On Wed, 30 May 2007 22:12:49 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Palm's new gizmo is...
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>| The device, at about $500, is priced closely to low-end laptops.
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>| # 5 hours of workable battery life, and the charger is cell phone-size,
>| not a giant laptop brick.
>| # Weighs under 2.5 pounds, and is less than an inch thick.
>| # No touch pad -- uses a pointer like a Thinkpad.
>| # It runs Linux.
>| # All solid-state, of course, no hard disk.
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> http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9723725-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
I had one of those 8 years ago, it was called an IBM Workpad z50, though it
ran Windows CE (and went 12+ hours on a charge). Some revolutionary
device.
People complained about the Origami having a short battery life, and this
isn't much better, and it's not anywhere near as functional. No tablet, no
hard disk (though some might consider that a benefit), doesn't look like
there's sound (no mp3's or games)...
I'll still take an Origami over this (even with Linux on it). you can do a
lot more with the origami, especially with a fold-up bluetooth keyboard and
mouse.
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