"For example, a hard disk defragmenter may be running in the background, leaving insufficient resources for a foreground application like a presentation."
Sounds like just the thing to cure the woes of just about every self-described "tech savvy" sales idiot I've had to support. Now maybe we won't have to field calls that their "computer is broken" when "all" they're doing is running a defrag while presenting.
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Why the hell is everyone SO DAMN STUCK to the vertical form factor? This is one of the reasons I've never be able to comfortably use a modern PDA. I remember early on leaving my Palm at home more and more, in favor of my old 256kb Sharp clamshell; and to this day still find myself disappointed whenever I store-demo the latest, greatest gadget. Seriously, vertical layout is totally anit-ergonomic, and makes you look like some mutant goliath doctor pecking with a pen at a tiny clipboard. Clamshell is the way to go! Holding the device is far more natural in regard to hand position, thumb-typing is very fast and easy to get the hang of, landscape is a better screen layout, and you could still slap some wheels and buttons on the case edges for one-handed use. I hope that the new Zaurus clamshell is the shape of things to come, and that this decade-old Palm clone idiocy will finally cease. And while we're at it, let's also face the fact that Danger (Hiptop) is the only thing going as far as new and innovative design! (if only it had some horsepower...)
The Zaurus C700 came to mind immediately for me too, and seems much more desireable. The problem with an x86 machine at any size is that you still have to deal with boot time (or at least standby/hibernate resume), defeating the "instant on" feature that I feel is mandatory for a true PDA. This micro x86 clamshell form-factor is also really nothing new; anyone here remember the Mitsubishi Amity?
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"For example, a hard disk defragmenter may be running in the background, leaving insufficient resources for a foreground application like a presentation." Sounds like just the thing to cure the woes of just about every self-described "tech savvy" sales idiot I've had to support. Now maybe we won't have to field calls that their "computer is broken" when "all" they're doing is running a defrag while presenting.
Why the hell is everyone SO DAMN STUCK to the vertical form factor? This is one of the reasons I've never be able to comfortably use a modern PDA. I remember early on leaving my Palm at home more and more, in favor of my old 256kb Sharp clamshell; and to this day still find myself disappointed whenever I store-demo the latest, greatest gadget. Seriously, vertical layout is totally anit-ergonomic, and makes you look like some mutant goliath doctor pecking with a pen at a tiny clipboard. Clamshell is the way to go! Holding the device is far more natural in regard to hand position, thumb-typing is very fast and easy to get the hang of, landscape is a better screen layout, and you could still slap some wheels and buttons on the case edges for one-handed use. I hope that the new Zaurus clamshell is the shape of things to come, and that this decade-old Palm clone idiocy will finally cease. And while we're at it, let's also face the fact that Danger (Hiptop) is the only thing going as far as new and innovative design! (if only it had some horsepower...)
The Zaurus C700 came to mind immediately for me too, and seems much more desireable. The problem with an x86 machine at any size is that you still have to deal with boot time (or at least standby/hibernate resume), defeating the "instant on" feature that I feel is mandatory for a true PDA. This micro x86 clamshell form-factor is also really nothing new; anyone here remember the Mitsubishi Amity?