Re: OmniGo 100 specs

Brian Smithson (brian@eit.COM)
Thu, 19 Oct 1995 10:58:35 -0700

On Oct 19, 7:26am, James W. Barr wrote:

> The choice of screen size seems practical when you consider this:
> The unit is smaller. A larger screen would have taken up valuable
space
> and require more power to operate. Second, They needed a square
> screen. Why? How do you think they are able to rotate it? I suspect
> the screen rotation is more hardware-oriented than software. A square
> screen makes this more practical.

The unit isn't that much smaller

Zoomer: 1 x 4.25 x 6.9375 "
OmniGo: 1 x 3.25 x 6.0 "

and the case design seems to provide more than enough surface area to
accomodate a much wider screen. Nor do I think that rotation is the
reason for the square screen -- even Windows for Pen can rotate on a
rectangular screen :-).

I'd bet that it's simply a matter of product strategy, and a wider
screen will offered in a follow-on product along with 2MB or more of
RAM.

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