processors and FP (was: OQO)

Bijan Parsia bparsia at email.unc.edu
Wed May 15 21:54:10 UTC 2002


On Wed, 15 May 2002, Aaron J Reichow wrote:

> On Wed, 15 May 2002, Jecel Assumpcao Jr wrote:
> 
> > > (I too await a PDA with a floating point unit of some sort...floating
> > > point, and lots of RAM....or, an iPod with Vorbis support...)
> >
> > How about the 4 inch screens on these new devices? Too large? Too small?
> 
> Sometiems I wonder if I'm the only one who thinks that is too small. 

No. *I'm* the only one who thinks it's too small.

> For
> a PDA, I want something with a screen the size of a Newton, but a bit
> thinner and lighter,

Yes! Paperback book size (with thin border) would be fine. Still prolly
need to be 100dpi. If grayscale is necessary for decent battery life,
fine.

> which is definately do-able with today's technology.

No kidding! But no one's doing it. Bah.

> What is the consensus?  Do most people just want tiny iPAQ-sized (but
> thinner and lighter) devices to do their scheduling?
[snip]

Who *cares* what the mob wants? What about MY needs? ;)

It's times like this I wish I were a significant focus group...

Cheers,
Bijan "Small market" Parsia.




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