Eee PC hands on?

[Alex Hewitt]

On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 16:35 -0500, Ben Scott wrote:
> On Dec 17, 2007 3:22 PM, Alex Hewitt <hewitt_tech at comcast.net> wrote:
> > One form factor that has appeal is something the size of a Mac mini.
> 
>   You spelled "Koolu" wrong.  ;-)
> 
>   http://www.koolu.com/

I actually considered the Koolu before I wrote Mac Mini. I haven't
actually tried a Koolu but the Mini definitely has a lot of
"oomph" (dual core processor, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB hard drive, built-in
802.11g and Bluetooth). I'm really mixing systems here. The Koolu uses
very little power whereas the Mac Mini is really a desktop in a very
tiny package.

> 
> > I used to think that those small units that attached to your eyeglasses
> 
>   Personal HUDs are one of those things that will get economically
> viable as soon as there's mass-market demand for it.  You just need to
> come up with a reason the masses should buy one.
> 

I think the killer for the previous versions of these display devices
was high cost and relatively poor video performance. The MicroOptical
device is supposedly built into an eyeglass lens and conceivably would
not be noticed by most bystanders.

>   Look at Bluetooth.  When Bluetooth first came on the scene, I don't
> think very many people ever thought that the "killer app" for BT would
> be *hands-free headsets for cell phones*.  But thanks to that, the
> success of BT is assured.


> 
>   (Aside: I remember watching the original "Star Trek", looking at
> Uhura's ear piece, and thinking "That's so lame.  Nobody would ever
> want to walk around with something like that hanging out of their
> ear."  I guess I was wrong on that call.  Truth is stranger than
> fiction.)
> 

Yup. Going from a Borg like hinged "thingie" hanging in front of the eye
to something that looks like an ordinary pair of eyeglasses would do the
trick assuming the video performance was decent and the price wasn't
astronomical.

-Alex

P.S. To be a real Borg contender the device would need to be built into
the cornea ;^)

> -- Ben
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