[Felix Torres]

Originally Posted by jaarso

According to the article posted on Brighthand, it will be priced at less than $1000. Take a look at http://www.brighthand.com/article/Ga...ra_Mobile_2007

1- They have the ultraportable listed as a mockup; it isn't. Its a full, working prototype.
2- They quote expected sales of 100 million by 2008. Somebody must've slipped a decimal or two, cause that would mean every portable sold that year would be an ultraportable. Judging by the ramp-up speed of the regular tablets and Media Center PCs, one to two million would be about right for the first year and maybe 10 million by 2010.

[Felix Torres]

Originally Posted by jaarso

According to the article posted on Brighthand, it will be priced at less than $1000. Take a look at http://www.brighthand.com/article/Ga...ra_Mobile_2007

1- They have the ultraportable listed as a mockup; it isn't. Its a full, working prototype.
2- They quote expected sales of 100 million by 2008. Somebody must've slipped a decimal or two, cause that would mean every portable sold that year would be an ultraportable. Judging by the ramp-up speed of the regular tablets and Media Center PCs, one to two million would be about right for the first year and maybe 10 million by 2010.

[Jonathon Watkins]

Originally Posted by Felix Torres

Wacom all the way.
That's the only way they can get the all-screen look.
Touch screens require anywhere from 1/4 inch to 1/2 bezels.
And the bigger the screen, the bigger the bezel.

Any idea why that it, or is it just 'one of these things'? I don't see why a larger screen would necessitate that.

[Jonathon Watkins]

Originally Posted by Darius Wey

:twak:

Gotta learn to run faster, Jonathan. :P

No-one goes as fast as you Darius. :lol:

[jlp]

Originally Posted by ricksfiona

If this thing is 8" x 6", it's too big for a PDA.

From the pix of Bill holding the device one can clearly see the width/length ratio is not 3/4, but rather 1/2, so if the length is 8", one can reasonably guesstimate the width to be around 4" which is the right size to fit a jacket pocket.

Given the OQO weight (14 ounces; 396g), this one shouldn't weigh twice as much; around 1 lb (455g) is realistic.

[Felix Torres]

Originally Posted by Jonathon Watkins

Any idea why that it, or is it just 'one of these things'? I don't see why a larger screen would necessitate that.

Touch screen tech just works that way.
There was a news post here about a year or two ago that touted a new advance in pda digitizers that only needed a quarter-in bezel.
They must need it to anchor the digitizer grid leads.