It’s probably not fair to compare the Sharp NetWalker PC-Z1 with a typical 10 inch netbook. First, the little device has a 5 inch display and tiny keyboard. And second, it uses an 800MHz ARM-based processor instead of the Atom CPU found in most netbooks. But it just looks so much like a tiny laptop that I can’t take my…

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Every now and again I use the phrase “mini-laptop” to describe the 9 and 10 inch notebooks we’ve come to think of as netbooks. But the Sharp NetWalker PC-Z1 takes things to another level with a 5 inch display and full (but tiny) QWERTY display. And apparently the NetWalker has begun shipping, because Jenn at Pocketables has posted one of…

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The Sharp NetWalker PC-Z1 has a 5 inch touchscreen display, a tiny keyboard, and runs Ubuntu Linux. It’s really more of a MID (Mobile Internet Device) or Smartbook (if I can use that word) than a typical netbook. But it does have a full QWERTY keyboard, even if it’s too small to touch type on. And it does run a…

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Netbooks are small laptops. But the Sharp NetWalker PC-Z1 is small even by netbook standards. It’s probably safer to call this little computer with a 5 inch display a MID or Mobile Internet Device, but unlike many MIDs, it has a full QWERTY keyboard. You’re just going to need very tiny fingers to type properly on it. The NetWalker actually…

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