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Best Wi-Fi Portable Browsing Device?
foxxo writes "I'm a library worker, so I get lots of questions about our collection when I'm out in the stacks. I'd love to be able to access our online catalog and give patrons more comprehensive guidance without directing them to the reference desk. What options are available for a portable device with Wi-Fi connectivity, full-featured Web browsing, and (most importantly) no cellphone-style activation and service fees? Size is important, too; I need something I can carry in my pocket, not a micro-notebook with full keyboard. (And I am a library worker, so low cost is key!)" One device that sounds interesting in this category is the GiiNii Movit (not yet released, but shown off at CES). What can you recommend that's out there now?
> I absolutely love mine.
We can tell. Even though the question specifically excluded CELL PHONES you had to pimp your G1 anyway. The dev version is $400 so is probably out of this guy's budget so that would leave him with a contract with a cell carrier he doesn't want.
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I have a Nokia and an iPod touch and the touch is far more intuitive and easier to use. I have a mans hands not girly fingers and so touching those tiny little keys is hard. The touch screen intuitively knows which key I meant to press based upon 'center mass'. So for people who have normal fingers and not childlike hands, the touch interface is far easier to type with and is far more intuitive of a device.
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> 2. The screen is large and has great resolution.
No. 480x320 is NOT high resolution. Few non mobile phone optimized pages are going to display on that. The N8x0 series has 800x480. Do the math. Hopefully Apple fanbois can still do simple X > Y type reasoning.
Two words: multitouch zoom.
Tap-to-zoom and stroke-to-pan beats the pants off of those little zoom buttons any day. And it really does make the (real) web usable on a lower-res screen.
Yes, I know, I'm a fanboi, because I'm suggesting that human interface could have a bigger impact than specs. I'll leave you now.