Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Clio NXT Pre-Selling for $799 USD
Posted by Jason Dunn in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 09:15 AM
"Data Evolution Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Data Evolution Holdings, Inc. (OTC.PK: DTEV), announced today that it will launch a pre-order incentive program for the Clio NXT™, the world’s only full-sized, Windows CE, convertible handheld computer, on January 4, 2005. For a limited time, customers may pre-order a Clio NXT for $799.00 instead of the suggested retail price of $999.00. The special price will be applicable until February 4, 2005. The Clio NXT is expected to be available for delivery in April 2005."
What's a Clio NXT you might ask? Here's what it looks like:
And here's what's in it:
"The Clio NXT will continue to utilize the Clio’s familiar, award-winning SwingTop® design and its near full-sized keyboard, but will also offer technologies not available on earlier Clio models, such as built-in 802.11 wireless, a larger screen, a blazing 400MHz Intel XScale processor, industry standard USB connectivity, multiple memory slots, MP3 player, and audio in/out ports. The NXT will run Microsoft’s® Windows® CE .NET™ 4.2 Professional operating system."
I had a first generation Clio, and it was seriously cool device - but suffered from a bad screen and a dog-slow CPU. The Clio NXT looks like it addresses both of these concerns, so this could be a very interesting device for those people who are looking for an instant-on, long-lasting device with a real keyboard for data entry, writing, etc. The down side is that because it's running CE 4.2, you won't have much (if any) third party software to chose from.
What's a Clio NXT you might ask? Here's what it looks like:
And here's what's in it:
"The Clio NXT will continue to utilize the Clio’s familiar, award-winning SwingTop® design and its near full-sized keyboard, but will also offer technologies not available on earlier Clio models, such as built-in 802.11 wireless, a larger screen, a blazing 400MHz Intel XScale processor, industry standard USB connectivity, multiple memory slots, MP3 player, and audio in/out ports. The NXT will run Microsoft’s® Windows® CE .NET™ 4.2 Professional operating system."
I had a first generation Clio, and it was seriously cool device - but suffered from a bad screen and a dog-slow CPU. The Clio NXT looks like it addresses both of these concerns, so this could be a very interesting device for those people who are looking for an instant-on, long-lasting device with a real keyboard for data entry, writing, etc. The down side is that because it's running CE 4.2, you won't have much (if any) third party software to chose from.
