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shiggie · 06-07-2006, 07:58 AM

What I am specifically after is a replacement for a notepad. I've owned a number of PDAs and tested tablet PCs and so far found nothing in the vain of what I want.

The reason that the iRex appeals to me is because it seems to be nearing the specifications I have longed for.

The Nokia 770 looks like an interesting gadget, but about as useful to me as a chocolate condom; it's trying to be too much, convergance is nice, but I already have a PC and I'm looking for a companion device, not a replacement. I may be misinformed, but I believe that it is going to fail in my expectations like most other pda's have. I don't require a colour screen since most of the books I have in PDF format are mono, and I never carry coloured pens around so I'm used to writing black. The absence of a backlit screen is also a bonus, since I've never been able to comfortably read those in sunlight, and although Britain is overcast 90% of the year, it can still be a major problem.

The wacom-based touch-screen appeals to me because I use a wacom tablet all the time and I love how solid it feels compared to standard touch-screen interfaces. Anyone who has written on the surface of a tablet PC knows how crap the text looks with jagged edges, and how difficult it is to write like normal on the zero-friction surface, (why the hell can't they just roughen the screen a little so the pen doesn't glide as effortlessly, clumsy people like me have real trouble with those!)

I don't want anything more than an electronic pad, so it's a means of recording and displaying data, but it seems to me that if you're going to put a 400mhz processor in something and you aren't going to use it to it's potential, you should allow others to further your efforts; unless they're afraid of giving away important copy-protection info.

... Everything else aside, I wish they'd just made the damned thing square... I HATE that slanted top edge.

06-07-2006, 07:58 AM	#25
shiggie Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2006	Nokia 770 is unsuitable What I am specifically after is a replacement for a notepad. I've owned a number of PDAs and tested tablet PCs and so far found nothing in the vain of what I want. The reason that the iRex appeals to me is because it seems to be nearing the specifications I have longed for. The Nokia 770 looks like an interesting gadget, but about as useful to me as a chocolate condom; it's trying to be too much, convergance is nice, but I already have a PC and I'm looking for a companion device, not a replacement. I may be misinformed, but I believe that it is going to fail in my expectations like most other pda's have. I don't require a colour screen since most of the books I have in PDF format are mono, and I never carry coloured pens around so I'm used to writing black. The absence of a backlit screen is also a bonus, since I've never been able to comfortably read those in sunlight, and although Britain is overcast 90% of the year, it can still be a major problem. The wacom-based touch-screen appeals to me because I use a wacom tablet all the time and I love how solid it feels compared to standard touch-screen interfaces. Anyone who has written on the surface of a tablet PC knows how crap the text looks with jagged edges, and how difficult it is to write like normal on the zero-friction surface, (why the hell can't they just roughen the screen a little so the pen doesn't glide as effortlessly, clumsy people like me have real trouble with those!) I don't want anything more than an electronic pad, so it's a means of recording and displaying data, but it seems to me that if you're going to put a 400mhz processor in something and you aren't going to use it to it's potential, you should allow others to further your efforts; unless they're afraid of giving away important copy-protection info. ... Everything else aside, I wish they'd just made the damned thing square... I HATE that slanted top edge.