01-23-2004, 11:30 PM
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More Chips Squeeze Into Handhelds
"Toshiba has developed a new chip-production technology that increases by 50 percent the number of layers of components that can be crammed inside a standard Multi-Chip Package for use in products such as cell phones and PDAs, the company says. For users of cellular telephones, personal digital assistants, and other small-size portable electronics, it could mean even smaller devices. Manufacturers could shrink the device's size because chips can be consolidated into single packages. Or, manufacturers could produce more feature-rich and powerful products, because additional memory and other components can be added with no sacrifice to size."
Sounds good, but I wonder if any Pocket PC using this chip won't be compatible with OS upgrades? :lol:
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01-23-2004, 11:57 PM
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Sounds good, but I wonder if any Pocket PC using this chip won't be compatible with OS upgrades?
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Somehow I just can't imagine that being a problem for Toshiba....
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01-24-2004, 12:12 AM
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Originally Posted by corphack
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Sounds good, but I wonder if any Pocket PC using this chip won't be compatible with OS upgrades?
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Somehow I just can't imagine that being a problem for Toshiba.... |
That was a joke based on Toshiba's lack of upgrades for users. Perhaps my humour was a little too dry. ;-)
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01-24-2004, 12:20 AM
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So was my comment. I forgot to add the smiley.
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01-24-2004, 03:09 AM
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sarcasm...
Sarcasm, on Pocket PC Thoughts? NEVER!
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01-25-2004, 04:46 PM
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I'm highly attracted to the idea that it can "cram more chips in," which, hopefully, means it will be much more powerful...BUT!!! Wouldn't smaller device=smaller screen?
I guess that might be good for some mobile phones (which would be used as phone only) and such, but for already-small-screened PPC? Hmm...:|
It's a very interesting article though  Thank you for sharing it with us! 
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01-25-2004, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Sydney Bristow
I'm highly attracted to the idea that it can "cram more chips in," which, hopefully, means it will be much more powerful...BUT!!! Wouldn't smaller device=smaller screen? |
Well, you can either think of it as similar features, smaller device, or same size device with more features.
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01-26-2004, 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Kati Compton
...same size device with more features.
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That's my choice anyway - if PPCs get any smaller then they are going to be hard to view/use.
Pack in the features! :mrgreen:
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