Sunday, April 14, 2002
Packard Bell PocketGear 2060
Posted by Jason Dunn in "HARDWARE" @ 04:17 PM
http://www.mipcdebolsillo.com/reportajes/hardware/pocketgear2060.html
This is a confusing piece of hardware. It looks very similar to the NEC PocketGear (affiliate link), and even has the same "PocketGear" name. NEC bought Packard Bell a few years ago (that's like "buying" leprosy isn't it?), but they kept the brand name. I don't know about you, but where I live Packard Bell was synonymous with several four-letter words, none of which I can print here. And you'll note that "quality" is a seven-letter word, not four. 'Nuff said.
At any rate, this is a 206 mhz CPU, 64 megs of RAM, blah blah - the same specs we've seen. Impressive size though - only 14 mm thick. The article above is from a Spanish site, but it has pretty pictures. This whole Packard Bell thing confuses me - going to their web site, I don't see the USA listed. It's almost like they closed up shop in the USA because they had such a horrible reputation, but kept going in other countries. Very interesting from a corporate branding standpoint.
There's also a report on Tom's Hardware Guide in French (source: Dimitri Karakoulko) - you can run either report through BabelFish for English translations. The links to the auto translated versions don't seem to work.
This is a confusing piece of hardware. It looks very similar to the NEC PocketGear (affiliate link), and even has the same "PocketGear" name. NEC bought Packard Bell a few years ago (that's like "buying" leprosy isn't it?), but they kept the brand name. I don't know about you, but where I live Packard Bell was synonymous with several four-letter words, none of which I can print here. And you'll note that "quality" is a seven-letter word, not four. 'Nuff said.
At any rate, this is a 206 mhz CPU, 64 megs of RAM, blah blah - the same specs we've seen. Impressive size though - only 14 mm thick. The article above is from a Spanish site, but it has pretty pictures. This whole Packard Bell thing confuses me - going to their web site, I don't see the USA listed. It's almost like they closed up shop in the USA because they had such a horrible reputation, but kept going in other countries. Very interesting from a corporate branding standpoint.
There's also a report on Tom's Hardware Guide in French (source: Dimitri Karakoulko) - you can run either report through BabelFish for English translations. The links to the auto translated versions don't seem to work.
