Zaurus "Traction" in Japan?

[Zuber]

Keep bugging our Japanese contacts about \"when is the new model coming out\" (They are official Sharp Resellers).

And according to them, the intel. is that the next unit is still in \"prototype\" stage with specs. not yet fixed.

Not sure how that reflects in terms of time scales, but I don\'t think we can expect anything for at least months.

Of course, I think we all know better than to trust intelligence reports these days, so they could be wrong

[fpp]

I don\'t know Japanese, but I\'m as handy as anyone with machine translation.    What are the \"good\" sites?  Post some links!

Here\'s one :

http://pda.cocolog-nifty.com/hana/2004/04/pda_2.html

[bluedevils]

The USB host might be there, but I wouldn\'t hold too much faith in bluetooth.  I\'ve seen threads relating to the 6000 where people stated that bluetooth is not popular in Japan.

I\'m most interested in the 4\" transflective from the 6000 which I\'m sure would be in the next gen clamshell.  Must formulate plan to convince wife.  This purchase order *must* be approved.  

What about bluetooth and a USB host?

[zbones]

I don\'t know Japanese, but I\'m as handy as anyone with machine translation.    What are the \"good\" sites?  Post some links!

Here\'s one :

http://pda.cocolog-nifty.com/hana/2004/04/pda_2.html

this guy has it on his purchase list already!  

SL-C960 (end of June schedule)

6 weeks! hmm but still no specs.

[zbones]

I just had to share this quote from babel translation from the zaurus link from the above blog.

As for Kino2 being something which it tries to be able to operate MPlayer which is moved originally with the console with GUI the shank. The developer seems very the Russian, (such place umbrella it does, but Linux) is, but sight moving it is something where with something renewal has stopped. Being free, with high functional movie software something which you can use, it is delightful, it is, but it cries, it cries, un it installed.

This is a gem, had me in absolute stiches
\"the developer seems very the Russian\"  
Can any japanese readers give us a proper translation for this?  I need to know what umbrella\'s have got to do with sharp pda\'s,  I also need to know what is meant by \" it is delightful, it is, but it cries, it cries!\"? is this bad or good?.

finally, did he uninstall it in the end or was he recomending the audience to install it?

I need answers to these questions, stubear my freind, this is a cliff hanger for me!

     

Peter

[wmadan]

zbones,

Too funny. LOL!

[Miami_Bob]

Zbones -

Just consider it the Zen lesson for today <G>.

Does a Z have the Buddah nature?



RW

[bluedevils]

my guess \" it crashes, it crashes.  Uninstalled it.\"

[Zuber]

I do have one concern at the prospect of built in bluetooth/wifi.

That is compatibility in other countries.

Grabbing some data for the Origo card, it says :

Channels : 11 for North America, 14 for Japan, 13 for Europe, 2 for Spain, 4 for France

So that would suggest if it is designed for Japan, it should work everywhere else as well, but not sure if they are exactly the same frequencies or whatever.

[zbones]

my guess \" it crashes, it crashes.  Uninstalled it.\"

Good call, Very plausible.

What about \"gui the shank\", to me a shank is a leg of an edible beast (lamb, beef or pork) unless it is a \"ham shank\" but I don\'t think he is referring to the cockney rhyming slang for masturbation.

Don\'t you just love machine translation!  remind me never to use babel fish to translate to Japanese for the purpose of posing on a Japanese site!  

Mind you I may not be able to work out if the replies are insults/death threats or words of encorage ment.

Any offers for the umbrella thing?

Does a Z have the Buddah nature?

Absolutely, it does seem to practice \"kensho\" (seeking to to see into one\'s own nature).

Peter

[Stubear]

Kino2はもともとコンソールで動かすMPlayerをGUIで操作出来るようにしたものですね。開発者はどうもロシア人らしい（こういうところがさすがLinux）ですが、サイト移転やら何やらで更新が止まっていたものです。フリーで使える高機能ムービーソフトなんで、うれしいんですが、泣く泣くアンインストールしました

Kino2 enable you to operate MPlayer cli by GUI. Seemingly the developers are Russian (Linux is used alot there or Linux is developed alot there - sorry not sure about this bit)  although the site relocates  -- something used to come out and updating may have stopped. Although I was glad the software is free and to it is highly efficient movie software which can be used, I uninstalled it tearfully.

It seems that the blogger is unaware of the Cacko/pdaX connection and is confused by the site relocation. He also thinks that development has stopped on kino2 - Note that is my translation of this text, it may just be my poor Japanese skills.

The reason for his \"tearfull\" uninstalling appears to be that he can\'t get it to play wmv or divx encoded using virtual dub.

http://www.excite.co.jp/world is a slightly better translator for tech stuff going Japanese -] English. Use http://www.excite.co.jp/world/english/ for short text snippets and http://www.excite.co.jp/world/english/web/ for web pages. It always default to Eng -] Jap, so Jap -] Eng needs to be selected (2nd option in combo box for text, second radio button for web)

Stu