Personal digital "Soap"
Olivetti - Italian company known for the average consumer as a manufacturer of typewriters, begin creating a PDA. Actually, this is nothing new since last year CeBIT'a, where their daughter an American company Royal unveiled its first original device, called daVinci. However, prior to the proud title of "Pocket PC" this cheap questionable quality did not reach the organizer. Conventional notebook, however, with an incomplete set of software for organizing personal affairs. Appearance very poor: the impression that the daVinci actuated hatchet, somewhere on the outskirts of Shanghai ... In addition, the developer decided to save on OSes, not to buy a license and offer the author's operating system, called DV OS (daVinci). However, the development of this strong smell of plagiarism. As a result of a dispute broke out between the Palm and Royal, which is not terminated, and to this day. On the show, however, Royal, on behalf of Olivetti has introduced two new items - continuation line pocket laptop daVinci DV @ to the web surfing and e-mail and a new range of PDAs called Linea, positioned as a personal digital e-mailers. But all in order. From a design standpoint the new daVinci DV @ refreshed only the bottom panel below the screen, which are located four (again, following the example of Palm) hot buttons against dzhoystikopodobnyh in earlier models. Socket has been repainted in silver, according to latest trends again. And so - bricks, and besides, with pretensions to style.
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Let's see what's new inside. Progress is: 16 MB of memory and ... oops! operating system Windows CE 3.0 ... Apparently, Palm-did was right in its claims to the Royal, that's not agreed. Slightly better was the black-and-white screen - 240x320 pixels, there was light. Yes, and now feeds on the device otherwise - by a lithium-ion batteries. To surf the web after all enough questionable features - Modem 33.6 kb / c, but for e-mail should suffice. daVinci DV @ can be directly connected to the telephone line. For these purposes on its "back" has a special connector RJ11. Together with Windows CE for PDAs appeared a decent keyboard and a crooked left running in this version of OS handwritten text recognition. That's all you can say about this machine. The new range is available in three Linea PDA - Linea 8, Linea Linea 16 and 32. Facilities meet the capacity of these machines - 8, 16 and 32MB, respectively. Work again on Windows CE 3.0. This line is positioned as a personal digital e-mailer. To e-mail from senior Linea Linea 16 and 32 has a built-in 14.4 dialup modem supports POP3, SMPT. Thus, the "soap" is possible without a desktop PC. To work with the e-mail for a younger model Linea 8 would require a special modem module, since it has no built-in. All three models are equipped with the original fold-out keyboard for easier typing. Screen is all of these handhelds is very mediocre - black and white LCD, with a resolution of 160x200 with dread models and 160x160 - with vosmimegabaytnoy. There is a standard set of software for handheld devices. They operate on batteries or from the network to which are connected with AC adapter. In general, for "postal" purposes and only for them - good, cheap cars, besides working on the network.
Handhelds «made in Taiwan»
Another well-known manufacturer of computers, this time a Taiwanese company Mitac, presented at the Hannover Exhibition whole bunch of handheld machines. Russian (and any other) user Mitac brand known for gorgeous LCD desktop monitor, a compact desktop PC and laptop. Moreover, laptops - it's Pipit Mitac, the company produces them in large enough quantities to OEM-agreements for the world's largest companies.But sells its models under its own name and MiNote GETAC (the latter are known as notebooks for extreme conditions - a strong, reliable and virtually inaccessible to most users at a cost). Likely developments in the field of portable computers have helped to create an interesting series Mitac PDA-class Pocket PC. The range includes a number of handhelds, but we are most interested in three (of four), which were presented at the CeBIT-2002. This IP-151CVF - «classic» Pocket PC 2002, whose design resembles the Aero Pocket PC from Compaq; IP-206DDS - a very nice computer class Pocket PC running Windows CE 3.0; IP-181CSA - PDA phone with a color screen, made taking into account the specifications Pocket PC 2002 Premium (fourth model - IP-181CFA differs from the model with an index of CSA only lack of support for GPRS, and therefore of little interest about it).
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Now a little more about these cute and even a seemingly quite expensive stuff. Let's start with the model IP-151CVF. Mitac company is positioning it as the King of Wireless Pocket Slim World. I do not know how this thing «King», but it is completely subject to the requirements for the Pocket PC 2002 and nothing on the machines in this class, but quiet design (looks sort of ostepenivshegosya bully from a good family - sort of matured Tom Sawyer), is no different ... However one difference is - in the machine has a 32 megabyte flash memory as ROM. But exactly the same amount of flash memory installed in older models of PDAs from Compaq or Hewlett-Packard. So 1:1 in favor of the poor ... users who can not wait at least some diversity in the market of Pocket PC 2002. "Poor" in a figurative, of course, sense - cars, I repeat, very expensive. If anyone is curious, take a table of technical characteristics of any computer, Pocket PC 2002 and see. All of the above, starting with a reflective color screen for active matrix liquid crystal and the StrongARM processor clock frequency of 206 MHz, finishing of installed RAM to 64 MB and a full set of connectors and ports, will coincide to the smallest detail. Not even interesting, Sanchez-word ...
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Next Model - IP-206DDS Mitac defined as a Super Slim for Information Access. And again - super, super well, the manufacturer, as they say, know best. And for me - a very nice computer, stuffed with no worse than the most prestigious Pocket PC 2002 (even the memory is set to the maximum - as in the previous model), including a reflective color display with adjustable backlighting and all media "makeweight. However, with one significant "but" - a machine installed does not meet the specifications of Pocket PC 2002 Processor 200 MHz - ARM9 Thumb. What kind of "rock" - not in the know. But one thing is clear, IP-206DDS - a cross between a Pocket PC and Pocket PC 2002 ... "And he said, Mitac -" Be fruitful and multiply. And they enthusiastically followed his instructions ... "
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Finally, the device IP-181CSA, called the manufacturer Truly Air Supply. You know, they do not cheat (although Russian, unaccustomed to "move from England, an ear that's« Supply »sounds too ... surprise). This is the most beautiful, elegant and powerful communicator, which I've yet to see.But only if he is released - or just getting ready to release? In the characteristics of the type of processor - Intel Xacale 300/400 MHz ... So, 300 or 400? Or a processor with switchable operating frequencies - such as mobile versions Pentium III and IV? Next - Operating System Pocket PC 2002 Premium - are given in parentheses Merlin Premium. Yeah ... I guess it's still a promising prototype. While at Hanover stand communicator was presented as an industrial product. God knows ... I almost forgot. Externally, IP-181CSA - it's a nice in all respects, PDAs with built-in mobile communications, microphone and speaker - in places where it is assumed to have cell phones (microphone in the lower left, the speaker in the upper right corner). Short, sturdy antenna. Screen keyboard, software. Plus all the charm of a mobile phone with full support for GPRS. That is partly already a familiar sight. Who is on leaflets, and to whom and vyave ... Laptops Mitac are characterized by good consumer characteristics (comfortable keyboard, bright screen) and moderate-speed performance. And therefore at this Taiwanese company has no reason to release a failed model of handheld computer. And any revolutions we are from it and do not wait. The authors, translation: