Friday, October 21, 2005
A Quick Look at Intel's Ruby Prototype Handheld PC
Posted by Darius Wey in "THE COMPETITION" @ 12:00 PM
"Anyway, you probably already have a firm sense of whether or not you'd ever want to get down with a device this size, but Song says that Intel (which obviously has no plans to build the device themselves) is already seeing interest in the reference design from several manufacturers and that we should hopefully see the first devices based on the Ruby platform in a couple of years or so."
It's err... really nice, and really bulky. Despite it having an 8-hour battery life, integrated wireless, a low-voltage Pentium processor, a QWERTY keyboard, and some fancy automatic screen rotation mechanism, I can't really see myself treating this as a Pocket PC replacement. Nope, this thing isn't pocket-sized. Not one bit.
It's err... really nice, and really bulky. Despite it having an 8-hour battery life, integrated wireless, a low-voltage Pentium processor, a QWERTY keyboard, and some fancy automatic screen rotation mechanism, I can't really see myself treating this as a Pocket PC replacement. Nope, this thing isn't pocket-sized. Not one bit.
