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Post 29 made on Wednesday September 5, 2001 at 09:15
Giorgio
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OK, hate to be the voice of doom, but here's some flaws I see with the design already.

From the pictures and Daniel's text:

- It looks like the D-Pad is only 4-way instead of 5-way. Most devices use this instead of a separate OK button.
- They're still using the tiny, hard-to-press side buttons.
- Relocated the mute button.
- Screen area being larger means that you will use up the non-expandable 8MB of memory quicker.
- Still only 256 color.
- Looks like it still uses the passive matrix display. Those of you who have seen the iPAQ screen may be disappointed if this turns out to be true.
- They got rid of the four menu assignable buttons under the screen. This is a feature I actually liked in the ProntoPro.

Still on my wish list:
- use a faster processor
- use Compact Flash memory to allow 256MB
- increase color resolution to 16-bit
- active matrix screen
- allow the use of jpg and gif files
- improve docking connector
- larger side buttons with better feel
- thumb scroll/select wheel on side of case
- jog dial surrounding 5-way d-pad (like Sony 860 DVD)
- USB download/upload support
- better software than ProntoPro Edit
- keep the price under $1000US

If they do these things, I would upgrade my ProntoPro in a heartbeat.


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