Handtop PC Announced Using Transmeta Processor

Cyberllama writes "Like many people on Slashdot, I've been wondering when all those transmeta-based products we were promised were finally coming out -- then I saw this. It claims to a be a fully functional laptop-like device with a 5.6 inch screen that can fit into the palm of your hand -- smaller than many laptop batteries. The specs are a bit last year (256 megs of ram, 1 gigahertz processor, 30 gig hard drive) -- but the size of the device is still pretty impressive. Unfortunately it looks like they won't be shipping until the end of the year."

Comments

Re:With Micro$oft Winblows XP? No thanks.

[nonskanse]

Write some drivers and it would be able to. I'll be your tester, you just have to send me the hardware....

Damn good reason not to get one....

[millahtime]

The porn on it would be so small I would have eye sore from squinting all the time. I'll pass.

Re:In my hand?

[Phekko]

must be the same guy who designed that XBox controller

last year

[Conspiracy_Of_Doves]

The specs are a bit last year (256 megs of ram, 1 gigahertz processor, 30 gig hard drive)

Hey! Those are the specs of MY box.

Re:Those are almost the exact same specs

[BiggerIsBetter]

Should be ideal for corporate usage then. :-)

Re:Oqo all over again.

[Steve B]

an "Ultra Personal Computer"

Ultra Personal? What, does it have a teledildonic interface built in?

Perfect For Meetings....

[millahtime]

I could play solitare in meetings and the people around me would think I was actually working but wouldn't be able to get a look at the screen to see what I was really doing.

My Company's Competing Product

[SuperChuck69]

My company is offering a similar product, only 2" smaller and 15 ounces lighter. It will feature a 3GHz processor and 4GB of RAM, with a 1280x1024 screen. It uses a new solar technology that doesn't even require light to work, giving it an infinite battery life. It's also fully compatible with the Phantom Gaming Service. Pricing and availability to be announced later.
[/sarcasm]

When you can tap on something, throw it across the room, or pee on it, that's when it exists. When there are a bunch of pictures and promises on a web site, it doesn't. It means it's in "prototype", which means the actual machine is larger than my current laptop, but with a 5.6" screen and they're HOPING to get it down to size.

Re:My Company's Competing Product

[0x0d0a]

When you can tap on something, throw it across the room, or pee on it, that's when it exists.

I'd be interested in seeing you test Bush Junior's existence.

Re:In my hand?

[ZaMoose]

See what happens when you employ the same usability testers that Microsoft had testing the original X-Box controllers?

Application for Handtop PC Testers
[SNIP]
13. I can:
[]Palm a basketball
[]Palm two basketballs simultaneously
[x]Palm Cowboy Neal and two basketballs simultaneously
[SNIP]

See what I mean?

typing

[shaunyb]

typing looks like it's going to be a huge problem. "the fingers you have used to dial are too fat. To obtain a special dialing wand, please mash the keypad with your palm now."

MVIS will make these things work.

[F34nor]

People ask, "why so I need this?" I say you don't.

Not until Microvision MVIS retina scanning displays are cheep and full color. When your screen is the back of your eye the ultra portable doesn't need a screen and becomes your only computer.

Basically a video iPod that you can watch porn at work with a shit eating grin on your face and have no one know what your doing.

Good buy economy hello hedonism.

Re:In my hand?

[Wordsmith]

"I don't think something with a 5.6 inch screen would fit vary comfortably in most anyones hand."

inches ... hand ... must resist ... dirty joke ...

Wishfull thinking

[lobsterGun]

When you want something bad enough your mind can play tricks on you....

and

The specs are a bit last year

turns into

The battery lasts about a year

...I guess I'll just have to keep dreaming

Let's start a company!

[teamhasnoi]

I love to (hobby) and (hobby2) when I'm not running my (business) company. I use (vaporwareproduct) to manage my (business) and its (businessinformation).

I find that (vaporwareproduct) lets me (e-action) and (e-action2) while (e-action3). The (hardwarespec) allows me to store (information) while the (hardwarespec2) makes for fast (e-action4).

My (vaporwareproduct) helps me keep it all together, thanks to its (hardwarespec3) and (hardwarespec4). My productivity has increased, since I don't have to carry around (competingproduct), (competingproduct2) and (competingproduct3).

Thanks (companyname)! (vaporwareproduct) is tailored just for me!

Paul Allen Has Far Too Much Time On His Hands

[crapnutassneck]

First it's ordering beer at Mariners games with your WAP phone, now this...I want Paul Allens time/money.

Where are the surround sound outputs?

[miles_thatsme]

" 5.6" HDTV-quality display (1024 x 600)"
Coming out in time for the next Superbowl! No longer do you need to go around to your friend's house to watch the Superbowl on his home theatre set-up, you can bring your own 5.6" HDTV-quality system!

(Hmmm...720p...1080i...600 what?)

This brings back memories...

[Robotech_Master]

Anyone remember that series of childrens' paperback books that were popular in the eighties, which were written in the third person and had the reader being a kid secret agent who carried around a disguised micro-micro computer and saved the day by writing a few well-placed BASIC programs?

That was the first thing I thought of when I saw this paperback-book-sized computer...finally technology has caught up to fiction. :)

Re:What?

[avgjoe62]

How on earth did he plagarize you 6 minutes before you posted the original? Could it be that he posesses a time machine, or just that you're an idiot?

My money's on "Idiot"

Re:Those are almost the exact same specs

[apharov]

I wonder if they couldn't have used VIA C3 or Eden processors instead of Transmeta ones to give the necessary boost to their handheld. VIA CPUs running at 1GHz are definately fast enough to make WinXP run smoothly (although not comparable to AMD or Intel processors running at the same Ghz), and still consume only 10W of power. It might even be possible to underclock (/undervolt) them to further decrease the heat output. The memory would be another problem, but they probably have a SO-DIMM slot inside anyway, so why not 512MB instead of 256?

Overall it would seem that this is a product that does not have a clear target market, and therefore it is also somewhat difficult to believe that it would become popular.