The Asus R2H is a UMPC device powered by an Intel Celeron M processor. It’s fairly loaded with
features, even including integrated GPS. Asus definitely aimed high by making this device more feature loaded than other UMPC devices. But cramming everything you can into a device with a small screen, underpowered processor and putting a bunch of startup software and processes on it can result in a not so stellar user experience.
The R2H is eye catching. It’s typical in its Asus look with a brushed aluminum type of finish. The build is rock solid, the case is a very rigid and firm metallic material. It’s much sturdier than the somewhat cheap feeling Samsung Q1 UMPC device released in early 2006. The overall device is quite thick, I measure it to be about 1.4" thick when lying flat on a table — it does have four rubber feet on the back so in actuality it’s probably more like 1.25" in overall case thickness. Still, it’s no skinny minnie and many an ultraportable laptop can be found that’s slimmer. At 2.2lbs it’s only slightly lighter than an ultraportable laptop too.
The R2 is designed to be held by two hands at the same time. It has a joystick on the right top side for easy cursor navigation (like a mouse). Below the joystick button on the right side are a Page Up and Page Down button that allow you to quickly scroll through long documents such as web pages. Finally on the right lower side is a shortcut button that brings up a screen allowing you to adjust system settings such as brightness, volume, screen resolution and color mode. Asus R2H UMPC Review