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Brian · 08-20-2004, 08:19 AM

BobR,

I understand your concern about the landscape orientation, but most apps will rotate to portrait mode including all of the built-in PIM apps which are also Zodiac-enhanced and support VG. The built-in launcher is currently landscape only however, but this can easily be remedied with a third party launcher such as ZLauncher, and Tapwave is always looking at areas where they can improve functionality and enhance the built-in user interface and applications based on user feedback.

To tell you the truth, I was also concerned at first after using my portrait oriented NX70V, but I am finding the landscape orientation of the device very user friendly. It is one of the traits that I liked most about my Apple Newton MessagePad 2100, a device that holds a special place in my heart and also shares a high level of user friendliness in landscape mode. Like I said in a previous post, the Zodiac is a great device for displaying mobile content like movies, ebooks and web content/clips,although the bundled web browser could use some improvements in other areas.

Brian G.

08-20-2004, 08:19 AM	#5
Brian MobileRead Editor Posts: 447 Karma: 84 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Massachusetts Device: Treo 700p, Zodiac2	BobR, I understand your concern about the landscape orientation, but most apps will rotate to portrait mode including all of the built-in PIM apps which are also Zodiac-enhanced and support VG. The built-in launcher is currently landscape only however, but this can easily be remedied with a third party launcher such as ZLauncher, and Tapwave is always looking at areas where they can improve functionality and enhance the built-in user interface and applications based on user feedback. To tell you the truth, I was also concerned at first after using my portrait oriented NX70V, but I am finding the landscape orientation of the device very user friendly. It is one of the traits that I liked most about my Apple Newton MessagePad 2100, a device that holds a special place in my heart and also shares a high level of user friendliness in landscape mode. Like I said in a previous post, the Zodiac is a great device for displaying mobile content like movies, ebooks and web content/clips,although the bundled web browser could use some improvements in other areas. Brian G. Last edited by ballistic; 08-20-2004 at 08:23 AM.