One of the advantages of the PsiXpda is the combination of a full desktop computer into a small package that is no larger than a paperback novel. The benefits of this size can be found in many places, but none more so than when travelling.
Daniel Robinson has been putting the PsiXpda through its paces on the V3 website, and his review of the pocket computer is comprehensive and positive:
Overall, we were impressed with the PsiXpda…The £449.99 including VAT price also looks steep compared to a netbook, but some phone handsets cost as much, and it should be borne in mind that the comparably sized OQO pocket computer left buyers with little change out of £1,000.
It’s been interesting to see the reaction to the PsiXpda around the internet, and many of you are commenting on the choice of the Operating System that we currently ship with the machine, namely Windows XP.
One of the interesting debates going on around computers in both the netbook and pocket computer form factor is that there is no clear choice of an OS that does everything for every consumer. The options come down to either a version of Linux or a version of Microsoft Windows.
It’s the time time of year when every tech company of note heads to Las Vegas and the Consumer Electronics Show, and PsiXpda is no exception. While you won’t find us (yet) on the show floor you can see the machines and wind down after a busy day at the PsiXpda Tweetup.
Since we announced the PsiXpda last week, we've been delighted to read all the reactions online. So delighted that we wanted to share some of the reaction!
Read Write Web The device is a hardware nerd's dream, described as "very techy and hackable" by one of the minds behind the project, Ewan Spence. It's smaller than netbooks, roughly 2/3 in length and 1/2 the width. It weighs 430 grams, around 15 ounces.
Google's Chrome OS has made a lot of headlines, and many people are writing about what they think the strategy from Mountain View will be.
We here at the PsiXpda offices are discussing just as much as many of you are. Of course we'd be interested in running Chrome OS at a later date - but it appears that Google will have very strict definitions on the hardware that will run the OS.
So the dust settles on the details on Chrome OS and everyone can spend the next few months debating Google’s strategy.
Unlike other Bay Area companies, Google has been known to get it wrong, so just because they are doing something, it doesn’t meant that they will make a success of it. With Chrome OS they’re making the biggest play to cloud computing yet. By cloud computing they actually mean “we’ll be your hard drive that you can connect to wherever you are in the world.”
