Thursday, April 17, 2003
New Technologies Spur PC Design
Posted by Janak Parekh in "HARDWARE" @ 05:16 AM
I'm glad to see the evolution of PCs, PDAs, and related devices (see my article on the shrinking Tablet PC yesterday). This article talks about these trends at a higher level, but has a very interesting snippet from HP:
"And one design that HP's Landry believes shows promise is the Scout, a design known in the industry as a 'tweener, because it's bigger than a PDA but smaller than a thin-and-light notebook. About the size of an old-fashioned day planner, the flat-panel screen tilts up and has a retractable keyboard. In discussions with customers, Landry says people often say about HP's popular iPaq that they wish it had a larger keyboard or a larger display. 'In my personal opinion, that's where I'd put my money right now,' Landry said, declining to say when such a product might hit store shelves or web sites for sale."
Does this mean that the prototype HP designed last year may one day become a reality? Here's hoping... :)
"And one design that HP's Landry believes shows promise is the Scout, a design known in the industry as a 'tweener, because it's bigger than a PDA but smaller than a thin-and-light notebook. About the size of an old-fashioned day planner, the flat-panel screen tilts up and has a retractable keyboard. In discussions with customers, Landry says people often say about HP's popular iPaq that they wish it had a larger keyboard or a larger display. 'In my personal opinion, that's where I'd put my money right now,' Landry said, declining to say when such a product might hit store shelves or web sites for sale."
Does this mean that the prototype HP designed last year may one day become a reality? Here's hoping... :)
