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Re: Newer wearables?

On 3 October 2000 at 16:12, "Rich Ervin" <> wrote:
> 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.

Yep. I rarely come across someone who owns of the the Magio-class machines
or even knows they exist. The market for sublaptops has always been small
though. Toshiba hasn't even bothered to bring the latest Libretto models to
the US market.

For anybody with more money than sense, http://www.dynamism.com/ and
http://www.jpd.com/ both import the latest in Japanese laptop computers.

> 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.

Yeah. I played the same justification game, myself.  :)

> ----- 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.
> > > > --
> > > > Josh Kindler || UIN#25956850
> > > > antihype.com || AIM: joeschmo6
> > > >
> > > > Carpe Aptenodytes!
> > > >
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> > --
> > Michael W Peterson, Senior Architect
> > Prodigy Communications, Fort Worth
> >
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Michael W Peterson, Senior Architect
Prodigy Communications, Fort Worth

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