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Sunday, April 14, 2002Microsoft Portrait: Research prototype for two-way video conferencing on the Pocket PC. Sweet!
They rated the Zaurus SL-5500 a 6.6 out of 10. The standard praises and gripes are covered, along with a new one:
There's a two- to three-second delay when you power the SL-5500 on or off. It's not a huge issue, but we've grown accustomed to the snappy response of Palm- and Pocket PC-powered devices.
Whereas all Palm and Pocket PC devices have a tiny button, usually placed at the top which will instantly power them on/off, on the Zaurus you must hold the large "Cancel" button on the front for about a second (not the 2-3 claimed in the review). This mechansim has advantage to it: I've yet to unintentionally turn on my Zaurus while carrying it in my back pants pocket. With my Audiovox Maestro, unintentional power-ons have been a constant problem.
The drawbacks to this design are that it take a second to power on or off, and that if done wrong, pressing the Cancel button will close the current application. The latter is a serious HCI flaw.
