10-08-2003, 01:49 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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Originally Posted by Skoobouy
Is the h4355 really shorter than an iPaq h5000? That's almost too amazing to believe. But if it's true, then I would just have to give anyone a "Three Stooges" *poink!* who complained about the size.
On the other hand, I'll probably go with the h4155. I mean, c'mon, it's among the smallest PPC's ever, with a ridiculous featureset. I would go for the keboard only if it was detachable. Thumb keyboards are accessories, not essentials.
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Good...I'm not the only one going with the 4155. I don't have much use for a KB, but man I'm excited, finally built-in wifi in a device smaller than the 5400/5500!
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10-08-2003, 02:09 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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I am starting to warm to the idea of an integrated keyboard but NOT in this form factor...I really do want a PPC that looks and feels I whole lot like a Sony UX-50 or a Sharp CL-760. Small clamshell with a flip screen. I suppose it makes economic sense for HP to continue to pivot on the same basic form factor but from where I stand it seems like they are marching in place. Please let SOMEBODY break out of the same thing different day funk plaguing the PPC OEM's.
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10-08-2003, 03:28 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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Oh, good grief
Wow, it's a color calculator!!!! What an ugly piece of flotsam. I just don't see what people find so useful about what they laughlingly call a keyboard when you practially need my wife's fingernails to use them and the key portion looks so abnoxiously ugly. It's not a REAL keyboard, which I can REALLY type on quickly, and it's not nearly as handy as the other built-in input modes that the PocketPCs already come with. Just amazing.
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10-08-2003, 03:48 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 97
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Originally Posted by Skoobouy
Is the h4355 really shorter than an iPaq h5000?
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The 4355 may be a mm or so shorter than the 5555 but like the Toshiba design it lacks curvature at the bottom of the unit. Hence, the 4355 will feel longer in you hand and in your pocket than the 5555. Hold a Toshiba and an any of the iPAQ 3000 or 5000 series side my side and you will see what I mean. |
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10-08-2003, 03:52 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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Originally Posted by CTSLICK
I am starting to warm to the idea of an integrated keyboard but NOT in this form factor...I really do want a PPC that looks and feels I whole lot like a Sony UX-50 or a Sharp CL-760. Small clamshell with a flip screen. I suppose it makes economic sense for HP to continue to pivot on the same basic form factor but from where I stand it seems like they are marching in place. Please let SOMEBODY break out of the same thing different day funk plaguing the PPC OEM's.
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I agree. I like the thumbboard idea but it doesn't really work well on a portrait-mode device. I think we have MS' "guidelines" to thank for this. Hopefully the rules they supposedly loosened up a couple months ago included allowing for landscape mode and we'll see some products that make use of that sooner rather than later.
I'd love to play with an h4350 live, but I suspect that it will feel too top-heavy.
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10-08-2003, 05:29 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Oct 2004
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This is what a Pocket PC with a built-in keyboard should look like:
http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/009315.php#009315
WOW! I hope it makes it here from Korea! I wonder if since it's meant to be a direct competitor of the Samsung i700, which is used by Sprint and Verizon, if it will eventually make it here at the end of the year. If it does then I'll hold off on considering the Treo 600 0X |
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10-08-2003, 05:30 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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The styling looks a lot like the Treo 600, but with a stretched screen and no antenna.
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10-08-2003, 05:41 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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Actually, the only time when I really want a traditional phone keypad is when I'm driving and can't deal with the device with two hands. This would be too kludgy for that because I'd have to leave it in the open position when I'm in the car in order to be able to take advantage of it. Plus, it would end up being very top-heavy.
Scott
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10-08-2003, 05:46 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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10-08-2003, 06:21 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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Originally Posted by apeguero
This is what a Pocket PC with a built-in keyboard should look like:
http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/009315.php#009315
WOW! I hope it makes it here from Korea! I wonder if since it's meant to be a direct competitor of the Samsung i700, which is used by Sprint and Verizon, if it will eventually make it here at the end of the year. If it does then I'll hold off on considering the Treo 600 0X |
"192MB of RAM" 8O Not bad!
I'd still prefer a clambshell keyboard though. |
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