RE: Re: Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 - UK Launch

["Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Would something like this count as "a little bigger than a PDA"
??

http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/handhelds/0,39023880,39162961,00.htm

The hx4700's main attraction is its brilliant 4in. 65,536-colour VGA TFT
display that boasts a 640-by-480-pixel resolution. Translation? It
produces sharp and crisp images for a better viewing experience. You can
also switch between portrait and landscape mode, thanks to the inclusion
of Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition...

I've put one of these on my xmas list....

Paul G.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Laurence [mailto:andy@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 28 October 2004 11:41
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 - UK
Launch
>
> >
> > A Media Center PC would no doubt have both.  Throw in some other
HA
> > devices and you have a right mish-mash of interfaces.  What I
would
like
> is
> > a unified front end that ideally would run on something a bit
bigger
> than a
> > PDA (but a PDA would have to do for now, I suppose).  The xPL
stuff
is
> > heading that way, but it's going to be a while before it's at the
stage
> of
> > being as polished as Xlobby.
>
> I'm no hardware know-it-all, so I'm not aware of a device a little
bigger
> than a PDA.  However, to have a unified front end, you need a GUI with
a
> flexible back end.  Xlobby does do this (on a PC screen and a PDA
screen),
> and can interface with almost anything.  There's nothing that will
just
> work though.  It will require some work to get it right.  Of course,
if
> everything is xAP/xPL, you should be able to plug'n'play, especially
with
> the xAP interface in the pipeline for Xlobby.
>