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Sharp just announced it’s new “Netwalker” line of Ultra Teeny Tiny Internet Device with No Market to Speak Of (UTTIDWNMTSO), starting with the PC71, a 6.3 x 4.2 x .9-inch device featuring a five inch touchscreen, Ubuntu OS and glorified thumbboard. It is running an ARM Cortex-A8 based processor, with 4GB of storage and 802.11b/g Wi-Fi (but no 3G)….and makes me feel more than a little like Mr. Peabody. I am SURE I have seen this device before in my travels.

Now while I think the device IS sort of cool looking, admit it Sharp, it’s a PDA.

You doubt me, well check my proof after the jump…

Take a look at Sharp’s own Zaurus SL-C3100 running Linux but no WiFi in 2005…

How about the classic Sony Clie UX-50 running the Palm OS in 2003…

Go on Sharp, tell me the Netwalker isn’t an overpowered PDA…I dare you.

Not that that is a BAD thing per se….but I mean honestly, what’s next, OLED Bell Bottoms?

MP4 playing Betamax machines?

Good lord, where will it END? Please pardon me Seymour, I am going to go hug my Tungsten C and cry myself to sleep now.

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By day a department manager and writer for a major network device vendor...by night Zealot stalks the mean magnetic streets, striking fear into the hearts of bandwidth abusers and theme park mascots. Zealot has been involved with mobile devices for more than a decade now, starting off with dumb phones, moving to PDAs and then to smartphones, notebooks and netbooks with the odd PMP thrown in. Most of his mobile time currently is spent on a Treo Pro, Zune HD, Thinkpad T61, Gigabyte M912M or a Hackintoshed Compaq Mini 704. He proudly groks the Geek community and considers himself a Neo Maxi Zune Dweebie (thanks Will Wheaton!).