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General Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: rebski on February 01, 2005, 04:08:14 pm

Title: Hitachi Flora-ie Mx1 -they Just Keep Coming
Post by: rebski on February 01, 2005, 04:08:14 pm: http://akiba.sorobangeeks.net/news_9143.html# (http://akiba.sorobangeeks.net/news_9143.html#)

http://www.hitachi.co.jp/New/cnews/month/2005/02/0201.html (http://www.hitachi.co.jp/New/cnews/month/2005/02/0201.html)

Perhaps Hitachi know something Sharp donâ€™t.

Cacko/PdaX Rom anyone?
Title: Hitachi Flora-ie Mx1 -they Just Keep Coming
Post by: tumnus on February 01, 2005, 04:32:07 pm: Gee, that looks familiar. Not ripping off the SL-6000W or anything, oh no...
Title: Hitachi Flora-ie Mx1 -they Just Keep Coming
Post by: nilch on February 01, 2005, 04:37:28 pm: Oh, so a Zaurus 6000x with Windows software on it being marketed by Hitachi...
Thats such a rip off...
Title: Hitachi Flora-ie Mx1 -they Just Keep Coming
Post by: adf on February 01, 2005, 04:53:42 pm: hmmm.. same chips? can ya put linux on it? It certainly LOOKS exactly like a 6000...
Interesting. I wonder if sharp sold the design?

128megs too.... any price? might be worth seeingif it really IS a 6k ( I bet it is too...)

edit: there is no cacko nor pdaXrom for the 6000. sharp and openzaurus only. I wouldn't expect cacko or pdax to port to this. OpenZaurus might be woth checking though...
Title: Hitachi Flora-ie Mx1 -they Just Keep Coming
Post by: Tom61 on February 01, 2005, 05:36:51 pm: It looks like around $900 US, unless I did the math wrong, with the current exchange rates. Looks to be targeted at businesses, probably ones that have Windows CE apps and/or developers already. I was hoping for a mass-produced high volume PPC, which would make it cheaper and easier to get than a SL-6000.

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=ht...Flanguage_tools (http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hitachi.co.jp%2FNew%2Fcnews%2Fmonth%2F2005%2F02%2F0201.html&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools)
"* Price differs depending upon the number of orders. < Reference > 93,450 Yen in Hitachi direct selling price (including tax and postage extra)"
Title: Hitachi Flora-ie Mx1 -they Just Keep Coming
Post by: adf on February 01, 2005, 05:56:55 pm: I was thinking pretty much the same thing. It may yet come down though..... except that the dollar is worth less every day

remember though.. despite evidence to the contrary, deficits don't matter
Title: Hitachi Flora-ie Mx1 -they Just Keep Coming
Post by: mikew on February 03, 2005, 09:25:12 am: Just found this, looks like a Zaurus but it is from Hitachi & runs MS Pocket PC, perhaps we have another ROM option?

Check the link http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000280029910 (http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000280029910) & attachment

Mike