The Sharp Ezaurus M1-E1 Resurfaces

[Tim_Reeves]

Even though we covered this waay back when it was first discovered, it appears to be comming up again and again.so far, We know of only 2 devices, the M1-E1w and the M1-E1v.More are going to be released at later dates. It appears, , that the Sharp Ezaurus will Debut in Eurpoe, then hopefully spread to the US and Canada. Pictures of the Device are shown below<br>The M1-E1-W<br> <br>The M1-E1-V<br> <br>Photos Courtesy of EZaurus<br><br>They're pretty cool. What do you think?<br>Last modification: Tim Reeves - 03/23/01 at 15:55:58

[Tim_Reeves]

Ok in like 30 minutes, I learned a lot of stuff about these new PDAs<br><br>A picture of the M1-E1 in Real Life<br><br><br>Space Town(PDA Feature) on the M1-E1<br><br><br>Space Invaders for the M1-E1<br><br><br>Pack Man for the M1-E1<br><br><br>A picture of the M1-E1 with an MPEG4 encoder. Note: The M1-E1 takes both SD AND CF Cards!!<br><br><br>More to follow

[Dan East]

That sure doesn't look like any Windows CE based OS. Is it proprietary, Linux, etc?<br>The built in keyboard is neat, but is so small it may not provide any better (easier) input than the current varieties of SIPs for Pocket PC.<br><br>Dan East

[Moose or Chuck]

I agree with Dan on everything<br>It also looks like the screen is an extra 20 or 30 pixels higher than a normal PPC. Any word? That's judging mainly from Space Invaders and Pac-Man pics.

[Tim_Reeves]

The keyboard on the M1-E1 is slightly bigger than the one on those Cybiko toys kids play with. The OS these 2 PDAs are running is the Japanese version of Linux. Without a doubt, when they appear in Europe they will use an Engrish versoin of it;)

[Tim_Reeves]

Wow...my 101th post....And the Peasants rejoice...*yay*<br><br>Anyhoo...I have seen this as a largely multimedia handheld. The CF and SD slots help to confirm that along with the joypad and high-quality screen.

[Moose or Chuck]

Uh huh. Not that I don't know, but remind me again what an SD expansion port is ??? ? Oh, and that would be your 101st, not 101th post. Last modification: Moose Master - 03/24/01 at 15:45:46

[Tim_Reeves]

SD is a new form of expansion. Its like a (forgive Me) Springboard slot, adding mainly multimedia capabilities like cameras and stuff<br><br>101st....excuse me;)

[Moose or Chuck]

Well, now it's 102nd, but I'm sure you know how to count~

[Tim_Reeves]

Hey just because I learned Engrish and grammar at a 7-11 doesnt mean anything!~

[Dan East]

Just what the world needs, yet another memory card / expansion card format. It's bad enough with CF, Smart Media, and the Sony Memory Stick. Sony especially bugs me. It's so blatantly obvious that their proprietary memory stick is just an attempt at raking in 100% of the profit for Sony peripherals. I guess some Sony engineer slapped them self in the forehead when they realized that using a "stick" shape, instead of a more sensible square-ish shape, almost completely killed any chance of that form factor containing a micro drive. Good one guys, all just to call it a "stick". I won't buy a Sony digital camera because of the proprietary stick crap. With my CF-supporting digital camera I can pop the card straight into my iPaq for previewing / editing on the go. Oh, that's right, I'm supposed to buy a Sony PDA to use with my Sony camera and Sony Memory Stick, while thinking happy Sony thoughts. Listen Sony, remember the Beta-Max thing? Well, you lost. VHS won. Quite trying to dominate every aspect of consumer electronics and play nice.<br><br>Oh yeah, we were talking about the Sharp thing. It looks a little on the large size (compared to other PDA's, even with the keyboard thing closed). It looks about the size of a typical HP H/PC Pro device when closed.<br><br>Dan East

[Tim_Reeves]

Actually its only a little bigger than the Jornada 54x series. The keyboard hides away underneath the screen when not in use.<br><br>Trust me, it will be a great device;)

[Tim_Reeves]

HEY!! There is nothing wrong with Sony computer products;)

[Chris Edwards]

I'd have to agree with Dan. The only cool sony product is the Mavica camera that supports mini CDRW discs..... but alas.. it's only 2.1 megapixels i think.. Where's the 3-4megapixel version..? and why do they use stupid jpg.. they should use PNG format... uhg... some people just don't learn...<br><br>Note* this is my last post on this forum for 2 weeks.. i said that on friday, but i lied....

[Tim_Reeves]

Ahem:<br>Sony Slimtop Desktop Series<br>Sony Vaio SR17 Notebook series<br>Sony Vaio Picturebook<br>Sony DVD Players(One of the best series)<br>Sony Digital Handicam<br>Now are these horrible products? Hellllll no!:8