Toshiba Pocket PC e570 Review 107
msolnik writes: "PocketNow has a review of the new Toshiba Pocket PC e570. With an integrated CompactFlash Type I/II, Secure Digital (SD) slot, a 206Mhz StrongArm, and upto 64MB of ram the Toshiba is going to give the IPAQ a run for its money. Just FYI with some slight modifications the Handhelds.org IPAQ Linux distro should run just fine on the Toshiba."
Linux on the e570 (Score:2, Informative)
~wally
Re:Is there any real use in these thing ? (Score:2, Informative)
You haven't looked hard enough!
Download Quake, Doom, a flight sim, and a NES emulator here:
www.pocketpcpocket.com [pocketpcpocket.com].
thenerd.
Journaling is a way of life...JFFS2 (Score:3, Informative)
Another fast PDA with gaming problems (Score:2, Informative)
Apparently, the device doesn't recognize diagonals [pocketgamer.org] on the game pad. This makes it almost completely useless as a gaming device.
This issue seems even more annoying than the button problems on the iPaq, but hopefully Toshiba can fix with a software patch, or at least in future hardware revisions
Re:Ubiquitous Processors (Score:2, Informative)
Re:What does a SD slot get me? (Score:3, Informative)
The advantage to this kind of slot is that it also reads Multi Media Cards [sandisk.com] which are pretty much like a 1/4 size version of Smart Media Cards and don't have any "content protection" schemes involved. The gain here is that you can stick a MMC in the SD slot and have a bunch of extra storage space for your MP3s and maps and stuff and still have the CF slot open for a modem or network adapter without the extra bulk of a second CF slot.
Re:Ubiquitous Processors (Score:1, Informative)
The SH4 is definitely a nice processor but slower than the SA1100. Now go get yourself an XScale or SH5 (wowee) and you'll have a better chip. Unfortunately, those aren't on the market yet.