Comments on: Atom-based tiny computer/huge phone from Sharp http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/04/14/atom-based-tiny-computerhuge-phone-from-sharp/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:31:15 -0500 hourly 1 By: Reboot http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/04/14/atom-based-tiny-computerhuge-phone-from-sharp/comment-page-1/#comment-662005 Reboot Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:27:05 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/04/14/atom-based-tiny-computerhuge-phone-from-sharp/#comment-662005 Great find! I used to own a Sharp Wizard OZ-770 - truly great PDA with unbelievable battery life (100 hours). This unit isn't much larger. The only issue I have with this is... why Vista? XP would be a much better choice for this lower-powered chip (MS has already made allowance to continue to support XP on other small devices, such as the Asus EeePC). Certainly a modified Linux distro (or any of the lightweight versions out there) would do well on this thing. What does it really matter, I guess. Another cool tech item available only in Japan... Great find! I used to own a Sharp Wizard OZ-770 – truly great PDA with unbelievable battery life (100 hours). This unit isn’t much larger. The only issue I have with this is… why Vista?

XP would be a much better choice for this lower-powered chip (MS has already made allowance to continue to support XP on other small devices, such as the Asus EeePC). Certainly a modified Linux distro (or any of the lightweight versions out there) would do well on this thing.

What does it really matter, I guess. Another cool tech item available only in Japan…

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