Comments on: A computer you can use standing up

By: MaisonBisson.com

MaisonBisson.com — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 11:57:28 +0000

Hands On The Pepper Pad

The most amazing thing about the Pepper Pad is how easy it is to pick up and use, then put down again.
The Pepper Pad’s portability goes far beyond that of laptops. I mentioned previously that laptops move from desk to desk and Bill Gates tel…

By: Alslayer

Alslayer — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 21:32:03 +0000

Wow now I want the Sony U101. You people should stop showing me cool devices.

I went to an interview once and saw a guy with an old PalmIII in his pocket. I usually keep my Zodiac in my backpack at college or in my old laptop case when at work. I might put it in my cargo pocket once and a while.

Just get me ereader for the 770 and I will be happy. It looks like the 770 might hit the niche between a pda and laptop. Jkontherun.com has a lot of experience with the Sony U70 and he says its too small and its bigger than the 770.

By: RogerS

RogerS — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 16:50:39 +0000

The Sony U101, which like you I have secretly desired at a distance for a long time, does appear to be available still, through the usual buy-Japan-only-products (Japan-Direct, Dynamism, etc.) channels; but I too have seen that it’s been discontinued. Still, it’s going on two years now in age, right? If there is a direct descendent, I don’t know what it is. It looks like the keyboardless U71 (a U.S. model) is the current generation tablet relative.

By: John LeBlanc

John LeBlanc — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 16:36:24 +0000

My not-so-secret, lustful desire is a Sony U101-like machine (the U101 is discontinued already?) with a built-in Cingular Data Connect card and Windows XP OS for an always-connected mobile PC. Everything I can do on my laptop or desktop — including reading e-books, listening to MP3s, web access, all at the same time, etc. — I could do with this thing and take it with me wherever I go.

The sooner the better, too.

John

By: Ross

Ross — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 16:36:02 +0000

Devices like the PSP *are* full blown computers in everything but OS. Give the hackers enough time and they’ll be running Linux there.

Share the big stuff over WIFI from your desktop machine, and put essential stuff on memory cards if you need to take it away with you, and you don’t need a hard drive.

By: RogerS

RogerS — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 13:38:15 +0000

I guess I’ve spent too long in a cold climate, where people wear jackets so much of the time. Coat pocket is where the PDA goes, or on the belt. Shirt pocket would be like wearing a pocket protecter here in New York, too nerdy to imagine among all the black-clothed fashion masses.

Anyway, there’s a picture at the Maemo wiki which shows a 770 next to a Nokia phone, which may give you an idea how large to make that pocket: http://www.marceloeduardo.com/blog/up/maemosweeper_startup.jpg

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 13:19:37 +0000

>>>Sure a PDA is small enough to fit in a shirt pocket. Honestly, I’ve never seen a single person carry their PDA there.

Hello, sailor! I do, and always have. The 770 will most likely wind up there too, even if I have to sew on custom-sized ones!