04-16-2002, 01:25 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Yakumo Pocket PC hits the streets in Germany in April
http://www.vobis.de/presse/2002/13032002_3.html
Vobis Microcomputer, a retail chain in Germany is about to bring a Pocket PC 2002 to market this spring. The brand name is Yakumo, according to Grieg Winter who sent in word about this! It will cost approximately EUR499, about US$440. The Pocket PC uses a 206MHz Intel StrongARM Processor, 64 MB RAM, 32 MB Flash ROM. It weighs in at 143 metric grams and measures 120.9 x 76.8 x 13.8 metric millimeters. (Use what ever stones, sticks or thumbs you'd like to convert that to US metrics!)
Very cool to see the list of brands and manufacturers grow!
See a larger picture!
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04-16-2002, 02:47 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Insert predictable first comment here....
No D-Pad?
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And there you are.
I was just thinking, "What could take this headache I have over that edge to a full blown migrane?"
And there you are.
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04-16-2002, 03:15 PM
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Oracle
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Probably why it's so cheap! :wink: Anybody else worried that any more of this un-innovative design is just going to stagnate the market?
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04-16-2002, 03:58 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Looks Pretty, but why 206 Mhz when X-scale is comming, no D-pad and only 64 Mb. Would have liked to have seen at least 128 Mb internal. I guess thats why is so cheap, I wonder if we are going to see abunch of these low price units, which will not sell well and then all these companies will pull out saying that their is no market for the PocketPC.
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04-16-2002, 04:17 PM
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Executive Editor
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I think you guys need to remember that you're power users, and you represent a small portion of the market - your needs and wants are very, very different from the average consumer or corporate user. Something to keep in mind when you're dissing a product. 
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04-16-2002, 04:21 PM
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Oracle
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
I think you guys need to remember that you're power users, and you represent a small portion of the market - your needs and wants are very, very different from the average consumer or corporate user. Something to keep in mind when you're dissing a product. |
True but a little thought put in the design goes a long way i mean this looks like the Royal DaVinci not a high-tech Pocket PC, looks aren't everything but if you plan on moving units it at least has to be somewhat appealing! Yeah I'm a power user but even budget conscience still have eyes! :lol:
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04-16-2002, 04:27 PM
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Executive Editor
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While I can understand the design decisions behind this unit, the price is still too high - $440 is too expensive. If it was $350-$399, it would be more compelling.
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04-16-2002, 09:07 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Originally Posted by Thomas E.
Looks Pretty, but why 206 Mhz when X-scale is comming, no D-pad and only 64 Mb. Would have liked to have seen at least 128 Mb internal.
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More memory means higher power drain. What are you stuffing your RAM with that couldn't be put on a storage card? 64MB RAM gives you about 50MB of storage... that should be enough for more than 90% of usage scenarios.
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04-16-2002, 09:08 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
While I can understand the design decisions behind this unit, the price is still too high - $440 is too expensive. If it was $350-$399, it would be more compelling.
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At least the price is going down, not up like with the other OEMs.
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04-17-2002, 05:42 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
I think you guys need to remember that you're power users, and you represent a small portion of the market - your needs and wants are very, very different from the average consumer or corporate user. Something to keep in mind when you're dissing a product. |
I'll never buy that argument - I think every manufacturer of every product on the planet should always strive for excellence in product design and innovation. One reason why I'm very critical (not to mention Jason!) of Palm is their lack of innovation as of late.
So when a PPC maker tosses out a product with ho hum design and zero innovation and it's explained away as "hey, remember you are power users, your demands are higher" is kind of, well, I don't wanna use the H word here because that's too strong, but... you know. Bottom line is, it is an excuse we should never accept, esp. since the device is so close in price point to products with the design and functionality we "power users" expect.
Me, I'm still waiting for that true killer product in the PPC arena. The iPaq was killer, but that was so almost 3 years ago now (it's been that long, right, since it was first buzzed?). The killer product for me is the one that incorporates all today's "power user" wants, with CF storage, secondary storage, gobs of memory, gobs of juice to spare, sleek and thin with a huge, bright, transflective screen, and gsm/gprs connectivity that can be ported to external devices.
The o2 comes sorta close, but so far what I've read about its battery life and the lack of ported gprs ability turns me off. No CF also turns me off from buying it.
The form factor of the new Danger PDA/phone looks enticing, but it would be better if it were a full PPC 2k2 device (or 2k3 device, with a decent wp app), full colour screen, cf card, and the aforementioned external-ported gprs connectivity.
If anyone reads the Tom Clancy(tm) branded "net force" books, set 10 years in the future, everyone uses a device very akin to the Danger product for communication and net surfing. We are heading that direction no doubt. Problem I have is, I want it NOW :lol:
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