The ultimate PDA: Dell, listen to this

[Kodo]

That seems very odd to me, 64 MB on a PDA when firefox packed with extensions only takes up 18 MB from a fresh start? I don't think I've seen it above 68MB with a bunch of tabs and things open, either.

FF is peggin 90MB for me right now ;)

[stv516]

And if you hate pIE that much, Mozilla is going to be available for Pocket PC soon enough anyways.

you are not kidding? Can't wait for Mozilla's PPC release!!!

[systemghost]

when you start thinking of pda's with 5inch screens and large capacity hard drives you might as well look at a handtop...sure they cost alittle more but they run a full version of Windows XP...

[Ward]

I'm a hardcore Opera user: Opera is in beta for smartphones right now - which can possibly mean that Opera may port to the PPC.

Either way, Mozilla for PPC A.K.A Minimo.

http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/foru...c.php?p=161163

[benyeap]

>A USB 2.0 host? Keep dreaming, not on a PDA.

You obviously don't know much. The Asus MyPal already comes with one and it's really usable (people have being plugging in usb keys on it). It is already being done successfully.

Asus MyPal A730(w) supports USB 1.1 host not 2.0

[Ward]

The difference is merely a few bits transmitted at the beginning and maximum speed. If a USB pendrive 1/2 the size of an SD card can push several Mbit/s then so can the PPC.

[doctor-gio]

>avoid the 2.4GHz phones that are out and about in public places and even our homes

You are invited to my home village in Greece, in the mountains. Only goats are there now, no mobile phones... Coming to think about it though, there's no internet either. ;-)[/QUOTE]


Well i think u havent been at your home village in
greece for a long time... :)

Besides the dream pda that would be exactly a tablet pc in axim 50v body,what we really really need now for our axim?and i say axim cause i believe its the best pda now...
i just need:

1.at least 64 mb ram....its the most important
thing....
2.May be an external-joystick cf to use it for
games
3.A camera for multimedia capabilities like web
conference
IF I COULD have these things on my dell,i wouldnt ask for something more for a long time...

[eugenia]

>Well i think u havent been at your home
>village in Greece for a long time...

Was there just 1.5 months ago. :)

[Double-Trinity]

when you start thinking of pda's with 5inch screens and large capacity hard drives you might as well look at a handtop...sure they cost alittle more but they run a full version of Windows XP...

Not sure if this is in response to me, but the unit I outlined is probably 1/3rd as thick as the handtop devices out there, and wouldn't have a drive, though it would have a 5" screen. Such a form factor woulnd't be possible with the "full PC" features, and even if it were, running XP would gobble up far, far more power. The thing I pointed out earlier would be closer to an x50v with more resolution.

[Zaurus]

What I would like to see is a second SD-card slot, preferably not directly accessible but somewhere behind the battery door, that would replace the ridiculously slow and small "Builtin Storage". That way I could pop in a fast 1GB or 2GB storage card and have some useful builtin storage, not the present pitiful makeshift solution.

Apart from that: Metal housing, no plastic (I don't care about the weight); 256MB RAM; USB2.0 host with standard socket. The present screen size and resolution is fine with me.

[tmn72]

Maybe many of you would prefer this laptop to a PDA? :)

Best of luck!!

tmn72

[Double-Trinity]

Maybe many of you would prefer this laptop to a PDA? :)

Best of luck!!

tmn72

That form factor IMHO is the worst of both worlds between a handheld and a laptop, large enough as to not be highly mobile, yet small enough that its interface is still awkward. It has no touchscreen, so interface is limited to thumb-keyboard. Resolution is on the right track though, and If it had a fliparound clamshell design so it could be used as a tablet, it would be a different story.

As it stands now, though, for the price of these "uPC" devices, I'd rather have a full touch-typing keyboard, or a touchscreen input, both of which I'm much faster at than thumboard and trackpad. For the cost of most of these handtops (~$2000), I would buy an excellent notebook and PDA combo. I literally carry the Axim in my pocket. 5.6" XVGA is surely a dazzling screen, but the size is juast big enough that I would not be able to carry it in my pockets. An Axim equivalent with 800x600 5" screen with no wasted space around the screen could still be just as pocketable as a normal PDA.

What I would like to see is a second SD-card slot, preferably not directly accessible but somewhere behind the battery door, that would replace the ridiculously slow and small "Builtin Storage". That way I could pop in a fast 1GB or 2GB storage card and have some useful builtin storage, not the present pitiful makeshift solution.

This is a good idea. As it stands now, I basically use my SD as built in storage, and use only CF as a swappable card slot. This would actually be better than having a built-in chip too, as the price of memory is dropping, and SD-Slots are standard parts for manuacturers.

[eugenia]

News flash!!

The German division of T-Mobile today unveiled ( http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/5757.html ) the latest addition to its venerable line of Windows Mobile based communicators, the MDA IV, with a swiveling VGA display and a 520 MHz Intel XScale. It offers not only GSM, GPRS, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, but also adds support for WCDMA-based 3G. It will also include two integrated cameras, as well as a unique swiveling screen concept. The device can either be used laptop-style with both its screen and integrated thumbboard accessible, or tablet-style with only its screen accessible.

And this device is _really_ small. Meaning that my "ultimate PDA" hardware specifications I wrote in the beginning of this thread, are EASILY DO-ABLE from a company like Dell!

[Cyjeff]

I would also want it to be able to access a thumb drive...

That way, I could hold docs and maps in the thumb drive and pull them as needed.

Cheap storage is already here...we just have to access it.

>2200mA battery? Do you like adding extra inches onto your PDA thickness?

No. Dell already sells this battery. It's the same size as the 1100 one.


Where's this? The 2200mA from dell is twice the size of the 1100mA and requires a new back cover. Did they release a new one?