Re: Re: Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 - UK Launch

["Mal Lansell" <mlansell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Drool!

It's very nice, but I was think of something larger still - something with
a
display around the size of one of those spiral-bound notepads (8"
screen?)



----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 9:33 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 - UK Launch


>
> Would something like this count as "a little bigger than a
PDA" ??
>
> http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/handhelds/0,39023880,39162961,00.htm
>
> The hx4700's main attraction is its brilliant 4in. 65,536-colour VGA
TFT
> display that boasts a 640-by-480-pixel resolution. Translation? It
> produces sharp and crisp images for a better viewing experience. You
can
> also switch between portrait and landscape mode, thanks to the
inclusion
> of Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition...
>
> I've put one of these on my xmas list....
>
> Paul G.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andy Laurence [mailto:andy@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 28 October 2004 11:41
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 -
UK
> Launch
> >
> > >
> > > A Media Center PC would no doubt have both.  Throw in some
other HA
> > > devices and you have a right mish-mash of interfaces.  What
I would
> like
> > is
> > > a unified front end that ideally would run on something a
bit bigger
> > than a
> > > PDA (but a PDA would have to do for now, I suppose).  The
xPL stuff
> is
> > > heading that way, but it's going to be a while before it's
at the
> stage
> > of
> > > being as polished as Xlobby.
> >
> > I'm no hardware know-it-all, so I'm not aware of a device a
little
> bigger
> > than a PDA.  However, to have a unified front end, you need a GUI
with
> a
> > flexible back end.  Xlobby does do this (on a PC screen and a PDA
> screen),
> > and can interface with almost anything.  There's nothing that
will
> just
> > work though.  It will require some work to get it right.  Of
course,
> if
> > everything is xAP/xPL, you should be able to plug'n'play,
especially
> with
> > the xAP interface in the pipeline for Xlobby.
> >
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