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Japanese Pocket-Size PC Cube Demonstrated

Posted by simoniker on from the sharp-edges-the-new-rock-n-roll dept.

rocketjam writes "The Japanese company, Personal Media Corporation, has demonstrated a prototype of a cube-shaped pocket-sized computer called the T-Cube (tentative name). The T-Cube runs the T-Engine OS, an operating system apparently being developed by a consortium of Asian companies for embedded devices and networked computers. The machine is about the size of an orange, uses a CPU made by NEC and sports a desktop written for the Chinese Market supporting Multi- and Super-Chinese Character sets. It is scheduled to ship in Q1 of 2004."

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  1. site's a bit slow by ejaw5 · · Score: 3, Funny

    they must be beta testing them as webservers today...

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  2. Strange that they call it a "pocket computer"... by wrinkledshirt · · Score: 5, Funny

    The machine is about the size of an orange...

    That's some pocket computer. Excuse me, but is that a PMC T-Cube in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

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  3. All things considered by Joe+the+Lesser · · Score: 5, Funny

    Right now I'd rather have an orange.

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  4. Japan is working on that by SweetAndSourJesus · · Score: 5, Funny

    They're almost there.

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  5. Watermelons by The_Rippa · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now if the Japanese could only make cube-shaped watermelons...

    oh wait.

    1. Re:Watermelons by Kenja · · Score: 4, Funny

      Not only can they make it, they have the market cornered.

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  6. Exactly how big? by SlowDancing · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is that an African or a European orange?

  7. Cube? Or Sphere? by fishbowl · · Score: 3, Funny

    A cube the size of an orange, Would that be the average of Riemann sums of the cube inside the orange versus the cube that contains the orange?

    There is a pretty big difference in size between a cube that would fit inside an orange, versus a cube that an orange would just barely fit inside.

    Isn't there some cubic object that would have made a better analogy? The only thing I see on my desk is the rubik's cube. I'm sure I could do better but I'm in a hurry.

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  8. Re:Strange that they call it a "pocket computer".. by iminplaya · · Score: 5, Funny

    If it's going to be a pocket computer, why can't they shape it like a bratwurst?

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  9. Buy Two by PingPongBoy · · Score: 3, Funny

    When you put them in your shirt pockets you look like you have breast implants.

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