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HagakiPC - "Postcard" PC

Posted by timothy on from the smallness dept.

captainJam writes "The HagakiPC, Hagaki meaning postcard in Japanese, is a tiny PC with dimensions of 135 x 109 x 18mm and weighing in at 340g making it by far the lightest and 2nd slimmest handtop. Only 128MB RAM and a 640x480 VGA screen, plus there's no hard drive -- it's meant to run OS's from CF cards (great for D.S.L. and the like). Still only a prototype, so not much info is available, but what we do know (and a few photos) are here." Update: 09/01 12:14 GMT by T : Link to D.S.L. upgraded to a form that doesn't make some browsers choke.

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  1. manufacturer website link + more info by timecop · · Score: 5, Informative

    specifications (in japanese):
    http://www.hagakipc.jp/ba_spec.htm
    http://www.hagakipc.jp/ front page.
    Notice the hit counter, this was probably "news" long before slashdot "found" the link.
    It also supports CF microdrives, which should give you up to 4gb of storage.

  2. URL Correction by MC68040 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Damn small linux (D.S.L) points to http://www.damnsmalllinux/ which makes some browsers, think it should slap a .com (or whatever) onto that and end up on a advertisement page. Now http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ is the correct link. Just FYI.

  3. Re:More cons than pros by rsmith-mac · · Score: 3, Informative
    the only advantage it has over a PDA is its 640x480 screen

    That isn't even the realm of "big" devices only anymore; the latest PocketPC/WindowsMobile devices(specifically, high-end Windows Mobile 2003 SE devices) have VGA screens.

  4. Re:I think the question on everyone's mind is... by Kusunose · · Score: 5, Informative

    According to the official page, yes.

    They say "You can run Windows 9x, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows XP Embedded, Windows CE, VxWorks, Linux, DOS. We can provide graphics/audio/touchpanel drivers for each OSes."

  5. Slightly bigger than a Zaurus SL6000-L... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative
    ...and the Zaurus (which is also 640x480x16) has a slide-out keyboard, a 400MHz PXA255, 802.11b, USB (host or slave), IRDA, microphone and speaker (you can do VOIP with it), CF and SD slots, and three times the battery life. Plus it runs Linux.

    The TV in/out is certainly unique to that HagakiPC, but I'm not sure what they have in mind for that.