[olug] Handhelds/wearables

[John Hobbs]

I love my Nokia N770, the N810 predecessor, but it isn't a full fledged
computer.  You surf the web, read books, and play games. That's about it.

- John Hobbs

john at velvetcache.org

http://www.velvetcache.org/
http://www.ouruno.com/

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 8:24 PM, Christopher Cashell <topher-olug at zyp.org>wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 7:54 PM, Luke Dashjr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
> > Netbooks don't fit in my pocket, and are being phased out by Intel (AMD
> has
> > never had an interest).
>
> The smallest 7" ones come pretty close to pocket sized, depending on
> the size of your pockets.
>
> As for their future, I definitely wouldn't be writing them off right
> now.  New ones are being released almost every few weeks, and they're
> selling quite well.  Intel is still making the Atom CPU, and has a
> roadmap showing multiple future revisions.  I've seen nothing at all
> to even suggest they're being phased out (the closest I've seen was an
> article a few days ago suggesting that Intel is seeing them as a
> complement to Notebooks, not a replacement).  And, while AMD isn't
> making a Netbook specific CPU, it is making a couple of 'ultra mobile'
> notebook CPUs, and expects that the CPUs will see some use in
> Netbooks.  Either way, whether they're being made in 5 years or not
> shouldn't have a big impact on what you buy now.
>
> If a Netbook won't work, and you're not interested in a Nokia N810,
> there's very litlte left in the way of options in that size.  About
> the only ohter ones I know of are the Wibrain UMPC ($600+, hard to
> find), or the OQO ($1300-$2700).
>
> --
> Christopher
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