Cool 'proper' PC handheld

Sleipnir

FlipPC

Check it out. Excellent little doodah.

Microsoft® Windows® XP Home/Professional operating system
Dimensions: 5.8" x 4" x 1" (148mm x 101mm x 26mm)
Weighs 1lb (450g)
1 GHz processor
256MB system RAM
30GB internal hard drive
3D graphics w/ 8MB video RAM
Full-function, QWERTY thumb keyboard w/ hotkeys for commonly used commands
5.6" HDTV-quality display (1024 x 600)
Lithium-ion Polymer battery (2-6 hours battery life*)
Integrated 802.11b (11 Mbps) /g (54 Mbps) Wi-Fi
USB 2.0 port
Internal microphone/speaker with headphones and ear bud jacks
Integrated 1.3MP digital camera

zAbbo

Have you used one, have any info other than the commercial website

Sleipnir

Not available yet.
I think they'll be around $2000

zAbbo

How is it excellent then?

Excellent little doodah.

based on what, the PR from their homepage?

Venom

Originally posted by bazH
How is it excellent then?



based on what, the PR from their homepage?

You dont think they would lie to us do you

Sleipnir

Originally posted by bazH
How is it excellent then?



based on what, the PR from their homepage?

So what, we aren't allowed to post about things unless we have personal experience with them?
Would we have to post a photo of ourselves with the object and today's paper to satisfy you ?
We're not allowed think that something is a good product or is it possible that we could think a product looks good based on it's design & specification.
Generally, dimensions are not the baliwick of the PR department.

Or are you being contrary, argumentative and a troll just for the hell of it?


"How is it excellent then, based on their PR?"

You argue like a 13 year old girl.
Grow up.

Tivoli

me wants one,in the mean time Sleipnir and bazH can fight over it

daveJAM

Sleipnir falls prey to Baz's trolls.

But he does have a point. The specs look good allright, but without using it for an extended period of time, how can you tell how excellent it is? It probably is excellent but you just can't really tell that much from the manufacturers website. It's when the reviews start to come out that we'll get a good impartial opinion on it.

Sleipnir

well obviously you can't say unequivocally that

"Yes, this thing is the best"

Should we all start adding disclaimers to the end of conversations (typed or spoken)
"What I have said just now is based on my own opinion and is not, in anyway representative of the opinions on my family, country, race, religion or human beings in general.

So we can't see something and say, "that looks pretty cool, I want one" without testing it first.

It was just a stupid, worthless & pointless troll.

Rabies

You can watch movies and video files in high resolution

sure ya can............. if you have an external dvd player.

neokenzo

I'm amazed that they could fit all that into a tiny thing

El_MUERkO

Originally posted by Rabies
sure ya can............. if you have an external dvd player.

You could rip to the 30gig hd for portiblity, if cat taking the resolution into account you could probably get quiet alot of dvix movies on their

daveJAM

It was just a stupid, worthless & pointless troll.

I know, but he does kinda have a point. You're better off ignoring baz. Thats what most ppl have found.

zAbbo

I`ll stand by my original comments, I have seen a lot of "excellent little doodahs" pass my eyes before. My argument was that the poster is claiming its excellence based purely on the manufacturers PR.

Take a look at http://www.archos.com/ some excellent little doodahs there, until you use them (Gmini220)

Still upset about over my shedserver(tm), daveJAM

daveJAM

Shedserver? heard ppc mention something about it the other day. I'm guessing its a server, in your shed???

jdsiiken

BazH, I was thinking of getting one. Whats the problem with them ?

zAbbo

The display is quite poor imo, and it only supports mp3 and wma. Doesnt have optical in and out. The power button needs to be dug at to respond and the general controls arent great. The supplied ear phones arent of high standard(even tho they are Sennheiser )

M@lice

Any1 know of any other good mini laptops? My bro has 1. Its a bit old but i still think its well deadly. Beats a pda anyday. I think such a gadget is on my gadgets to get list. Any1 know anywhere u could get 1 relatively cheap?