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Originally Posted by RCR
jkOnTheRun has a review of the new "Kojinsha Sx3kpo6ma". This PC is approximately the same size as the ASUS eee, with better specs. And it has a swivel screen so it can be used in tablet mode. It's pricey, but maybe other manufacturers will copy.
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As far as I remember, the kohjinsha runs on Vista with a 1,2 to 1,3Ghz Atom processor. The processor was slower than most mini notebooks, since it was created for devices like Palmtops, nettops, and oversized cellphones, not for laptops.
We done the test on one of them and it runs XP very slow, so imagine Vista...
Was this the one you where referring to?
If you want something really good,why not a fujitsu? They've got a 5" screen with 1280x800 resolution. To today it's the smallest,most powerfull device you can get!
Or,go for a Gigabyte, which has swivel touch and/or swivel screen as well and is plenty cheaper!
I personally would not use a tablet pc for reading pdf's,although it is possible.
The difference between a tablet pc and a laptop is small, and I find no reason to pay more for the tablet version, and last with less battery than a normal laptop.
Like mentioned above, there are laptops these days with swivel screens.
They seem the more common thing to buy to view PDF.
Ofcourse, it'll all depend on what plastic logics is going to do.
If they are going to sell their Plastic Logics reader for a price near to $500-800,it would be certainly more common sense to buy a laptop, Especially if they didn't manage to get outstanding battery life out of the device.
A laptop is like 20x faster and can display colors. Worst case you can still use a laptop with swivel screen on low backlight outside in the sunshine and get the same effect as e-ink devices only a lot darker and more difficult to read, but in color.
If they could price it very competitive despite having excellent battery life, (sub $400-500),we could see affordable e-ink devices on the market very soon,that are excellent devices to read PDF's.