03-31-2004, 08:00 AM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
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NEC MobilePro 900C launches in US
Geekzone report that NEC are introducing theNEC MobilePro 900c to the US. The MobilePro 900c is an "instant on" ultra portable handheld PC that weighs less than two pounds, yet features a near full-size keyboard and a flip-up-style 8.1-inch HVGA (640 x 240) display that has touch screen functionality. It is engineered with an Intel PXA255 400MHz� Note that this is running Window CE 4.2 and not any flavour of Pocket PC.
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The specs include 64MB RAM, 32MB ROM, an integrated 56Kbps V.90 modem, a PC Card Type I/II slot, a Compact Flash Type I/II slot and an infrared (Fast IR) port. Software consists of CE .NET integrated viewers including ones for Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe PDF, custom Personal Information Management (PIM) applications, including e-mail, scheduling, task, and contact management and mobile synchronization.
This feature might catch a few of your eyes: �Improved USB functionality which allows users to connect several peripherals to the product, including but not limited to, a full-size keyboard, a mouse, a CD/DVD drive, and a USB memory key.� You can read more about the 900C at the NEC website.
Not a bad package at all. Now NEC, how about making the rest of us a PPC with a near full-sized keyboard?
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03-31-2004, 08:32 AM
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Theorist
Join Date: Apr 2004
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I'm looking forward to it
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03-31-2004, 08:48 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Interesting... I especially like the idea of being able to connect select USB devices to this computer.
However, I think I'd rather go for the Sony Vaio with the 10" screen that's only slightly larger than this but is a full PC. Of course, if this is significantly cheaper than the Sony, I'd have to take that statement back.
I'm really looking forward to the dawn of subnotebooks here in the US. They're the rage in Japan, but as usual, us Americans are slow to catch on....
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03-31-2004, 08:51 AM
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Mystic
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Ahh they return. I remember seeing somthing like this and it when I was a kid. If they weren't so expensive, I'd fulfill a childhood dream.
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03-31-2004, 08:57 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Why doesn't it have built-in Wifi/Bluetooth and a wired NIC?
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03-31-2004, 10:01 AM
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Theorist
Join Date: Apr 2004
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a ten inch sony vaio? hmmm I would like that more too.
Sub notebooks are going to be all the rage in my back pack soon.
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03-31-2004, 11:35 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Nov 2007
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This thing must perform like a dog. No thanks.
No wifi or BT. PATHETIC!
Memory, WAIT, there is none. Get out of the stone ages.
It has a terrible screen as well; it should be twice that resolution . No thanks.
CE.NET? Are you joking? Really, are you joking?
If I were to buy another device that big, I'd get a new Alienware.
Bring on the OQO. :devilboy:
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03-31-2004, 01:15 PM
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Swami
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Originally Posted by Rock
This thing must perform like a dog. No thanks.
No wifi or BT. PATHETIC!:
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I think you are being more than a little harsh Rock. The PXA255 400MHz is a respectable processor. Not everyone needs wireless connectivity either. What makes you think that the performance of this unit is not up to scratch?
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Originally Posted by Rock
Memory, WAIT, there is none. Get out of the stone ages.
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64Mb is still reasonable. It's certainly not none!
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Originally Posted by Rock
It has a terrible screen as well; it should be twice that resolution . No thanks.
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Umm, this is the standard resolution for a device of this type. Has been for years.
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Originally Posted by Rock
CE.NET? Are you joking? Really, are you joking?
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No. It has it's place. It's not a PPC - but it's not intended to be.....
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Originally Posted by Rock
Bring on the OQO. :devilboy:
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Don't know if I can wait that long Rock! I want to get a new unit in the next 20 years. :wink:
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03-31-2004, 01:45 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Jul 2003
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While I don't know enough to responl to all of Rock's comments I have to agree that a lack of connectivity and the lack of built in comms makes this device very unattractive.
While I appreciate what Johnathon says about not everyone needing wireless comms, I just think that this sort of mobile workhorse device is ill conceived unless it packs at least Blueooth.
If I was in the market for this sort of device I'd probably go for a 2nd hand Aero 8000 or Jornada 820
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03-31-2004, 01:48 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Originally Posted by Jonathon Watkins
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Originally Posted by Rock
This thing must perform like a dog. No thanks.
No wifi or BT. PATHETIC!:
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I think you are being more than a little harsh Rock. The PXA255 400MHz is a respectable processor. Not everyone needs wireless connectivity either. What makes you think that the performance of this unit is not up to scratch?
**Can you imagine how poorly a movie will run on this screen with that processor. The e805 with a 4" screen, the latest video processor and 2MB of dedicated memory can barely cut it. This thing will be dog slow. I can also probably count on one hand the number of people that don't want some form of wireless.**
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Originally Posted by Rock
Memory, WAIT, there is none. Get out of the stone ages.
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64Mb is still reasonable. It's certainly not none!
**I disagree here, 64 MB of RAM is not enough anymore. 32 MB of flash ROM definitely isn't enough.**
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Originally Posted by Rock
It has a terrible screen as well; it should be twice that resolution . No thanks.
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Umm, this is the standard resolution for a device of this type. Has been for years.
**That's the problem, the specs ARE years old. Again, it's time to leave the stone ages behind.**
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Originally Posted by Rock
CE.NET? Are you joking? Really, are you joking?
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No. It has it's place. It's not a PPC - but it's not intended to be.....
**Some people may like it, but it's place is the garbage heap IMO. Why not use XP? Oh, I forgot, it has stone age specs.**
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Originally Posted by Rock
Bring on the OQO. :devilboy:
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Don't know if I can wait that long Rock! I want to get a new unit in the next 20 years. :wink:
**It's only a few more months, you can do it!** |
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