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Sharp NetWalker PC-Z1
$479.00
Released October, 2009
The Pros:5" touchscreen display with standard 10" netbook resolution. Extremely portable design - great to see in a time when 7-9" netbooks are being phased out / replaced by larger 10-12" models. Affordable compared to similarly sized competition.
The Cons:No internal 3G. Non-removable battery. Smaller size impedes usability.
The Sharp PC-Z1 NetWalker is a mid to expensive netbook released in late 2009. Sharp describes the netbooks as a Mobile Internet Tool that is easy to handle as a mobile phone but still has all the functionality of a PC.
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The Sharp PC-Z1 NetWalker has a quick launch function, a necessity for modern netbooks, where the netbook can allow the user to access e-mail and instant messaging services in under three seconds while the rest of the operating system loads in the background. The LCD is a 5-inch touch screen - a very unique feature for the price that Sharp is asking. Other touch screen netbooks on the market are priced at over a thousand, and sometimes over two thousand, a huge difference from the four to five hundred range that the PC-Z1 NetWalker is in.
Features
- 5-inch Wide SVGA touch-screen LCD
- Full keyboard
- Business documents can be created and edited
- Palmtop size
- Quick Launch function
- Internet Access
- Can be used as electronic dictionary and e-book
- Comes in White, Black, and Red
- Linux/Ubuntu*7 9.04 (Smartbook Remix for ARM-based systems, Sharp customized version)
- i.MX51 multimedia applications processor manufactured by Freescale Semiconductor
- 512 MB (fixed)
- 68-key keyboard (key pitch: approx. 14 mm*8; key stroke: approx. 0.8 mm)
- Optical pointer (optical pointing device)
- microSD Memory Card/microSDHC Memory Card
User Reviews (3)
Pros & Cons
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5" touchscreen display with standard 10" netbook resolution
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extremely portable design - great to see in a time when 7-9" netbooks are being phased out / replaced by larger 10-12" models
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affordable compared to similarly sized competition
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10 hours of battery life for all day computing
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original form-factor concept - somewhere between a netbook and PDA
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microSDHC storage expansion
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good keyboard design - largest keys possible considering the size constraints
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smaller size impedes usability
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no wrist rests - makes it awkward to type on
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large screen bezel - looks like the display could have been made larger
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based on an ARM processor - not X86 compatible (no Windows compatibility)
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