On 02/04/2008, Fearghas McKay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 15:25 +0100 1/4/08, Andy Leighton wrote: > >Really? I assume that Fearghas was talking about stuff like the Asus > >EEE (and the new Elonex One) rather than mobile phone like content. > >The EEE/Elonex/Cloudbook group of machines have fully functional OSes > >and fully functional browsers. They are far more like a PC than a > >mobile phone. > > Correct - I was specifically thinking of those devices. > > Things like the Nokia N800/810 and iPhone have hardware zoom buttons or > fancy hand movements to zoom. The Asus doesn't have that feature and > requires scrolling which is painful. I haven't had time to check the new > site propertly with the Asus as it is off being borrowed again - this time > on a trip to India, (last time it got to go to Cuba - all because a mate > hasn't been able to source one so just 'borrows mine').
I can't say I'm impressed. <http://www.ukfree.tv/styles/images/misc/eeepc_newbbcnews.jpg> FWIW I use all the above devices daily but my main browser experience is on > a pair of large screen LCDs and I would like graceful design so that I can > view on a 1920 wide screen. > > The likes of the Ausus is going to change the way that we access content, > particularly when there are deals such as the free Cloud wifi for BBC > Content - no need for expensive 3G / wifi mobile bandwidth. > > f > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial > list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv
