11-13-2002, 11:28 PM
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Viewsonic V35 Coming Soon
Waiting for the Viewsonic V35? Szamot emailed me the following - I can't confirm this, so don't treat it as gospel, but it's good news!
"I just got a word from my rep at ViewSonic who has confirmed that V35 will be officially announced this coming Friday Nov. 15th for immediate availability in US and Canadian availability slated for January 1, 2003. All current production models are allocated to US all currently built for everyone else including Canada. The pricing will be in the range of $510 - $545 CDN but you can pre order one for as low as $475 CDN which means there is still some fat for resellers to trim. I am waiting to hear on Friday if by some stroke of luck I can get mine sooner than January 1, 2003. Life will be great."
On a slightly darker note, I've heard a report that the SD slot on the V35 is not SDIO. This directly conflicts what I was told at Mobius by the Viewsonic rep, so I'm trying to get a confirmation. Don't cancel those orders yet!
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11-14-2002, 12:05 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jun 2002
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without SDIO, V35 only worth less than $199, no matter how thin or how bright the display is. It only has one slot, contrast fo SD/CF on other.
plus BT SD is out, and it has some use.
so, they better not making a funny move and fudging about spec, or this machine will go directly to discounted bin and becomes a footnoot in Annals of Forgotten PDA.
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11-14-2002, 12:07 AM
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Theorist
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Please please please be true!!!
oh, PLEASE be true - I've been "Pda-less" for about a month now, and it's driving me nuts (I am very disorganized without a PDA...).
I've *almost* come to the point of cancelling my Amazon.com V35 order, and just getting an iPaq 395x off eBay, but after having an iPaq 3650 for 2 years, I was looking forward to the lighter weight and thinness of the V35.
I guess I'll give them till the 1st week of December, and if there's not ship-date confirmed on Amazon by then, I'm gonna jump ship and get the iPaq (or another transflective PDA, possibly even the Dell... ugh... damn brick).
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11-14-2002, 12:15 AM
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Theorist
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Originally Posted by mookie123
without SDIO, V35 only worth less than $199, no matter how thin or how bright the display is. It only has one slot, contrast fo SD/CF on other.
plus BT SD is out, and it has some use.
so, they better not making a funny move and fudging about spec, or this machine will go directly to discounted bin and becomes a footnoot in Annals of Forgotten PDA.
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I think that's not quite reasonable, really - if Viewsonic DID mess up and say it's SDIO, and it's not, then shame on them, but since the vast majority of people never plug anything into their PDA except for memory (if that), I doubt this will be relegated to the "dust bin", and most people won't cancel their order.
Even on this board, where most of us are techies and/or "power-users", a lot of people (including me) wouldn't cancel their order because of that.
I've had my iPaq for 2 years, and it doesn't have ANY slot built-in, I've always had to use a CF jacket for my 802.11b CF card, and memory cards. Perhaps they'll release a jacket to use CF (or not... :-( )
Either way - the *average* user (which we are probably not) will probably never know the difference.
Kirkaiya
p.s. According to the original Viewsonic Acrobat (PDF) file, "Store additional files and information with optional Secure Digital memory cards." - and the image is labeled, "Secure Digital Slot", not SDIO... So.. hate to say it, but it might be only SD.. have to wait to see what Jason finds out!
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11-14-2002, 12:37 AM
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Thinker
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Viewsonic doesn't have ANY other type of slot if the SD is not IO, even sledge. Why can't they just work something out so Asus's sledge can sit on viewsonic? the form factor is similar, the pins can't be that different....
oh well....
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11-14-2002, 12:53 AM
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For my 2 cents, probably not even worth that. Seems liek fo rthat price teh dell is a better buy. I have been thinking baout selling my IPAQ and buying the dell.
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11-14-2002, 02:56 AM
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Re: Viewsonic V35 Coming Soon
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
On a slightly darker note, I've heard a report that the SD slot on the V35 is not SDIO. This directly conflicts what I was told at Mobius by the Viewsonic rep, so I'm trying to get a confirmation. Don't cancel those orders yet!
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This is disappointing. I agree with another post that the V35 is only worth $199 without SDIO. I'm not cancelling my order yet because I have a hunch that the initial demand will exceed the supply and I can always return it. But no SDIO will probably push me over to Dell.
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11-14-2002, 03:32 AM
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Well the only reason I want this puppy is because I thought it had the SDIO but even if it does not it still will be a good and relatively inexpansive device, compared to my 3850. X5 seems like a good device too but it is quite bigger, and I am really looking for something smaller. I suppose we will all know better on Friday.
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11-14-2002, 03:39 AM
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Sage
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OK, well, I understand why some people here are upset...really I do...and I'm not critisizing those people...BUT!
As Kirkaiya said, I doubt the target audience of this device (low-end consumer) will care one way or another.
The problem really is that Thin is equated to Low End in the PocketPC world so what is meant as a low end device gets held to a higher (and perhaps unfair) standard.
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11-14-2002, 04:14 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
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I understand people wanting SDIO, especially when it is an available standard. I was always a bit pissed my 3870 wasn't SDIO, but with a dual slot PDA like this one, I really don't think it's THAT necessary.
I think the best use for a dual unit like this is to use memory in SD slot and get peripherals for the CF slot. There are many more IO type peripherals available for the CF slot over the SDIO (and from what I've read, there aren't a ton of announced SDIO ones coming either).
I have yet to see anyone make a very compelling arguement that SDIO is a must on this device ... especially when it will drive up the costs of the device in order to pay for the royalties. :roll:
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