From: Jim Witte (jswitte_at_bloomington.in.us)
Date: Fri Apr 29 2005 - 21:53:22 PDT
On Apr 27, 2005, at 1:25 PM, Martin Joseph wrote:
> Not me, I don't like it at all, and wouldn't want paul wasting his
> time on it :~)
What really bugs me about it is the shape - it's too side. Now, if
it could be done in landscape mode (so that you held it with the long
dimension vertically), then maybe - but then the buttons are all wrong,
and the speaker that would then be on the bottom would be too big, not
to mention the balance of the whole thing would probably be off..
My vote is for some TabletPC (yes, a TabletPC) that had either an
INTEGRATED keyboard (meaning the screen could flip over it), or an
option to have such (I have no idea if this exists - I know the
"flip-cover' ones do.. A screen protector plastic cover would be nice
too.. It would have to run Linux (or whatever POSIX OS it Einstein
would us - and if ARM-based better [for Paul and for speed])
My dream would be something like the Sony Libree eInk book reader,
but I seriously doubt that linux has been made to run on that, and it's
damn expensive too. But it has a seriously good screen - reflective
eInk display, maybe color, large, and *170* dpi (yikes!) Can anyone
say hacker's dream?
Jim
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