The savings is not savings, and in the selection.
Edmund Burke, British writer and philosopher
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Toshiba is not as well known in the market of handheld computers, how computers and mobile laptops. However, releasing fairly successful debut models e570 and e740, the enterprising Japanese could not complete a series of handheld palm mid-level price, affordable to many fans of these wonderful machines. This is how the Toshiba e310, which is already readily available in Moscow, and for relatively little money. This PDA is already referred to another Palm-killer'om. Indeed, its size and weight, not to mention functionality, only stokes battle has flared between the two platforms. However, Toshiba e310 is not news to the market, and prices on the time to settle. That's really very tempting to buy modern device on Pocket PC 2002, which is not expensive hi-end Palm'a. However, experience with the "popular" Pocket PC Casio BE-300 shows that not everything that is good and cheap for small money is nothing, pardon the pun, the item can not be bought. Applies whether the law on Toshiba e310? Let's see ...
Hardware insides
Framework for fiscal handheld from Toshiba is the standard for Pocket PC-devices, Intel ARM processor with a frequency of 206 MHz. The amount of memory in e310 is small (32 MB), but it is enough for all the necessary applications. Yes and it is the budget item that it was something worse than a more expensive counterparts.
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Memory, by the way, added through SD / MMC slot, which is used in all computers on the Palm OS from Palm Inc., New products from Handspring and several others. So, the choice of this particular slot rasshireiya (in a more expensive model e570 have Compact Flash and SD / MMC) can be considered justified. KPC communicate with the user through the 3.5-inch reflective screen. The display has a resolution of 320x240 pixels and displays 65,536 colors. This will agree, not bad for a screen budget model, given that the size has not decreased, as in Palm m130, and the number of colors remained the same can not be said about the Casio BE-300, or about the same Handspring Treo 90. On top of that screen for Toshiba e310 brilliantly copes with svom tasks: works even better than his brother Toshiba e570 or competitor Palm m515. Clear contrast image is saved on him as a backlight, and without it. This allows one to work comfortably in almost any lighting conditions (of course within reason).
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This model uses a lithium-ion battery 1000 mAh. Of course, this is not 3000 mAh, as in the Toshiba e740, but for a budget machine is quite amiss. According to the developers, the battery allows the handheld to work offline for about 10 hours. No wonder that Toshiba, like everyone else, a little disingenuous on this issue. In practice, of the order of 6-8 hours (exact time depends on the kind of tasks). As for the sound, there is probably nothing to complain about - 16-bit stereo sound with a frequency of 44.1 kHz and enough high-quality speaker "know their stuff." Of course, for the stereo built-in speaker is not enough, but who you are prohibited from using headphones, the output at which there is in this model ...In addition to high-quality mp3-player to the buyer of this device receives a digital voice recorder, because the Toshiba e310 has a built-in microphone. It seems that opportunities for the Japanese news for low-cost product is more than enough. How did things with their implementation?
Soft software
On licenses still Toshiba saved. According to the riches postovlyaemogo software e310 loses iPAQ. The kit contains only the most necessary. In the dry ration includes Pocket Word, Pocket Excel, Pocket Internet Explorer, Microsoft ActiveSync and Microsoft Pocket Media Player. In principle, this should be sufficient for everyday work with documents and spreadsheets, surf the expanses of the Internet in search of additional software and music. Moreover, for all its budgetary focus is based on the Toshiba e310 Pocket PC 2002.
Well, the developers did not skimp on the ground and did not follow the example of the founders of BE-300. Thus they provide their hefty device compatibility with all kinds of software. Therefore, the user should have no difficulty with the installation of vending program.
What we have
Releasing a handheld economy class on Pocket PC 2002, Toshiba, of course, not lost. First, the market was waiting for him. Second, the cost producer in contrast with his Casio BE-300 can be identified correctly, because it was not in savings, and in the selection. Therefore, Toshiba e310 out quite successful. With its low price (in Moscow, Toshiba e310 can be purchased for almost $ 400) machine has full functionality, compact dimensions, low weight and, finally, the brand design.
Should I then buy Palm? The question is now worth more than ever. After all, if earlier handhelds family "palmovyh" took its price, compactness and performance, it is now for them is listed only performance, which is more than compensated multimedia capabilities Pocket PC. The authors, translation:
