07-11-2002, 07:01 AM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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First Loox review posted
http://www.firstloox.org/review_page_1.htm
Well, the Loox is finally shipping! It's being released over in Europe first, and FirstLoox.org has gotten their hands on a unit to review. So far the results are looking very positive...although I have to wonder, if you start a web site devoted to a certain Pocket PC, can you really give that Pocket PC a negative review? It would negate your whole purpose for existing.  I think the review is quite fair so far though - the Loox is, quite honestly, one of the most exciting Pocket PCs I've seen, and I'm quite eager to get my hands on one.
"The screen is bright and sharp. Quite a bit brighter than the iPAQ 3870 screen and with clear well defined whites and blacks. It is definitely transflective! No photo on this page was taken using a flash so the brightness of the screen really shows hrough [sic]. Cleartype works exactly as it should. There are eight brightness levels - ranging from off through to a very bright (near iPAQ!) top level. The lowest light setting provides more than enough light to use the Loox in a completely dark setting. The Loox has an automatic brightness control that reacts instantly to changes of light (much faster than the iPAQ 3870 which always needed 'thinking time'!)"
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07-11-2002, 07:15 AM
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Mystic
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,768
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last sentence
the very last sentence in this first part of the review somewhat scares me... but doesn't surprise me.
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Next - Performance (in which we will learn that the Loox is technically very slow - but it doesn't seem to realise that...!)
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07-11-2002, 07:21 AM
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Oracle
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 864
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No suprises it performs the same as other X-Scales...... however the Toshiba kills everyone on some functions... if anyone can get ahold of ATI to get a dev kit we might see some advantage otherwise head here to see the performance numbers for yourself....
http://www.firstloox.org/review_page_2.htm
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07-11-2002, 07:49 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 70
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That screen sure does not look transflective like the box says.
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07-11-2002, 10:26 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Well, If nothing else it has a smart stylus. I like the extending design. I suggested a similar design to PDAPanache for the 560 series Jornada and they said thanks but no thanks :cry: Now if I could cram that stylus in my Jornada...
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07-11-2002, 11:01 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Loox :lol: very nice. I was torn between the XDA and the new iPAQ 3970, but I think I have found my new PDA.
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That screen sure does not look transflective like the box says.
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Not so sure about the screen either, but the photos aren't brilliant.
One thing that troubled me:
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(By the way - currently the Pocket Loox does NOT support diagonals)
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...might not be so good for games 
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07-11-2002, 11:18 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Look at all the light that's visible in the picture of the Loox taken from the side. That sure looks like a traditional sidelight screen. The iPAQ 3900 (which has a transflective screen) doesn't leak light out of its sides like that.
Screen design difference or midleading advertising on the Loox? Hmm...
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07-11-2002, 11:24 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 185
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Originally Posted by TMAN
That screen sure does not look transflective like the box says.
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TMAN, sorry that I have to correct you an this. It says so on the box, it says so in the handbook... and it's what FSC always said beforehand. So, why a comment like this?
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07-11-2002, 11:33 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 185
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Re: First Loox review posted
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
http://www.firstloox.org/review_page_1.htm
Well, the Loox is finally shipping! It's being released over in Europe first, and FirstLoox.org has gotten their hands on a unit to review.
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Hi Jason, as bad as it is... the LOOX is not shipping in Europe yet. Duncan like some others received a preview device. But shipping is not very far andymore - should happen in the next two weeks in England and Germany.
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
So far the results are looking very positive...although I have to wonder, if you start a web site devoted to a certain Pocket PC, can you really give that Pocket PC a negative review? It would negate your whole purpose for existing. I think the review is quite fair so far though - the Loox is, quite honestly, one of the most exciting Pocket PCs I've seen, and I'm quite eager to get my hands on one. |
I had the same feelings about FIRSTLOOX in the beginning, but since Duncan is never hiding negative aspects either I have no doubts that his review is as fair as it should be... but make up your mind yourselves...
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07-11-2002, 12:15 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 168
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Is the Loox going to be available at retailers like CompUSA or Circuit City, or will this be mainly an internet kind of thing? I always like to mess with the merchandise a bit before buying (the orignal iPAQ was the exception).
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