Re: Tablet PC's

[Steven Edgar <yahoogroups@xxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 03 June 2003 13:23, Paul wrote:
> VERY tempting - anyone seen one of these (how good is the screen?)
>

I've got one of these. The touch screen is pretty good, although not the=20
brightest of colours. It does seem pretty slow though, which is the only=20
reason I've not completely reworked the installed Linux OS, as it is
very=20
limited. The hard disk is, as I remember, about 1.5Gb worth, so you
could=20
install a decent distribution on there.=20

Complaints? Battery life could be better, but it depends on your usage. If
=
you=20
want it as an automation control system where it spends most of its life
in=
=20
the cradle you'll be fine, but after about 1.5 hours of websurfing out of
t=
he=20
cradle using a wireless card it'll be out of power. The installed Netscape=
=20
browser is a bit too old for my liking, and it keeps on forgetting its
IP=20
settings on me (but I could fix that if I'd just use dhcp on my
network).=20
They also haven't installed any file transfer software (no ftp, ssh, nfs),=
=20
and other utilities you normally rely on under Linux are missing.

So the key question, would I buy another? If money was really tight I
think=
I=20
would, but I'm looking at one of these

http://www.wirelessuk.biz/xpilot1.html

which at =A3925 is tempting. This lot also sell the Progear at =A3695.


Hope this help


Steven


> Paul.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Bond [mailto:chris@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 03 June 2003 13:16
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Tablet PC's
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> Long as that guy isnt involved in it again :)
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 1:12 PM
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> > Hmmm. Sounds good
> >
> > Im willing to do this as per Fujis.
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> > G.
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> > Anyone remember the TabletPC's from SonicBlue...... with the
demise of
> > SB stock is being sold off from $499 here
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> > http://www.progear-repair.com/
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> > Can't take credit for this appeared on TheReg, dare I utter the
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> > BulkBuy ?
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