[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You could make a "big" communicating PDA, if you could put a SUN Niagara
cpu with OGD1 inside on an asic (~500Mhz design completly maid for
consumption), with 1Go DRAM, 1 Go FLASH, USB, bluetooth, WiMAX,
GSM900/1800/..., Wifi.
You could make a truly portable computer : 10h of power on, less than 1 kg
(including the usualy enormous power supply !), 14" (12" is too small to
work).
I've seen large format tablet computers in advertising (not in
person -- I'm thinking of an ad in Linux Journal, though I can't
remember the name. I think the retailer is "Emperor Linux" or
something like that). I remember seeing a review of one which
was basically a laptop with a reversible touchscreen that could
be folded over the keyboard to use as a tablet (e.g. for drawing
and note-taking), or flipped up to make a conventional keyboard
and screen (for writing).
I see your point about combining ultra-low-power electronics
with a really big battery to get a system that was actually *usable*
on battery.
Unfortunately, the industry right now seems to think that the point
of a laptop is to run for 2-3 hours and be as light and thin as possible.
I'd rather lug around a laptop as heavy as the old ones, and have
more of that weight be battery, so that it lasts for 12hours or more
(Actually, 36 hours would be my goal -- enough to get through a weekend).
Certainly 8-10 hrs would make it possible to replace the clipboard and
paper I used to take class notes on in college.
And why can't people in the industry figure this out? Didn't they watch
Star Trek -- that thing Yeoman Rand was always handing Kirk to sign
is what we want, darn it (well, maybe a little thinner, but you get the
idea).
Cheers,
Terry
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Terry Hancock ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Anansi Spaceworks http://www.AnansiSpaceworks.com
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