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I think it's the kind of thing that just about every company would love to have now, and they can make the components small enough right now, but it would probably melt itself if the battery would last long enough to do so.

I think these are the reasons why Apple's holding out on a PDA. They want to do it right. Palms and PocketPCs are fairly crippled compared to real computers. I think that once it gets to the point where Apple can come out with something that'll run a full version of OS X at full speed and have a reasonable battery life, they'll be on top of it.

It might not be as innovative in a few years, but it certainly can't be very practical today.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/
This thing is going to be pretty bulky in 2 years.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/
Seriously tho, it's coming to such a device. Still we wait for battery improvements.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/
Doing that would give Intel a lot more room for the keyboard too, which might actually (almost) make it touch-typable.

Anything would be an improvement on the keyboard they have now. It looks like something from a cheap electronic organizer circa 1995. Considering that this is a full-fledged computer, you'll want a much better keyboard than this, trust me.
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Hopefully fuel-cell technology will soon advance to the point where we can power these things for several days on a single 'charge'.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/i hope it would use some Flash memory as a hard drive like 20gb should b good,,,it can replace PMP or mp3 player,,,,,,
i think if we consider the 500$price it would be good n worth getting instead of the nokia 770 which is expected to cost around 300-350$
i really want it badly]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/
Anyone ever think that maybe Intel is working with Apple on their pda/tablet computer? I think Apple is in line to use this low wattage technology for their tablet. I wonder if they might be the first
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That keyboard, yes that's an eyesore, BUT I like this... concept... even if it's XP/Vista... I am probably of the few that DON't mind just a touchscreen and some hand-writing recognition s/w... and or WHY NOT A FULL SCREEN and then a virtual keypad...

Maybe by then OLED (even with it's 'lifespan')]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/
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James Whited, Reviewer, PDALive.com]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/http://www.imate.com/DETAILS_JASJAR.htm]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/
You want one of these then:

http://conics.net/shp/pda/zaurus-sl-c700/sl-c3100.html

with one of the X based distributions.

Or if you prefer something closer to the Intel form factor:

http://www.conics.net/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=23&products_id=93

If you can still find one....]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/21/hands-on-with-intels-ruby-handheld-pc/]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:20AM