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Re: Newer wearables?

Nice.  I wish I had known about that sooner.   I'm happy with my Toshiba,
but would certainly have preferred a new computer for less money.  Probably
would have gotten a faster CPU.  I suppose that I might still be ahead in
terms of long-term viability.  I would guess the Libretto got more market
saturation than the Ricoh, but that's just a guess.

It looks like the Ricoh is a bit larger, but not after you add the port
expander.  Also would have had a true 600x800 display.  Looks like the Magio
is a better option overall.

Rich

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael W Peterson" <>
To: "Rich Ervin" <>
Cc: "Josh Kindler" <>; <>
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: Newer wearables?

> On 3 October 2000 at 13:42, "Rich Ervin" <> wrote:
> > A nice, used Toshiba libretto is my choice.  It works as a standalone
> > computer and is usable as a wearable.  Slightly small for a laptop,
slightly
> > big for a wearable, completely perfect as a compromise at around $1K.
>
> The Hitachi VisionBook Traveler or Ricoh Magio is my choice, for the
> same reasons, plus it has serial, ps/2, vga, parallel, irda, 3 PCMCIA all
> built-in. No expansion/replicator/bar/thingy to get those ports like on
the
> Libretto. Price range is similar. Ricoh still has some Magios new at
> http://www.ricohdirect.com/magiolink and Extreme Computing has a short
> article on using them in a wearable at
> http://www.extremecomputing.com/gettingstarted1.html
>
> > I have an older 70CT I bought used.  Very happy with perfomance under
win95.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Josh Kindler" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 5:12 PM
> > Subject: Newer wearables?
> >
> >
> > > I've been wanting to get into Wearable computing for a while, but the
> > price
> > > point of commercial ones (mainly Via and Xybernaut) is to high, while
> > > home-brewed ones lik ethe WearComp and the Lizzy are either out of
date
> > > (Lizzy doesn't even have a pentium processor!), and/or require more
> > > electronic expertise than I have.
> > >
> > > Can anyone point me in the direction of a newer, more powerful/newer
> > model?
> > > (preferably one with a transmeta chip)
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > > --
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> > >
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> Michael W Peterson, Senior Architect
> Prodigy Communications, Fort Worth
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