Re: [NTLK] Tungsten T3

From: Luiz Petroni (lpetroni_at_compassoarte.com.br)
Date: Thu Oct 02 2003 - 07:21:44 PDT


Calvin:

Take a look at this page (all way down - key specs):

http://tinyurl.com/pg52

They say:
Model: Tungsten T3 - 1387781
Depth: 0.66in
Height: 4.8in <<<<< i suppose this is the size (opened?? - not sure)
Width: 3in

The strange is how Palm starts saying that bigger is not that bad!

lpetroni

On Thursday, Oct 2, 2003, at 10:43 America/Sao_Paulo, Calvin Grier
wrote:

> Luiz,
>
> Where did you get the 4.8 inch screen size? Palm types are notorious
> for
> talking about resolution only, leaving the actual screen size to
> personal
> discovery - it's almost like they can't even imagine having more space
> to
> work in.
>
> It looks to me like the actual diagonal measure is closer to 4.7 - vs
> the
> Newton 6.0. That's roughly 1/2 the total screen area of the MP2000. The
> interesting thing is that it's probably easier to read, even though
> it's
> packed the same number of pixels into half the space. (Actually if you
> count
> the RED, GREEN and BLUE pixels, it's more like 3x the information as a
> Newton MP2000)
>
> Interesting.... has anyone tried one yet?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Luiz Petroni" <lpetroni_at_compassoarte.com.br>
> To: <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 9:55 PM
> Subject: [NTLK] Tungsten T3
>
>
>> Did someone have time to check this one:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/pebq
>>
>> A Palm with a bigger screen.
>> With 400MHz and 64MB onboard.
>> 2 expansion slots
>> Bluetooth
>> Full color display
>> With the stretched display open it measures 4.8in.
>>
>> I can't stop thinking of the Newton OS running in such a form
>> factor...
>>
>> lpetroni
>
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