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- From: fugitt@tempus.Corp.Sun.COM (Lem Fugitt - Nihon Sun US Office)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops
- Subject: Re: Brand New SHARP IQ9000 - infos wanted
- Date: 7 Jan 1993 01:37:36 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- Lines: 42
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <1ig1h0INNoc1@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM>
- References: <1993Jan6.182847.22583@schbbs.mot.com>
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- In article 22583@schbbs.mot.com, TMKT76@waccvm.corp.mot.com (Daniel Fusils) writes:
- <=>Last week in Paris (France) i saw a prototype of the brand new SHARP
- <=>palmtop named IQ9000.
-
- It's called the 9600 in the US and the 9000 in Canada (perhaps everywhere
- outside the US).
-
- <=>cards interface (is it PCMCIA?)...etc. Is it a Newton before date?
-
- No, unfortunately it's still the Sharp closed interface. - not PCMCIA. There
- are rumors that the next generation will support PCMCIA, but nothing confirmed
- from Sharp that I've seen. On the bright side most of the existing Sharp
- applications cards work with the 9600.
-
- <=>Has anybody seen it?
-
- There were a few in the stores here and some lucky people here found one
- under the Christmas tree... Now, after the Christmas rush, most of the stores
- that carry the Wizard line have them in stock. I counted about 10 on the
- shelf at the local CompUSA outlet last Saturday afternoon.
-
- <=>
- <=>I was told it will be out by march over here. Is it already available in
- <=>the US or Japan? (i plan to move in USA by end february, Dallas area)
- <=>
-
- Definitely out and available. Everyone that I've talked to that has one seems
- to love it. The only negative comments seem to be about the screen being
- dimmer than the 8xxx version.
-
- <=>How much does it cost?
-
- I don't know what the list price is - probably around $650, but the stores
- here are selling them for just under $500.
-
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