odysseus commented on Panasonic ToughBook CF-U1: Pricing and Specs of the Rugged Little Intel Atom UMPC

"We've been playing with one of these at work, very bulky, keyboard is hard to use, and the screen is too hi-res it's hard to read."

odysseus commented on Kodak Quick Touch Digital Photo Frames Are Ticklish on the Side

"How hard can it be t build one of these things right, I've been searching for months and have yet to find anything decent that matches my requirements: * Standard ratio screen, not wide screen * 10" to 12" size with decent resolution * Wifi as well as SD card * Ability to read pictures from any shared network drive * Ability to display/import RSS feeds from internet * Ability to save pictures imported from RSS or SD card into a network folder, some organisation tools * Ability to mix all sources into one slideshow * Not fugly Come on, someone must want my money, surely???"

odysseus commented on Broken ATM Doubles Withdrawals (While Supplies Last)

"This happens all the time."

odysseus commented on Motion Computing F5 Tablet is Highly Evolved Speak N' Spell

"We've been trialling some Motion tablets at work, and they come out streets ahead of the Toshiba's and others we've trialled as well."

odysseus commented on Real Live Pictures of 8-Inch Asus Eee PC

"Having now actually looked at the photos, it's clear all the 8" is is a wider screen version of the current 7" with the same height, expanding the width into the area where the speakers currently are, which makes staying at 480 pixels high make sense, but stretching the 800 pixels wide to cover doesn't seem likely? John."

odysseus commented on Real Live Pictures of 8-Inch Asus Eee PC

"Using an as yet untuned Xubuntu install, I get about 3 hours battery. Man, increase the resolution, please, 480 just doesn't cut it, I need 600 and I'll be happy. John."

odysseus commented on OpenMoko Neo Freerunner Linux Smartphone Hands-on

"@YOGIBIMBI Actually IBM had a Linux-based watch several years ago..."

odysseus commented on Segway Inventor Dean Kamen Makes Cameo at CES

"In my book, when you´ve saved as many lives as he has, you can wear whatever you damn well want... John."

odysseus commented on Sir Richard Branson Claims He and Larry Page are Working Together

"And I thought the codenames for Bransen´s ´secret´ Aussie projects I worked on were dumb enough (Kylie and Bondi, who wouldn´t guess what territory they were aimed at???), but that´s way worse."

odysseus commented on Next-Gen Asus Eee PC Packs WiMax, 8.9-Inch Screen

"gah, make that >=600"

odysseus commented on Next-Gen Asus Eee PC Packs WiMax, 8.9-Inch Screen

"@formicae No, you really do need the extra lines of resolution, there's a lot of dialogs that don't quite fit in 480 rows that would work fine in 800 lines."

odysseus commented on Next-Gen Asus Eee PC Packs WiMax, 8.9-Inch Screen

"Why eee? This post comes to you from a small hotel in rural south France, where I'm backpacking around for 3 weeks holiday."

odysseus commented on Microsoft's Special Windows XP for OLPC Runs Directly off of an SD Card

"What's with the Giz's OLPC-hating lately???"

odysseus commented on Nigerian Keyboard Company Suing OLPC for Patent Infringement

"You guys really shouldn't believe all the FUD flying these days. For a start, that's no article, it's a press release on marketwire, hence its lack of balance. Second, one patent is Nigerian, hence it being filed in Nigeria. Third, the US patent is a Design Patent, i.e."

odysseus commented on World Record House of Cards Stands Up to Leafblower

"I guy could get some seriously major paper-cuts or even put an eye out from doing that..."

odysseus commented on Accordion-Shaped Building to be Squeezed into City of London

"No, no, no, no, no, no, NO!!!"

odysseus commented on Amazon Kindle Real-Life Review (Verdict: Lightweight, Long Lasting and Easy to Grip... In Bed)

"The Economist?"

odysseus commented on Galaxy Black Asus Eee PC Now Available

"@luckypictures: Precisely!"