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Credit Card Sized Concept PDA from Citizen
chris writes "Citizen has unveiled a miniature PDA concept considerably smaller than existing PDAs. The 60 x 90 x 9.3mm 16-colour grayscale PDA is just a bit bigger then a credit card." A bit too large to stow in one's wallet, but it's still a slick form factor, easily hid in a pocket. It runs ITRON4 for an OS, and the battery life is rated at 30 hours.
So by the time these form factor devices get 32 bit colour, a 640x480 res screen, Linux, GPS add on cards, cameras etc and people are talking about them as good laptop replacements should we be looking out for a new prototype the size of a stamp? How many iterations before I can finally buy one of those nano-scale PDAs I have always dreamed of?
Beep beep.
Look at that screen, it's hideous. It's tough to believe people used to accept that on a PDA...
*goes back to playing with color VGA Zaurus PDA*
Yumm..
"16-colour grayscale"
I know what they mean, but it's a little misleading.
I've been waiting for a mini PDA for quite a long time now. My old, huge PDA is certainly too easy to operate. I can even read the screen without a magnifying glass! It's not "cool" at all.
Sincerely,
Pan Tarhei Hosé, PhD.
"Homo sum et cogito ergo odi profanum vulgus et libido."
..of a rectally-fitted PDA that can be controlled by sphincter motions, and outputs to a projection screen on the inside of my glasses via a wireless connection, using the salinity of my body fluids as an antenna.
I've been practicing input techniques for years, with stuff I found around the house (bit of rubber tubing, an old fluourescent lamp, raw zucchini). I've come up with a great way to enter words at roughly 3-4 per minute. Sadly, none of the major PDA manufacturers seem interested in my ideas for input methods (even Apple, you'd think they'd be all over an anthropomorphic design like this).
A man can dream, can't he??
Can't input data on the PDA? I've got a PDA like that. I carry it inside my skull. It's also made of meat.
This is America, damnit. Speak Spanish!
What happens if you get your pants stolen (I don't want to imagine the scenario where this would happen, but bear with me) when you're carrying your mp3, your cell phone, and your pda and who knows what else? Soon our laptops will be the size of credit cards (that unfold or something for the screen). We don't need house insurance anymore, we need pants insurance. You know what? I think I'll invest in pants insurance. Listen, you heard it here first.
My brain can only imagine what it tastes like.
This is America, damnit. Speak Spanish!
This is the fevered dream of a romantic, but I'd pay money to see a Lisp-based PDA. An actualy Lisp Processer isn't necessarily what I mean; a powerful commercial or a free and powerful Lisp interpreted for x86 (or any von Neumann) processor would be okay. What I want is for it do have a Genera-like OS that can be re-written in real-time. Man, that would rule.
Ain't gunna happen, though. Unless someone wants to pay me to write it for the PDA of their choice.
Also, it should have a Canesta projection keyboard. I saw them at siggraph, they rock!
njord, Lisp sympathizer
So what are you hoping for, about 37 seconds of battery life?
I hope they don't give it a name. I really like the sound of "Nameless Concept". "The nameless concept will be priced at $200 at an undetermined release date." What's that dude's phone number? When's that appointment? Let me check my Nameless Concept...
>These will fit into a slot in our wallet...
I want one that fits into a slot in my head.