth the wait?

Well, before I tell you why I'm digging this little fella, I'm going to try and talk you out of buying the S7. Bear with me. The keyboard and mouse-button layout is, in a word, insane. As one might expect, the keyboard is small. Human adult males will find it a little difficult to use without setting the machine down on a flat surface to carefully peck away. And in order to squeeze in as many keys as possible, the company has put an odd cluster of punctuation buttons in the lower right part of the keyboard in such a way that comma, colon, and quote marks aren't where you'd expect.

The temptingly small size makes you wish Viliv could trim an inch off the width. If it did, you could probably thumb-type. I have the same issue with Fujitsu's LifeBook U820 micro-size Tablet PCs. Maybe with a smaller next-gen model we can get that. But my keyboard complaints faded compared with those for the touchpad.

Source: Washington Post