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« on: June 06, 2005, 01:50:35 am »
what is this?


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« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2005, 02:54:20 am »
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what is this?


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apart from not enough memory, it sounds like a slow C1000 with built-in wifi and radio!

no other specs?

I zoomed the photos and no brand name on them.
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« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2005, 03:00:16 am »
SLC-860 cacko / senao wifi

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« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2005, 07:13:24 am »
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looks like this :
http://www.uni.com.tw/pda_specs.html
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320x240 resolution??  a clamshell with anything less than 640x480 would be crappy, IMHO
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« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2005, 07:23:02 am »
its a 5500 in a clamshell no?
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« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2005, 09:09:27 am »
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its a 5500 in a clamshell no?
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Little bit better 5500 (wifi, microphone, speaker, UBB host ....)
but nice to know that linux devices are _IN_
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« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2005, 01:24:32 pm »
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looks like this :
http://www.uni.com.tw/pda_specs.html
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 When the heck did THAT thing come out ?!?!?!?!?  Is that an actually buyable product ?  I went to the website and tried to take look at some pricing information but the link timed out.

 WHY WASN'T I INFORMED ?????!?!!??!?!!??!??  
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« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2005, 02:22:16 pm »
This wouldn't be a half bad unit, save for one problem:

It seems that the instant a company adds wi-fi, they suddenly feel the need to remove the CF slot.

I *like* my CF slot.

I know it is only there because the Japanese market currently prefers to select their own wireless standard, but building in wireless doesn't suddenly mean that I don't need CF any more.
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« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2005, 02:35:40 pm »
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looks like this :
http://www.uni.com.tw/pda_specs.html
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 When the heck did THAT thing come out ?!?!?!?!?  Is that an actually buyable product ?  I went to the website and tried to take look at some pricing information but the link timed out.

 WHY WASN'T I INFORMED ?????!?!!??!?!!??!??  
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probably because, depending on the price, this thing is underpowered, with a low screen res, no CF slot, and the keyboard doesn't look so hot in comparison to the C series.

The connectivity is nice, but it'd have to be damn cheap for me to want to pick one up.

Anyone recognize the OS interface? It looks like a qtopia clone. (An early fork, or something brewed in house after seeing Qtopia? I seem to recall that the smiley face was a qtopia icon back in the day...)
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« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2005, 03:16:05 pm »
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probably because, depending on the price, this thing is underpowered, with a low screen res, no CF slot, and the keyboard doesn't look so hot in comparison to the C series.

The connectivity is nice, but it'd have to be damn cheap for me to want to pick one up.

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     LOL!      

 Agreed, I just can't believe I didn't hear about this thing before now.

 Yeah, I'm with you on the specs though, and I'm kinda in the same place with the forthcomming Nokia 770.  Specs that were hot 3 years ago ?  Yeah, it will need to be cheap.  But, if it is...  

 As I've said in other posts, I'm a redundancy freak.  If cheap enough I could keep one at work, one at home, one in the car, one in my school bag...


 The thing is, it looks like this one is pretty thin and light (something that people are NOT saying about the Cx000 series).  If it is and it's all the other stuff it's cracked up to be I might actually get one to use it as a *BING* P(ersonal) D(ata) A(ssistant), which I've never done with any of my  handhelds before...I've always used them as laptop replacements. Up to now I've kept PIM stuff in the old noggin.  

 But as time goes on I find I am actually now having...friends, and work, and actual apointments and things to remember and such.  Truth is, for straight PIM, I think a Palm Zire for about $50 on closeout would be more than adequate, but this thing would be much more fun.

 I don't know about this  'Personal Dream Assistant' thing though.  What...does it come with a package of sleeping pills and a few hits of acid ?
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« Reply #10 on: June 06, 2005, 05:19:04 pm »
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     LOL!     

 Agreed, I just can't believe I didn't hear about this thing before now.

It's just a hunch, but I think the thing is actually pretty new on the market. I trust in this forum's ability to pick up on new developments in the field

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Yeah, I'm with you on the specs though, and I'm kinda in the same place with the forthcomming Nokia 770.  Specs that were hot 3 years ago ?  Yeah, it will need to be cheap.  But, if it is...  

 As I've said in other posts, I'm a redundancy freak.  If cheap enough I could keep one at work, one at home, one in the car, one in my school bag...

There aren't many PDAs that are quite that cheap. Yet.


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The thing is, it looks like this one is pretty thin and light (something that people are NOT saying about the Cx000 series).  If it is and it's all the other stuff it's cracked up to be I might actually get one to use it as a *BING* P(ersonal) D(ata) A(ssistant), which I've never done with any of my  handhelds before...I've always used them as laptop replacements. Up to now I've kept PIM stuff in the old noggin. 

 But as time goes on I find I am actually now having...friends, and work, and actual apointments and things to remember and such.  Truth is, for straight PIM, I think a Palm Zire for about $50 on closeout would be more than adequate, but this thing would be much more fun.

Unless it's PIM software is as Wonderful™ as the default Sharp PIM apps. I'm not exactly sure how small it is, either.

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I don't know about this  'Personal Dream Assistant' thing though.  What...does it come with a package of sleeping pills and a few hits of acid ?
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Sleeping pills are not the first thing that come to mind when I read that phrase.
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« Reply #11 on: June 07, 2005, 03:25:07 am »
That explains why there is no CF slot.  They needed the space for the viagra......
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« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2005, 04:59:06 am »
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probably because, depending on the price, this thing is underpowered, with a low screen res, no CF slot, and the keyboard doesn't look so hot in comparison to the C series.
Actually, it runs a modern kernel, and it has a DSP, so it's probably not that bad.

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« Reply #13 on: June 07, 2005, 11:18:47 am »
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probably because, depending on the price, this thing is underpowered, with a low screen res, no CF slot, and the keyboard doesn't look so hot in comparison to the C series.
Actually, it runs a modern kernel, and it has a DSP, so it's probably not that bad.
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 I find this DSP thing intruiging.  And I find it odd that this includes one, but doesn't tout any Video playback ability.  What gives ?
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« Reply #14 on: June 07, 2005, 03:02:06 pm »
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I find this DSP thing intruiging.  And I find it odd that this includes one, but doesn't tout any Video playback ability.  What gives ?
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It gives that I was replying in the wrong thread, sorry about that (I was talking about the Nokia 770)
From the hardware POV, this device needs a CF slot and a better screen (and maybe usable bluetooth). No word about the software yet.