It's interesting to see what NTT DoCoMo is doing with online content for PDAs. They have stuck with Windows CE and Pocket PC devices as the target PDA platform over the last few years and their current offering is branded as 'Infogate'. Here is a review in Japanese with screenshots.
Slightly old news, but there has been an update to the great dictionary, kanji tool and word procesing software for Windows CE based PDAs has been released. A whole host of updates included and more planned. The full list can be found on the Pocket PC Japan mailing list from Glenn himself.
There is a great if slightly old article on greggman.com about using Windows CE PDAs to study Japanese with lots of references to JWPce.
Ratoc Systems have announced a Compact Flash USB host card which with the right drivers will be compatible with keyboards, bar code readers and flash or removable memory storage devices. The CNET Japan* Review mentions that it is not yet compatible with CD-RM drives or hard drives ... hopefully this is on the way in the future. The good news for some Pocket PC owners is that they already have USB host functionality via the cradle or and add on cable that doesn't use a valuable card slot. Hopefully as this card opens up USB host functionality to more Pocket PC users a lot more interesting more supporting devices will hit the market.
* Sadly CNET Japan will be ceasing business at the end of the year. It has been a great sight for up-to-date tech news from Japan and overseas in Japanese and I'm sure will be missed.
I can't remember how long ago it was since I tried the 30 day beta trial of the Access NetFront Browserfor Pocket PCs, but the Japanese version is finally on sale. (There is no information on their English web site about the product yet except a short press announcement so all links are to the Japanese site). You can see from the Pocket IE comparison table that the product is claim to fame is it's support for a wide range of standards. They also make a lot out of the multiple window functionality which admittedly is a missing needed feature in Pocket IE. Although the support for all the latest and greatest standards is good and there are a few other nify features I'm really dubious how many people are going to be willing to pay for this extra functionality unless there is some sort of realted killer app. The only sites I miss not having on my Pocket PC are www.rikai.com and www.jisyo.org but when I tried NetFront with these two pages it didn't perform any better than Pocket IE. Luckily there will be a trial download so you can try it yourself. Post to the mailing list and let everyone know how you find it.
A couple of interesting headlines I saw today in the PocketPC peripheral genre. Pretec are claiming they can provide CompactFlash cards with a capacity of up to 3Gb. At $2,499 I'll be waiting for a price drop before buying but I'm sure this evolution will make lower capacity CF cards cheaper. In separate news Hitachi announced they will be releasing half size MMC cards. This is certainly evolution rather than revolution and I'm not sure there is really a need for yet another format when MMC/SD cards are already so small. Soon they are going to be too small to handle. Wonder what the inventors will come up with then? Finally a note that SD card prices continue to drop slowly in Japan with 256MB cards at 16,500 yen and 512MB cards at 36,900 yen.
If you are interested in this subject there are an increasing number of sites out there. PDAbook sells books which are compatible with the T-Time Reader software which is bundled with many Pocket PCs in Japan and is specially designed for reading Japanese text. Kunikuniya also has a book store and I just came accross this interesting looking software, G-Book (see graphic below from the site), which seems to be a combination of multimedia, navigation and e-book software.
As a none native Japanese reader I wish that I could find a Japanese e-book reader that had a good integrated Japanese-English or even Japanese-Japanese dictionary.
Using the Air "H Compact Flash communications card, not only can you get a flat rate 128kbps data connection, but you can also use your Pocket PC PDA to make and receive calls. The PDA will receive calls even when switched off. Of course there will be issues like battery life that will make it a less than perfect product, but it's a big step in PDA-Phone convergence and shows the strength of the Pocket PC which is primarily a PDA device.
ATOK a popular Japanese character input method will be available for the Pocket PC from November 22nd. I couldn't find any good information in English on ATOK so if anyone has any links please post them to the mailing list.
Just as a rumor posted here reported here last month, NTT DoCoMo have announced they will be selling a 'tsukaihodai' (flat rate) package for their wireless modem (PHS) cards. The price will be 4000 yen/month.
Another Pocket PC Pocket PC hardware barrier broken by Toshiba - today they announced a new model of the Genio - the e550GX - with 128 MB of RAM! They also announced the SD-Audio compatible e550GS which comes with a headphone and remote control set for music fans and a WLAN jacket for the Genio e550G series. Any more interesting details will be posted here later in English but for now check the Genio e web site in Japanese.
Toshiba has released a ROM update for Pocket PC 2002 versions of the Genio e. The Pocket PC 2002 update features are an update to Windows Media Player 8.5 which features smoother playback; a new today theme called Bliss; tab key functionality in Pocket IE and Microsoft Server ActiveSynch client. On the hardware side support has been added for Sony's memory stick adapter for use in the PC card jacket and support for Matsushita's SD-CF adapter in the CF card slot
After installing the update all data stored in RAM is still there, but you should not restore the device from a backup created before the ROM was updated. Therefore it is advisable to install the ROM on a device set up you are happy with and back up as soon as the ROM update has been performed. Toshiba's instrcutions are very detailed and I wouldn't upgrade without reading them carefully and following them exactly. Personally as non of the update features are very major I'm going to wait a couple of weeks as a precaution just in case there are any problems with this update.
Finally, Toshiba's software for the Bluetooth SD card has also been upgraded to version 3.0 featuring a number of new features.
I've created a small web page specially formatted for Pocket IE. The content is different from here and you will automatically be redirected there if you visit www.pocketpcjapan.com on a Pocket PC, but if you want to cheat and view in a normal browser the URL is http://www.goes-mobile.com/Pocket PC Japan/. If there is any other content you would like to see there let me know at andrew @ pocketpcjapan.com
I created it using a very well designed, easy to use and free interface provided by www.goes-mobile.com
Okay, not just Japan related but every Pocket PC user should know about this. Not only do Pocket PC Magazine provide an encylopedia of Pocket PC software, they also have annual awards and the best products in each category are voted on by Pocket PC experts. This year's winners have just been announced. If you are looking for some software I would highly recommend you save yourself some time and start here. Huge thanks to Pocket PC Magazine for providing this excellent resource online.
Note that subscribing to the print edition of Pocket PC Magazine is not ridiculously expensive, even including the postage to Japan. They also provide an electronic format for PCs in the highly useable Zinio format and a MS Reader version (although unfortunately Pocket MS Reader is not compatible with Japanese Pocket PCs). In addition to all the online information they have the magazine is also full of useful more in-depth articles.
I'd overlooked this until today, but Ectaco's Japanese<->English dictionary will work on English Pocket PCs! Not only that, but It looks like a nice dictionary as well ... one that is designed for native English speakers rather than native Japanese speakers. From the pictures shown here you can see various keyboards and lookup systems. It's a bit pricey at $49.95. (Update: Since I posted this a mailing list member informed me that the same application is available at www.handango.com for $14.95 - great value! :-) There's a 10MB trial version which gives you access to 10% of the entries and you need 7.5MB free on your Pocket PC to install it.
(Thanks to Jack Halpern of www.cjk.org for asking me to test the Arabic dictionary which prompted me to take a second look at the Japanese one as well).
See CNET Article (English machine translation) for details.
A Japanese version of the Asus Pocket PC is on show at World PC Expo. No news of a release date yet. Dell plan to reveal their Pocket PC at Comdex in Las Vegas in November. I wonder whether they will release worldwide or whether it will be English/US only ???
Sounds good but having an extra device takes something away from the portability of the PDA. Another option to achieve the same storage capacity would be the 5GB PC card in the PC card jacket. The choice is having the bulk in in your hand or in your bag. The other disadvantage is that unless your PDA has built-in Bluetooth you will have to give up one slot (CF or SD) for a Bluetooth card.
http://www.idg.net/ic_956458_1794_9-10000.html
The World PC Expo is this week and and as reputedly Asia's largest IT trade show is certainly worth going to.
Good news for Pocket PC users everywhere - 1GB SD cards are due to hit the market next year. The current prices for 256MB and 512MB cards in Japan are around 20,000 yen and 40,000 yen. Still a bit expensive but they can only get cheaper.
Compaq to release H3900 series iPAQS in Japan at the end of October (four months after the US versions were released). The H3970 comes with Bluetooth. More information (in Japanese).
There is a Japanese<->English dictionary for Pocket PCs available from a company called Beiks here. Love it or hate it - it's romaji only!
NEC Infrontia have announced a new wireless modem that in addition to a 128 kbps flat rate connectivity capability features voice capability on a PDA. Here's the news on Windows CE Fan:
http://www.wince.ne.jp/frame.asp?/bbs/cnBoard.asp?PID=592
Although technologically this may be interesting news and I'm happy DDI and manufacturers are pushing forward new products and services I'm dubious about the real benefits for average PDA users. Everyone in Japan owns a phone anyway, and I feel using your PDA as a phone is going too far, although in the longer term PDAs and phones will most likely merge. I just can't imagine it being practical - current PDAs are just not designed to be phones. In addition, if you want to use your card a lot for data access then you wouldn't be able to use the phone function at the same time. I would guess this is just a step along the road to the eventual merger of phones and PDAs and it will be interesting to see how widely used it becomes in Japan.
It is also rumoured that NTT DoCoMo may be planning to start a flat rate plan for their popular P-in Comp@ct 64 kbps data cards in October: http://www.wince.ne.jp/bbs/device.asp (Japanese only): A later poster points out that DoCoMo's 64 kbps PHS cards have the big disadvantage that the 64 kbps PHS connection cannot be used while in motion, although the P-in Master does also have 9.6kpbs packet switched capability that can. The P-in Master can also make calls but cannot receive them. Will be interesting to see what the pricing is (expected around 5,000 yen) if the rumour is true and whether they come out with any new cards with improved features at the same time.
VoIP phone functionality for PDAs is more interesting as it potentially offers cheaper calls and an alternative to conventional mobile phones. Yozan and SkyWave are two companies in Japan pushing this forward. See this AsiaBizTech article and the others linked at the end.
For anyone who doesn't already know, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and ICQ are already available for Pocket PCs. In addition Microsoft also have research software called Portrait offering voice and video chat on a Pocket PC and this supports various existing standards.
What follows is a brief description of how I use my Pocket PC on a daily basis to show how it fits in to a busy Tokyo lifestyle. Not all uses are unique to Japan, but the need to be able to read Japanese and significant commuting and desk time will be common factors among many people living here.
07.35 - Set off to from home. Listen to an audio book from audible.com on the way to the station.
07.43 - Board first train. Only two minutes on this one and two crowded to do much so take the opportunity to read the mails (news, stock prices, kanji of the day, horoscope) on my mobile (cell) phone. (Has the advantage over the Pocket PC of easy one handed operation).
07.51 - Board next train. Still usually got enough phone mails for this 10 minute journey, but Pocket PC is handy for jotting down any notes, tasks to do today, or referring to dictionary.
08.06 - Presuming I'm on time I can get a seat for the final 40 minute journey. Makes a big difference. Currently cramming Japanese study in the morning in some part using Pocket PC dictionaries and flashcards. Very useful to have access to EDICT and other dictionaries. JWPce and JFC are great tools. I also like King Kanji which gives you space to draw the kanji using the stylus.
08.46 - Just enough time to grab a coffee from Starbucks and get to the office for 9.
09.00 - Pocket PC goes into USB cradle for synch, backup and charging. Use Remote Display Control to see and control Pocket PC from desktop. Start up Pocket IE currently with www.newsnow.co.uk Live News feed as home page. Pocket PC uses USB connection to connect to internet via desktop in addition to synching and power. If I'm lucky I'll get chance to download and install a piece of software or two I've heard about recently. It's so simple. Simply click on a link, then 'Open' and 'Next', 'Next', 'Next' ... finished. Usually it will go on the 256 MB SD card as the internal memory was filled up long ago. Quickly check my favorite 3 Pocket PC sites WinCE Fan (Japanese), Pocket PC Magazine and Pocket PC Thoughts. I'm using NetCaptor featuring tabbed windows and these are some of the sites which automatically open when I start my browser.
Rest of working day - Pocket PC usually always leaves the cradle to accompany me to lunch and any meetings. I'm sure to need it for something ... perhaps the calendar, taking/referring to notes or tasks, dictionary or reading or listening to books if I get any free time or to answer an unanticipated trivia question which is sure to have an answer in at least one of the Tomeraider reference files I have on the SD card.
18:00 ~ 23.40 - Depends what time I leave work. I may check e-mail using P-in Comp@ct 64 kbps wireless modem as I walk to the station and reply to any important mails on the train using Calligrapher handwriting recognition. No chance of a seat so comfortable standing space is crucial. If I need to contact any friends quickly I can see if they are online using MSN/Yahoo Messenger or ICQ. One problem is that wireless modem only keeps a signal when stationary. Would really like DDI 128kbps flat rate (abt. 9000 yen/mnth) CF card which keeps the signal when moving but it's hard to justify this amount for the number of times I would actually need it. When mail is finished I set about reading any current e-books I'm currently engrossed in, usually using MobiPocket of Palm Reader Pro. May also read any doc, text, HTML or PDF files I synched for reading during the day. Walking back from the station I again switch to audio books. If I'm feeling in need of distraction I can play with any new software I've installed recently (including just a few games for emergencies only :-).
Back at home - Check the task list for any tasks I had to complete at home this evening. Using categories means I can easily filter home tasks, work tasks, tasks related to the internet or mail or any combination of these or other categories. Agenda Fusion may this very easy. Usually use laptop for any home computing, but if a quick mail check or web site check is required the Pocket PC is instantly connected using a CF WLAN card and 8 Mbps ADSL wireless LAN. If I'm feeling adventurous will look for a short movie or interesting video file to watch whilst eating from the increasing number of Pocket PC multimedia content providers out there. Before sleeping will check calendar and update tasks for the following day, before popping in the charger to ensure batteries are fully fueled for the journey the following day.
Those are many of the uses on a typical day, but always having a Pocket PC loaded with all the software I need close by means I always have important information to hand and there is never a wasted minute. Just the tool to help make a busy life in Tokyo all the better.
Not much of interest to users here, but good to see this type of support for the PDA industry from businesses and a good sign for the PDA industry's future in Japan. Site is only in Japanese: PDABiz
Originally posted as an answer to a aimilar question in the discussion group.
JWPce (freeware) can take a bit of getting used to and installing is not quite as simple as click-and-go but when you do get it installed and get used to it it provides good access to EDICT. It's actually a word processor but the kanji and word dictionary are the key features. There is a companion freeware flash card program called JFC contributing to what is an excellent package. All the info is here: http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~grosenth/jwpce.html
Do some obvious searches on Google and you will find some good flash card sets other people have created. (Same goes for King Kanji).
In addition most Japanese model PPCs come with E-J, J-E, kokugo and perhaps kanji dict. The Sanseido one on my old G-FORT and the Jisyo Supa on my Genio perform well but don't offer anything more than very basic lookup functions are certainly have no tools to help learn vocab.
Some of the better of the other tools out there (Most only have Japanese information):
- PDIC: http://member.nifty.ne.jp/TaN/ (Can be used to access Eijiro but I have yet to try it pending getting hold of a bigger memory card).
- ZPDVIEW: http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA004474/wince/wince.html (Another good looking tool I really have to try)
There are also an increasingly good range of commercial dictionaries out there, including on the shelves of some of the larger computer stores. Searching for Ž«�‘ (jisyo) here http://www.wince.ne.jp/soft2002/ will get you a list of most of them. I'm not sure about the user interface but the content is the equivalent of the print dictionaries from the same companies. (Aside: I personally like EIJIRO (www.alc.co.jp for web access) for translations but it doesn't have the kanji readings so it may also be necessary to look these up using a separate tool/dictionary).
Finally, this Java dictionary - Babbletower - is still at early release stage but it has been getting very good comments from people who know what they are talking about: http://home.att.ne.jp/theta/xelalex/v
I had to remove this report for a few days after reading this slightly unclear article about the Musea on the AsiaBizTech site. The article seems to suggest that the Musea has in-built FOMA communication capability (quote: 'first PDA terminal with FOMA built-in wireless communications functions on the operating system'), something I had not understood when I wrote the post below and so I removed the post thinking it was inaccurate. In reality after checking the DoCoMo site in Japanese and the press release in English I am reasonably confident that this is not the case. The original post follows:
See a report on Pocket PC Life. There's nothing that this Pocket PC can do that any other Japanese capable Pocket PC can't except m-stage visual. Why do NTT DoCoMo bother doing this? Surely they won't make money from selling the device itself. If it is anything like the G-FORT it will be priced lower than other Pocket PCs but will suffer from lack of third part peripheral support. They are already out of the race using an old generation processor, a 3.5" screen and only one expansion slot. The design is okay but the weight is still heavier than the Genio at 180g. I' sure DoCoMo would have been much better off investing the money in rolling out solutions and services for all the Pocket PCs out there from real consumer goods manufacturers, for example by releasing software for m-stage visual.
Check out the new Pocket PC Japan discussion group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pocketpcjapan/.
There is a review of the Fujitsu Loox Pocket PC due out in Japan on 2nd
August here: http://www.tekguru.co.uk/PPC_Reviews/LOOX/index.htm.
Main (only?) advantages over the Genio are built-in Bluetooth, jog dial and
action button on left side. Disadvantages include smaller screen, slightly
heavier and bulkier, no PC card jacket option, at first glance less bundled
software (including no dictionary), no USB host functionality. Also I'm not
confident about the technical details, but the Genio SD slot can also use
I/O cards which I believe are those which outside the scope of flash memory,
I'm not sure the Fujitsu can.
Price is expected to be similar so I'd say only people who really need
built-in Bluetooth would be better off with the Loox rather than the Genio.
A bit slow on posting a report, but I finally splashed out for the Genio e550G (http://www.genio-e.com/pda/) - a long awaited PDA upgrade on the 6th June - the first day of release. I'd been itching to upgrade since at least last November but was determined to wait for the right device and am convinced I made the right decision. So what's so good about it?
Size - Much smaller than my GFORT and one of the smallest and lightest PDAs on the market with two expansion slots. 170g, 125x76.5x15.9
Screen - it spite of the small body footprint it sports a great 4" screen. I don't know of any other PDA in this size category which has a screen of the same size. Of course the screen has the normal
Processor - XScale PXA250 400 MHz. Much improved performance over the GFORT 140 MHz. Can handle downloading e-mail in the background while you are surfing or using other apps.
Expanison - In-built CF II and SD slot. USB host in cradle or with optional cable. PCMCIA jacket option. Hard to beat for expansion options and there are a huge range of Pocket PC compatible accessories to take advantage of.
Pocket PC OS and software - (Is this where the controversy starts ;-) I really like the OS. Very easy to use and the bundled apps cover all standard PDA needs. For the most part they are well designed but see the 'bad' section below for a few niggles. In addition there are now a humungous range of apps for the Pocket PC to cover almost every conceivable need and as mentioned above a huge range of compatible hardware apps. The OS is also very stable and never crashes. There are a wide range of input methods including keyboards, kanji drawing input, hand writing recognition and note recognition. Additional third party apps are also appearing. Setting up network and internet connections is very easy.
Bundled apps - A great selection is provided on CD including Japanese dictionary, JR Travel Navigator, Flash viewer, i-appli viewer, Personal Java, map viewing software and maps, photo viewer, T-Time Japanese e-book reader, Word, Excel and PowerPoint native format viewer (the Pocket versions of Word and Excel take files which are converted to pocket version automatically by Active Synch, neat speech tool which reads Japanese text, Windows Media Player 8, MSN Messenger and of course Pocket Internet Explorer. The is also a while designed customizable home screen app which is an ice addition to the Pocket PC native Today screen. I find I use both for different purposes. For the first time I feel like I have a useful desktop on my PDA.
Flashable ROM - Can update the OS with new updates.
Track record and accessories - Toshiba made a good impression with the first generation Genio Pocket PC. They made available a range of accessories and they are popular enough that 3rd party manufacturers make accessories which support the Genio.
Well designed and information packed web site.
And now for a few minor bad things:
Battery Life - This is by far the biggest problem with all Pocket PCs. Supposedly around 10 hours for the Genio at 400 MHz with front light off but I really doubt it would last this long with real usage. Using the front light, processor heavy apps playing lot's of multimedia or using energy hungry expansion cards all add load. You can manage all these things but what's the point having them if you are going to turn them off. It really is a serious deficiency for a PDA to have battery life problems and I'm sure Palm users everywhere will be shouting victory, but in my opinion this handicap is worth putting up with for all the other benefits. I haven't run out of batteries so far but I do find myself plugging in at every available opportunity and being careful not to waste power. Depending on how I end up using the device over the long term I may carry a spare battery jacket or get the PCMCIA jacket which also has inbuilt power.
In-built PIM (Pocket Outlook)) - There are a few niggles or things on my wish list which would make the PIM much better software. Just a small niggle. Pocket Informant is a 3rd party PIM app recommended by all the Pocket PC gurus which uses the Pocket Outlook databases and costs just $19.95
No in-built Bluetooth - Not such a bad thing in reality but some people may argue no built in Bluetooth is a disadvantage. I think there will be a new generation or two of Pocket PC by the time Bluetooth really takes off and in the meantime a CF or SD card will probably be perfectly okay in most situations.
No screen protectors - There were no screen protectors shipped with the Genio and as the screen is larger than usual no cut-to-size 3rd party ones are available yet. Have to cut one to size for now.
No scroll wheel - I missed the scroll wheel on the left at first but have got used to not having it and may actually be doing things more efficiently without it though. In fact though it's not really a wheel that you find on most Pocket PCs but an up-down scroll button. I like the button-wheel (like a mouse wheel-button) I have on my Sony video camera and would like this navigation option on more PDAs.
Cursor button - The default button was convex and a bit difficult to use. An additional button with an in and out concave design is much easier to use though. Still got to get used to this compared to the scroll button though.
Firmware/OS Update - An update was released just six days after the original release to fix a few minor bugs.
Price: At around 67,800 yen it's pretty expensive, beaten only be the iPAQ. You also need to factor in the costs of cases, screen protectors, extra chargers, battery jackets, PCMCIA card jackets and other peripherals like CF and SD cards if you don't already have these and want to make the most of the PDA.
Japanese OS: If you want an English version you are out of luck as no English version has been released or announced yet. The Japanese version was slightly delayed by about a week supposedly to ensure they had enough devices to meet demand so perhaps like the iPAQ before it demand will exceed the speed that they can be manufactured.
Overall all the many good points far, far outweigh the minor bad points and it is a very well designed and powerful PDA. I'd certainly recommend it as the best Pocket PC and arguably the most powerful PDA available on the market at the current time.
AsiaBizTech has a brief article on Skywave's VoIP software and possible supporting services which would allow us to make VoIP phone calls with our Pocket PCs by early 2003.
The J@pan Inc. GadgetWatch newsletter mentions the Toshiba e550G in their May 9th Newsletter (a very well-written and worthwhile newsletter for Gadget freaks). As usual I've also made some posts about the device in the tpc.mobile newsgroup.
Toshiba has released an astounding looking device scheduled for release in Japan at the end of May. No info anywhere in English yet, but the Japanese page is very well designed: http://genio-e.com/pda/
I've been pretty lazy keeping this Blog up-to-date - but one of the reasons is the Tokyo PC Users Group tpc.mobile newsgroup to which I post quite a lot. You can link to the the web or news version or sign up for the mailing list here. The group is great for finding out about the latest tools and services available in Japan and worldwide and the knowledgeable people there are very forthcoming with help and advice.
Following the release of the Casio E-2000 and the NEC Pocket Gear things have been pretty quiet on the Pocket PC scene here in Japan. Toshiba and Hitachi have announced they have new devices planned with Intel XScale processor, but Fujitsu has been most forthcoming with a device for the consumer market, announcing a planned release date of the end of May. CNETAsia has a nice article on it.
I decided not to upgrade from my G-FORT for the moment. The NEC PocketGear was almost right but I really wanted 64MB of RAM. The Casio looked cheap compared to the flashy images on the web and the bundled software was uninspiring. Will wait for something better. It's interesting that the Fujitsu mentioned about will come with Bluetooth in Japan but wireless phone functions instead elsewhere in the world.
The NEC PPC 2002 was out last Friday and the Casio E-2000 is out this Wednesday. Here's a quick comparison I did of the two:
Casio E-2000
Kakaku.com (Japanese)
BicBic.com (Japanese)
Intel StrongARM SA-1110 Processor�i206MHz�j
ROM: 32MB
RAM: 64MB
Screen: 3.5 TFT 240 x 320 - 65,536
130 x 82 x 17.5 mm 190g
PC Card jacket, USB connectability
12 hours
Main advantages: 64 MB RAM, Backlit screen
Main disadvantages: Screen slightly smaller, bundled software not as interesting.
NEC PocketGear MC�^PG5000
Kakaku.com (Japanese)
BicBic.com (Japanese)
Intel StrongARM SA-1110 Processor�i206MHz�j
ROM: 32MB
RAM: 32MB
Screen: 3.8 TFT 240 x 320 - 65,536
126 x 78 x 18.5mm 190g
PC Card jacket, USB connectability
12 hours
Main advantages: Larger screen, bundled software, slightly smaller
Main disadvantages: Only 32 MB RAM
I posted this to the tpc.mobile newsgroup with the subject 'Comparing Casio E-2000 & NEC PG5000' so check there to see the ensuing discussion.
