Comments on: Sharp NetWalker PC-Z1: What you get when you shrink a netbook

By: darion76

darion76 — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:52:00 +0000

Here is non official new kernel 2.6.31 port for Sharp Netwalker PC-Z1
https://github.com/darion76/linux-sharp-netwalker-2.6.31/

By: pupnik

pupnik — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:37:22 +0000

Some questions remain:
1) No user serviceable battery - what do I do when battery dies?
2) Unknown battery life
3) What parts of the operating system are closed?
4) What libraries are provided? Can a community extend the OS?
5) Is the OS customized for small display? Touchscreen operation?

The keyboard is potentially usable for touch typing. Compare to the psion netbook and psion 5mx - both serviceable for 10 finger typing - much faster than thumbboards on cell phones.

The screen is very nice resolution for web browsing but as others have said, unfortunate that it doesnt cover available space.

By: pupnik

pupnik — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:37:22 +0000

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By: englishspanish

englishspanish — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:10:26 +0000

Perfect! Now all I need to do is shrink my hands and eyes so that the 5" screen seems more like 10", and the keyboard feels like a normal size.
English to Spanish translators.

By: Bought one

Bought one — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:18:29 +0000

Sadly you URL does not work, anyhow, I also bought one. And it should be shipping as we speak.

Abit to small amount of memory and SSD. But SSD expandable using memorycard to 16Gb. That's what I have in my ASUS EEE today. So I'm a happy camper.

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By: Kevin Martin

Kevin Martin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:29:39 +0000

I've got my hands on one. First look:
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By: lindsayfromNZ

lindsayfromNZ — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:47:57 +0000

Personally I think this kind of thing is really on the right track. I like netbooks but I long for something that I can get netbook functionality with that fits in a a large pocket. Folk who always complain about cramped keyboards etc miss the point although I agree that the screen would be much more useful a little bigger.

This fills the niche between smartphone and netbook and I think we will see more of these type of hyperportable (oohh a new term) MID devices coming out over the next 12-18 months.

I take one as a complimentary device to my netbook/laptop.

By: wanorris

wanorris — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:23:21 +0000

Unless there's one I'm not aware of, the Nokias are in the 3.5″-4″ range, aren't they?

But overall I think I like the idea of something like the forthcoming Nokia N900 or the HTC Touch Pro 2 a little better than this. The slide-out keyboard seems like a win over a clamshell when you get this small.

By: BoloMKXXVIII

BoloMKXXVIII — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:54:15 +0000

I think you miss the point of this thing. You are not supposed to write term papers on it. You might even have to use it as a thumb board like they do with cell phones. Who cares? Import all your bookmarks from your netbook, load a couple of movies, some music or some ebooks and you have a great multi-use device that is actually small enough to have with you all the time.