Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Willcom's D4 Handles Vista in Style
Posted by Chris Gohlke in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 11:00 PM
"Check it out, 'cause you're looking at what must be the world's smallest QWERTY device capable of running Windows Vista Home Premium SP1. At least it will be when it makes its debut in Japan come June. Measuring just 188 x 84 x 25.9mm and 470grams, all that power / battery conservation / smallness of the Willcom D4 (aka, Sharp-built WS016SH) comes courtesy of a 1.3-GHz Atom processor pumping away beneath that sliding / tilting 5-inch, 262k color, LED-backlit 1,024 x 600 touchscreen hiding a 64-key QWERTY keyboard. Inside you'll find 1GB of memory, a 1.8-inch 40GB disk, 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, microSD slot, HD audio codec with mono-speaker, and Opera browser riding atop Japanese PHS (W-SIM) or 802.11b/g WiFi. Hitting Japan for ¥128,600 (about $1,254) -- a lot less with 2 year contract."
Oh my! That looks pretty sweet. If you need to be running Vista on a portable this looks like the way to go. I'll be curious to see some performance specs regarding how well this little number actually handles Vista.
Oh my! That looks pretty sweet. If you need to be running Vista on a portable this looks like the way to go. I'll be curious to see some performance specs regarding how well this little number actually handles Vista.
