Kohjinsha PM MID (UMID M1) compared to Sharp PC-Z1 NetWalker
PCwatch has compared two of the recently unveiled MIDs, Kohjinsha PM MID and Sharp’s PC-Z1 NetWalker. The Sharp PC-Z1 Netwalker is longer than the Kohjinsha, but that allowed Sharp to fit in a bigger keyboard than Kohjinsha PM MID. Sharp Netwalker has slightly wider buttons and has six row of function keys.
Kohjinsha PM MID relies solely on touch screen for navigation whereas the Sharp has managed to fit in a optical mouse. Sharp Netwalker MID has better battery life which is very important for such a small on-the-go device.
Both of these are not available officially in either US or EU
One very important thing that PCwatch forgot to mention: Kohjinsha PM MID is a x86-based device, which means that it can run almost any desktop OS (limited by storage memory). It comes installed with Windows XP, whereas the Sharp Netwalker has a non x86 hardware and runs Ubuntu
[via pcwatch] (Japanese)
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