Thursday, July 11, 2002
Two things you need to know about the Loox
Posted by Jason Dunn in "THOUGHT" @ 09:45 AM
I talked to someone from Fujitsu-Siemens this morning, and had a follow-up email with them, and I learned two important things about the Loox:
1) The Fujitsu-Siemens Loox will only be available in EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa). It will not be released in North America. However, the Fujitsu Loox WILL be. Basically they divided up the world markets and Fujitsu is releasing the Loox under their own brand name, on their own timeframe. When will that be? No clue - I would guess August or September, but I have zero contacts at Fujitsu to confirm this.
2) The Loox has a "side-lit screen" (from the product manager), not a back-lit transreflective display like the 3900 series iPAQ. It would seem that any reference to a transreflective screen are incorrect, or more likely, the result of the confusion that surrounds the incorrect use of the terms.
1) The Fujitsu-Siemens Loox will only be available in EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa). It will not be released in North America. However, the Fujitsu Loox WILL be. Basically they divided up the world markets and Fujitsu is releasing the Loox under their own brand name, on their own timeframe. When will that be? No clue - I would guess August or September, but I have zero contacts at Fujitsu to confirm this.
2) The Loox has a "side-lit screen" (from the product manager), not a back-lit transreflective display like the 3900 series iPAQ. It would seem that any reference to a transreflective screen are incorrect, or more likely, the result of the confusion that surrounds the incorrect use of the terms.
