November 09, 2004
Your next desktop may weigh 14 ounces
# 1GHz Transmeta Crusoe
# 20GB hard drive (shock-mounted)
# 256MB DDR RAM
# Weight: 14 ounces
# 800 x 480 W-VGA 5" transflective display (indoor/outdoor readable)
# 3D accelerated graphics with 8mb video RAM
# QWERTY thumb keyboard with mouse buttons and TrackStik®
# 802.11b wireless
# Bluetooth® wireless
# 4-pin FireWire® (1394)
# USB 1.1
# 3.5mm stereo headphone jack (supports stereo headphone or mono headset plus optional multimedia controller)
# Microphone
Apparently the thing can run linux. Would make a good desktop replacement if it had a bit more ram. This could be the ultimate cellphone/blackberry killer if
A) it could use traditional cell phone networks (GPRS)
B) Battery could last for a business day (or it has wake on call)
