Comments on: WVGA ‘Pads’ (Pic) What form factor interests you?

By: squirrel

squirrel — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:51:15 +0000

is the screen size enough – would you prefer it be for example 9″ but 200 gm heavier?

By: RecycledElectrons

RecycledElectrons — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:03:09 +0000

I love my Smart Devices Q7. I’m pitching it as a textobok replacement at the college I teach at.

You can not read a math text book on a 6″ e-ink screen. It’s not able to reformat the PDF well enough, and it can not scroll smoothly.

On a Q7, you can read a math text book. You can also take a quiz online in BlackBoard via Wi-Fi.

The Q7 is the first pocketable device that can replace text books, note books, scantrons, etc.

Andy

By: emumillion

emumillion — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:42:08 +0000

XP OS and phone function is what i want.

By: johnkzin

johnkzin — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:09:35 +0000

3.5″ is too small for my pocket. 4.3″ is what I want there.
7″ is too small for my couch/meetings/etc. I want 10″ there.

By: Phen0m

Phen0m — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:25:06 +0000

What about the Aigo P8861H?
It seems to fit the pocketable wvga criteria?

By: Chippy

Chippy — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:44:22 +0000

Good call. If I had one, it would be in the pic!

By: HE

HE — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:25:49 +0000

I still use the my Everun everyday as a pocktable PC (jacket pocket, or belt holster). It’s got nearly everything I need, but welcome improvements would be slimmer form factor (without the losing the battery stamina), better keyboard, faster CPU and more Ram (essentially more power).
If the OQO3 had been released I probably would have got one. The Viliv S5 looked real nice but the lack of a keyboard put me off, but very close. The never released LG Xnot B831 also looked very promising.
Those are the only released (or nearly released) devices that appealed to me.
I’d only consider a keyboardless device when the user experience can at minimum match the PPC SIP experience and the device houses a stylus.

By: Phen0m

Phen0m — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:57:40 +0000

I once again have to plug the Mondi and it’s slider form-factor here.. It’s 800×480 on a 4.3″ screen, features auto-rotate in Opera and has the same S3C6410 at 800mhz as the smaller screened Omnia Pro.
I love mine

By: turn_self_off

turn_self_off — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:48:03 +0000

i think i made a tweet related to either netwalker or umid m2, pondering if one could place a simple numpad and display on the back of its screen, to use as a phone without opening the device.

basically something like the nokia communicators.

By: turn_self_off

turn_self_off — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:46:31 +0000

yep, the combo of cortex and webkit seems to be hitting a “good enough” spot of some kind.

By: Addic

Addic — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:31:56 +0000

If the OQO3 had been released I probably would have got one. The Viliv S5 looked real nice but the lack of a keyboard put me off, but very close. The never released LG Xnot B831 also looked very promising.

Those are the only released (or nearly released) devices that appealed to me.

I’d only consider a keyboardless device when the user experience can at minimum match the PPC SIP experience and the device houses a stylus.

By: chippy

chippy — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:39:44 +0000

Cortex with Android seems to be popular too.

By: chippy

chippy — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:37:52 +0000

Regarding icons. Its done via Gravatar.com

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:30:43 +0000

How about a BT connected two piece device: a handset phone with thumb keyboard on the back and no screen, and a 6 inch touch screen vertically thin, like 1024 x 576.

Unil then, Archos 5 Android with a HTC Touch Pro2. Not quite sure how to get files from one to the other though. Maybe with a cloud storage space.

Any variation of the Sharp Netwalker with a built-in phone. A Umid M2 with Moorestown, WIMAX, and VOIP. Put a phone in the Archos 5 Android and you got a deal. The Nokia N900 is cool too.

A common thread is Cortex or better processor.

By: Carl

Carl — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:49:19 +0000

I think it just means that offering more than one form factor is a Good Thing.

Imagine how horrible it’d have been if the entire mobile computing industry had standardised on laptops with 12″ screens and no other form factor was allowed to be considered.