Curious Blend of VPN, PDA and USB Drive

Posted by michael on Friday January 14, 2005 @11:05PM from the if-you-build-it-they-will-come dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Realm Systems has developed a cellphone-sized mobile device that takes advantage of the hardware of a another PC by attaching via USB. It requires an Internet connection to connect to a backend system, but acts as a fully functional PC with dual PowerPC processors, a 20 GB drive and all your applications - if you can find someone who lets you connect to their PC. An interesting option especially for a price of $195 for the mobile device." So, for a $10,000 central server, a $1000 PC, and a $195 device, you can have the computing power of: a $1000 PC. It seems like there might be cheaper ways.

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wait! by joe+six+pack+walmart · 2005-01-14 23:12 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Hey! Wait a second I still havent finished bitching about the last story. I dont pay a cent to read this website so I demand quality.

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