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Sharp Mebius Subnotebook Review
Tong writes "PDA Buyer's Guide has published a hands-on review of the Sharp Mebius CV50. "The smallest notebook we've seen in years. This Japanese Import is available translated into English from Dynamism, and is smaller than a hardback book. It weights just under two pounds, has a 1 GHz Efficeon processor, a wide screen 7.2" display and absolutely stunning looks and style." Read the full review."
Finally a laptop that isn't a brick! my back will be saved!
This Japanese Import is available translated into English from Dynamism
I never realised that "Dynamism" was a language...
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Darn. If Sharp had only made a Mobius Subnotebook, it even taken up even less space since it would have had only one side.
I thought that the review of the Sharp Mobius was a little one-sided.
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So, they still ship the manual to you in Japanese? Domo ori gato
Come on, can't anyone make a $400-$500 sub-laptop with a 7" screen? Anybody?
If a computer is going to be this small, they should have made the effort to minimise the screen bezel to maximise screen size while maintaining the same dimensions of the unit. That's a poor design flaw, making the screen that small in relation to the unit. The unit is small enough that legibility or screen space would be difficult enough anyway, and this makes it even worse.
Great. A laptop that only a two-year-old can type on. Those of us with normal-sized hands can look forward to cramping, RSI, and other fun medical issues.
Why not do something semi-revolutionary and incorporate a keyboard like the FrodPad into it instead of trying to shoehorn an entire QWERTY layout in there?
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Not the notebook, but running an add like this on Slashdot?
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
Sharp produces a product that actually IS a PDA which runs linux quite well.
I have purchased several items from Dynamism. While I've been happy for the most part, I believe that this machine is overpriced in relation to what you get out of it. With a $1,900 USD tag, you might as well get a 12" PowerBook that will do a similar or better job, have a better screen, and include built-in wireless, Bluetooth, Ethernet, modem, etc. with about the same footprint. You'd get OS X. You can run Office:Mac if you must, at about the same price as MS-Office or cheaper. You'll have access to better quality software (i.e. OmniGraffle vs. Visio) if you must pay for it, or tons of OSS stuff that just compiles and runs, or installs with a button click.
Besides, chicks dig the PowerBooks. They look cool, not geeky.
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for a minute there, i lost myself...
... was renamd the " Sharp Actius RD3D " for the US market. The Mebius PC-RD3D was the first autostereo display notebook ever made, released around a month or two later, under a different name for the US market. Maybe if this new Mebius CV50 comes to the US, it will be renamed the Actius CV50 ?
It's a Transmeta processor...I think it was the last one Linus Torvalds worked on the x86 code morphing code for before moving on.
Does Linux work on it? I suspect so, in this case. It seemed like the Crusoe was very happy under Linux. I have friends who have had Crusoe-based laptops running under Linux.
The only thing that might cause trouble would be the wireless networking. And that has nothing to do with the CPU.
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Perhaps they could have spent a little less time trying to make it look just like an iBook and a little more time making the notebook that much more useful.
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. . . Ignore this guy and check out Fujitsu's Lifebook P Series.. Very small form factor, but included CD burner/DVD player. Also, I would bet its a lot zippier than this Sharp.
I first owned one of the P Series right after they came out and were equipped with transmetas. The performance was a shade up on terrible, and the battery life merely ok. Since then, they've shifted to Intel chips. My brother bought one recently, and the machine is easily capable of running multiple adobe applications, and he is able to get design work done anywhere with his pressure-sensitive drawing pad attached.
This new machine is smaller, yes, but are the sacrifices in functionality worth shedding the extra pound?
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I saw this when walking through tokyo the other day.
the screen *cannot* be any bigger because of the rounded shape of the top cover. the cover portion is not like a slate, but rather the edges start from a blade edge and only reaches full thickness about 2cm in, where the actual LCD is embedded. check out the side-view - that's why the screen is so "small".
Now, why whould they want to design their system wich such rounded edges, that's another mystery that you can only ask their design department.
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