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Review: The New Casio Pocket PC E-200

Posted by timothy on from the smaller-better dept.

msolnik writes: "PocketNow has done an in-depth review of the new Casio Pocket PC E-200. It has a built in compact flash and SD slot. It has a 206mhz strong arm, reflective screen and a replacable rechargeable battery. In my opionion it looks very cool and seems like it could do some damage to the IPAQ's sales. On a side note it should run linux no problem."

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  1. NetBSD? by jmallett · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Has anyone gotten NetBSD up and running on it yet?

    Err, and really, who needs that much speed on a PDA? It's not like you're playing Quake on it (though, actually, that could be fun... playing Quake on a handheld computer in public could have interesting affects).

  2. I'll be back by KarmaBlackballed · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'll consider lugging one around every day when the pocket PC becomes half the thickness it currenly is and is half the weight.

    Yes, size does matter.

    Meanwhile I'll stick with my old but smaller Handspring.

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  3. Another Pocket PC Freak by KarmaBlackballed · · Score: 4, Interesting

    These things are becoming freaks because they are too big to lug around in a pocket everyday but have more power than a decent laptop from 4 years ago. More memory and processor power are a waste in a package that will really do little more than some point-click lookups (eg address book) and play games.

    How much memory and processing power does an address book need?

    If it is more than an address book then give me a da*n keyboard and bigger screen. Wait, I already have one of those. I call it a laptop and it is about as small as I can stand a real computer being.

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    1. Re:Another Pocket PC Freak by (H)elix1 · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Address book? This thing has enough power to play video or MAME! I picked up a ipaq 3670 (206mhz, 64M RAM, $300) and have had tons of fun with it. By default, half the ram goes to storage, half to running stuff (on wince) - less for apps if you use it for storing MP3's. If I can get this thing to run Tomcat, I'm set. (I know I could do some form of PocketIIS) Heck, with that much power, IBM's J9 JVM is snappy. Heck, I can even use C++, rather than the C toolkit I used for than my Palm III.

      Mine filled up quick, though I'm the reason for quotas at our current shop (grin).

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