OESF Portables Forum
General Forums => Off Topic forum => Topic started by: pgas on May 10, 2005, 02:28:48 am
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Interesting for us it uses an xscale processor and claims to have" Java 2, Mozilla® with Macromedia® Flash™ ".
Are we going to have flash for the Zaurus?
http://www.pepper.com/products/specifications.html (http://www.pepper.com/products/specifications.html)
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Processor
* Intel XScale PXA270 (624 MHz)
Display
* 8.4" 800x600 SVGA TFT LCD
* Intel 2700G 2D/3D/MPEG multimedia accelerator
* 16 MB video RAM
* Composite video out jack (NTSC/PAL)
Memory
* 256 MB SDRAM
* 16 MB Intel StrataFlash ROM
Storage
* 20 GB 1.8" disk drive (ATA)
Power
* 3.6Ah Lithium ION rechargeable battery
* 5V / 3A (15W) AC power adapter
Software
* E-mail, Web Browsing, AOL® Instant Messaging™, Journal, Internet Radio, Remote Control
* Music, Photo & Video Libraries (MP3, JPG, PNG, GIF, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, AVI, DivX)
* Linux 2.4 (MontaVistaâ„¢ CEE 3.1)
* Java 2, Mozilla® with Macromedia® Flash™
* Customizable & extensible user experience available in English, Korean and other languages upon request.
Wi-Fi® Wireless LAN
* 802.11b
* WEP, WPA-Personal
Wireless Peripherals
* Bluetooth® device support
* Dual IR emitters and IR receiver
Wired Peripherals
* USB 1.1 Client/Host
Expansion Slots
* SD/MMC card
Audio
* 20-bit stereo CODEC
* Stereo speakers and headphone jack
* Built-in microphone and jack
* Stereo line out jack
User Input
* Resistive touch screen with stylus
* Full split back lit QWERTY keypad
* 4-way game direction-pad
* Scroll wheel
Physical
* Rugged and splash resistant
* 12.1" x 6.6" x 0.8" (309 x 175 x 20mm)
* 2.3 lbs (1043 grams)
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Impressive specs, but ... UGLY - and most likely they'll want a small fortune for it.
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List price is USD 850
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List price is USD 850
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Personally I can't see much use for that, except as a sofa-side uber-remote with surfing and messaging, or one more thing on my cluttered desk.
It's too big to be a pocket/purse/lanyard/belt commodity.
Even so, I'd pick it up for half of MSP once the company goes belly-up.
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I e-mailed them a few months ago asking what kind of software it would support. I have a library inventory program that runs in linux that I'd like to instal for my wife. They said that they weren't going to support the installation of third party software.
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I e-mailed them a few months ago asking what kind of software it would support. I have a library inventory program that runs in linux that I'd like to instal for my wife. They said that they weren't going to support the installation of third party software.
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And people wonder why "Linux" devices haven't caught on in the market. With design choices like that, it really doesn't matter *what* the underlying system is. The thing could run WinCE for all we can do with it.
Then all the more hacker-friendly devices all run different systems and are software-incompatible with eachother anyway.
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I e-mailed them a few months ago asking what kind of software it would support. I have a library inventory program that runs in linux that I'd like to instal for my wife. They said that they weren't going to support the installation of third party software.
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So lame.
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They said that they weren't going to support the installation of third party software.
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Imagine where Microsoft would be today if they would have taken that attitude with Windows 3.0. You can buy a laptop with a real keyboard and tons more features for 850 USD. Lots of luck!