"Nothing new, and certainly nothing to write home about. It's a clamshell design which means that it's even less useful than the palm-top design."
Well, ya it is kinda new as it hasn't even been out for 2 months now in Japan, and how the the clamshell design detract from its use as a palmtop? I think this poster isn't aware that the screen fold over the keyboard, making it like every other palmtop out there. I don't get what you mean I guess.
"Chiclet keyboard, small screen, bad fonts."
The keyboard is the best I have seen for any device like this and very useable. Yes, it is small but then that's the point!
-Jake
If anything it is a PDA that has some of the benfits of a laptop really. I am trying to come up with benefits of the Palm devices over these and fall short. Bigger software base? Maybe, but the Zaurus has a pretty good following of developers.
One thing I see no one talking about is the handwriting recognizer, which to me is a bit wonky. It is fantastic for writing in Japanese as you can just write in entire kanji characters and have them recognized. For English you can write in standard non-cursive English and it does a pretty good job of recognizing, a lot better than my old Newton MP did for sure. It is passable though and this little keyboard is not bad at all once you get going on it. Faster than graffiti on my last Clie NX60 (rest its soul). I am typing this now on a C760 as a matter of fact via a wireless connection. Even browsing the web on my Clie was tough sometimes, but with the Zaurus Netfront browser it is better. Pages keep their formatting well and I really have yet to have trouble with any page.
My current computer is an Apple Titanium and to sync up and moves files I stick to scp. (Downloading the new Orb album in the background now for the train ride tonight) Really is fantastic to move files around this way.
I like it, a lot. It is a good PDA so far with some of the benefits of being a real computer.
Not to nitpick, but you certainly don't need Windows in order to install.ipk files. Simply ftp them to your "/home/zaurus/Documents/application/ipkg/" directory and they will show up in the software installer. And there is IP over USB software available to accomplish this in lieu of a WiFi card. I just went for a WiFi card for C760. No sweat. This is a Linux device. The last thing I want to hear is "Windows Required". No way!
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"Nothing new, and certainly nothing to write home about. It's a clamshell design which means that it's even less useful than the palm-top design." Well, ya it is kinda new as it hasn't even been out for 2 months now in Japan, and how the the clamshell design detract from its use as a palmtop? I think this poster isn't aware that the screen fold over the keyboard, making it like every other palmtop out there. I don't get what you mean I guess. "Chiclet keyboard, small screen, bad fonts." The keyboard is the best I have seen for any device like this and very useable. Yes, it is small but then that's the point! -Jake
If anything it is a PDA that has some of the benfits of a laptop really. I am trying to come up with benefits of the Palm devices over these and fall short. Bigger software base? Maybe, but the Zaurus has a pretty good following of developers.
One thing I see no one talking about is the handwriting recognizer, which to me is a bit wonky. It is fantastic for writing in Japanese as you can just write in entire kanji characters and have them recognized. For English you can write in standard non-cursive English and it does a pretty good job of recognizing, a lot better than my old Newton MP did for sure. It is passable though and this little keyboard is not bad at all once you get going on it. Faster than graffiti on my last Clie NX60 (rest its soul). I am typing this now on a C760 as a matter of fact via a wireless connection. Even browsing the web on my Clie was tough sometimes, but with the Zaurus Netfront browser it is better. Pages keep their formatting well and I really have yet to have trouble with any page.
My current computer is an Apple Titanium and to sync up and moves files I stick to scp. (Downloading the new Orb album in the background now for the train ride tonight) Really is fantastic to move files around this way.
I like it, a lot. It is a good PDA so far with some of the benefits of being a real computer.
-Jake
Not to nitpick, but you certainly don't need Windows in order to install .ipk files. Simply ftp them to your "/home/zaurus/Documents/application/ipkg/" directory and they will show up in the software installer. And there is IP over USB software available to accomplish this in lieu of a WiFi card. I just went for a WiFi card for C760. No sweat. This is a Linux device. The last thing I want to hear is "Windows Required". No way!