Re: Re: [Yopy-general] Has anything changed in release of Yopy?

Are there any pics of the iPaq with any add ons connected?

My impression is that they add bulk to the device, which I'd prefer not to
have.

Thanks,

Kenneth Topp

On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Russell Nelson wrote:

> Jim Gettys writes:
> > > Sender: handhelds-admin_at_handhelds.org
> > > From: Russell Nelson <nelson_at_crynwr.com>
> > > > The only problem I have with the existing expansion pack system is that I
> > > can't
> > > > have BOTH a CF card and a PCMCIA card in at once. But it's not really a BIG
> > > > problem.
> > >
> > > How hard would it have been to build expansion packs that piggybacked?
> > > Of course, by the time you hang your 802.11 radio, your GPS receiver,
> > > your cellphone, and your 1Gbyte microdrive on the back, you've 1) run
> > > out of power, and 2) got a device so thick as to strongly stretch the
> > > term "pocket pc".
> >
> > Why are you using past tense?
>
> Because the design of the plastic sleeve clearly eliminates the
> possibility of another sleeve piggybacking on it. Oh, you *could*
> design a sleeve the back of which which would be shaped like the iPAQ
> body, but *boy* would that make it thick.
>
> No, I'm thinking that the back could have been shaped (warning: cheezy
> ASCII graphics follow) like this:
>
>
> +------------s-c-r-e-e-n------------+
> | |
> | |
> | ( ) IR o |
> iPAQ: | |
> |_ _|
> | |
> | |
> +---------------------------------+
>
>
> +- -+
> | |
> |-----------------------------------|
> CF sleeve: |_ _|
> | CF SLOT HERE |
> | |
> +---------------------------------+
>
>
> If a GPS sleeve was designed with the same shape, you could have your
> maps, and know where you are at the same time. As it is, either the
> GPS sleeve with need a CF socket, or you'll have to make do with
> the internal storage for maps, or you'll have to use an RS-232 GPS.
>
>
Received on Tue Oct 10 2000 - 14:35:34 EDT