Comments on: Pocket Computers: Slated to Leap Forward in November

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Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:53:46 +0000

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By: Tina

Tina — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:02:21 +0000

Nokia N800 now costs under $250 and with the new OS2008 (free download before end of Nov), you will have the best portable web surfing and PDF ebook reading device and it weighs 0.45lbs (yes, less than half pound) with 4-7 hours of battery life. You can download tons of free opensource software for it. It plays full version of YouTube, Google videos and other flash videos. It has GoogleTalk and Skype and a lot more. Did I mention the price: $220-$250 online?
(It is #1 or #2 in Amazon’s sales rank in its category for months)

By: Will Eee PCs Upend the Portable Pricing Market? « GigaOM

Will Eee PCs Upend the Portable Pricing Market? « GigaOM — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:02:21 +0000

[...] that qualifies as an impulse buy. Compare that price to some of the other new miniature PCs, which Web Worker Daily rounded up recently. The much ballyhooed new Nokia n810 Internet Tablet, for example, is $479, while the OQO Model 02 [...]

By: John Mayson

John Mayson — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:37:58 +0000

I think some people miss the point with this device. It’s not intended to replace to a notebook computer. Suggesting someone buy a small laptop instead of an N810 is like suggesting a small car instead of a riding lawn mower. They’re entirely two different tools. If someone wanted an mp3 player would you suggest a laptop since they can also play mp3 files? Of course not!

I have three laptops (two at work, one at home). I’m considering the N810 so I can still access the web at times when it’s not practical or convenient to carry a laptop around.

By: Dennis Moore

Dennis Moore — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:07:38 +0000

@skinnyninja49048:

Check out this independent and thorough review, which includes typing speed test results if you scroll down a bit: http://www.pocketables.net/2007/10/review-oqo-mode.html.

44 wpm on OQO model 02. Very consistent with other typing speed tests performed on OQO and other UMPC’s. Don’t know about you, but I can type about 80+ wpm on a full sized keyboard when transcribing from something, but not when thinking — I can’t come close to composing 40+ wpm for my blog at http://dbmoore.blogspot.com/. I can always type on my OQO model 02 as fast as I can compose — as I am doing right now.

I hope we’ll have you some day as an OQO customer.

– Dennis Moore, OQO

By: Brad Linder

Brad Linder — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:58:39 +0000

Asus will also be launching the EEE PC in the US in November. The tiny PC is kind of Asus’s answer to the XO Laptop (the One Laptop Per Child laptop). It’s 2 pounds, comes has a 900MHz celeron processor and runs Linux, although a Windows XP version is expected out later this year.

The device has a 7 inch screen, and a smaller than typical keyboard, but that’s how you keep the weight down. The small screen also probably helps with battery life. The EEE PC comes in several different varieties, with reported battery life of 2.8 to 3.5 hours.

And while the PC was first pitched as a “$199 PC,” the price has kind of gone up. If you’re a government or other institution ordering in bulk, you can get the entry level machine for that price, but in the US, Asus will be selling EEE PCs for $299 – $399.

Anyway, the long and short of it is, this device will be more than the Nokia Internet Tablet, but a bit less than a full laptop, and not quite as cool as the HTC Shift.

By: skinnyninja49048

skinnyninja49048 — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:36:34 +0000

Before you consider these, I recommend that people look into the 11.1″ screen laptops, such as the Sony TX series or the Fujitsu P series. In my opinion, that size is really the perfect mix of portability and size. They are right around 3 pounds (the Sony is 2.8 I believe) and yet they are full featured laptops.

What’s absolutely critical is that I can do 50 WPM on an 11.1″ form factor. The OQO thing though? Forget it. No way can I type up a blog post on that thing.