03-06-2002, 08:02 PM
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Executive Editor
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The Canon Pocket PC that never was...
I received a very interesting photo and story from someone in Taiwan who obviously had an inside track to some very interesting news. It seems that Canon, makers of some awesome digital cameras, decided that they wanted to get into the PDA game last year. They went to a company in Taiwan to create their devices, did some mock-ups (shown below) and came very close to starting production (click on the thumbnail for a bigger version).
Somewhere along the way, however, the project got derailed. Rumours were that Canon lost faith in the manufacturer's ability to create the device to Canon's specifications, and the whole thing was scrapped. Based on the mock-up, this might have been a great Pocket PC. It was apparently going to have the same brushed steel look as most of the Canon digital cameras (like the S110). A metal Pocket PC? Awesome! And based on the mock-up, there was a camera involved.
And so ends the sad tale of the Pocket PC that never was. I wonder how many other "almost" devices are out there?
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03-06-2002, 09:22 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Are we sure this is not a fake? The stylus looks like it is on the left hand side which is unusual. Is this from a site in Taiwan? I'd be interested to check out the original source in Chinese.
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03-06-2002, 09:53 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Mar 2004
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maybe it's just the angle, but it looks huge
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03-06-2002, 09:58 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Shame
I think that a PDA from Canon would have proved to be very interesting and, no doubt, the camera would have been more than the usual 640x480 offering.
Just think of all those journalists out there not having to carry so much equipment, only their PDA and a mobile phone! Shame really. It could'a been a beauty!
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03-06-2002, 10:01 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
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The Canon Pocket PC that never was...
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
I received a very interesting photo and story from someone in Taiwan who obviously had an inside track to some very interesting news.
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Hmm, this looks terribly like a rendered 3D picture and not a photo of an actual device.
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03-06-2002, 10:05 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Oct 2003
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It looks absolutely real to me. The lighting is much to natural to be 3D.
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03-06-2002, 10:14 PM
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Executive Editor
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Originally Posted by klinux
Are we sure this is not a fake?
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I believe my source is accurate, and I wouldn't have published the photo and said it was true unless I felt it was. :-)
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03-06-2002, 10:15 PM
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Executive Editor
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The Canon Pocket PC that never was...
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Originally Posted by Marc Zimmermann
Hmm, this looks terribly like a rendered 3D picture and not a photo of an actual device.
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Does that mean the story is any less true?
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03-06-2002, 11:04 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Feb 2002
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what a shame.
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03-06-2002, 11:34 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
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The Canon Pocket PC that never was...
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
Does that mean the story is any less true?
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No. But knowing if they actually had a working model or just a fantasy item would make a difference.
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