Sharp PC-Z1
MID’’s are appreciated in particular by Asian from the more developed countries and have not got too well in Europe. This explains the fact that Sharp announces PC-Z1, an MID / PDA with Screen 5 “and tells only one price, just in the Japanese yen.
At first glance, the device brings the image of the first netbook, the Asus Eee PC 700 and awakes pleasant memories. Even the screen is smaller, has the resolution-sized of the Netbook 8.9 “and 10″.
At its dimensions (161×109x18-25 mm), the little PC comes with an Intel Atom, not even from the Z series. Instead, he was elected with a CPU Freescale 800 MHz with ARM architecture. Joining 512 MB of RAM and a 4GB SSD, specifications that makes us think about a laptop of € 300.
Those from Sharp managed to squeeze a rather full QWERTY keyboard for a laptop, although with 32% smaller. Wireless network card, two USB ports and an SDHC card reader are part of laptop facilities, but the 3G modem, which we expected, lacks.
There was no space for a touchpad, but the screen is touch sensitive and above the keyboard are an optic pad and buttons specific to mouse. This beautiful toy from Sharp could be disappointment to some users with Ubuntu Linux operating system. Those who are impressed by this small Sharp’’s MID PC-Z1 can next month to buy it for a sum equivalent to $ 480.
