If the only thing we're using to measure the value of electronics is battery life, then my old Sony Minidisc player with a 36 hour battery life is way better than my iPod.
Unfortunately, there are a few other things in play. Like that my iPod can also play videos, and has a better interface and screen. The Minidisc player also crashed less.
UMPCs are crap, and will continue to be crap for awhile until someone comes up with a good one, but I don't think tha was really a good comparison. You're comparing basically a tablet with a small screen to a PDA. The tablet can do things that the Newton will never be able to do, no matter how much fan-hacking goes into it. Yet another Apple-centric pointless fluff piece by the always-useless technology media.
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Eli @ Jul 30th 2006 4:46PM
If the only thing we're using to measure the value of electronics is battery life, then my old Sony Minidisc player with a 36 hour battery life is way better than my iPod.
Unfortunately, there are a few other things in play. Like that my iPod can also play videos, and has a better interface and screen. The Minidisc player also crashed less.
UMPCs are crap, and will continue to be crap for awhile until someone comes up with a good one, but I don't think tha was really a good comparison. You're comparing basically a tablet with a small screen to a PDA. The tablet can do things that the Newton will never be able to do, no matter how much fan-hacking goes into it. Yet another Apple-centric pointless fluff piece by the always-useless technology media.