I don't think Barry actually used the UX. Otherwise, he would have clearly noted what a piece of shit it is.
1. The unit is NOT sturdy. The plastic feels cheap and flexes easily. One good twist could crack the screen. How the hell did you decide this unit feels solid? Are you some kind of sissy girlyman?
2. The 1.18 lbs and dimensions of the unit aren't as gush-worthy as you make them out to be. The OQO has the Sony beat, and it's several years old. Are you a Sony shill? Are you one of those old timers who still erroneously believes Sony = quality? He're a clue: Sony makes crap. The UX is crap. It's an oversized piece of crap.
3. The ergonomics of this unit are crap. It's a flush keyboard. You can't feel your way around it like you can the OQO, or even the old HP200LX. Do you know why cellphone makers are abandoning the flush-keyboard? Because users hate it. Once again, Sony is asleep at the wheel of design, and their product suffers for it. Unfortunately, you appear to be such a Sony sycophant that your review can't even talk about the reality of this unit's poor design.
4. The screen does not lock in place securely. It's just a little notch slide it sits in. In 6 months, it'll hang more raggedly than your mama's beef curtains.
5. The port replicator is an overblown piece of junk. Why does it need to be an entire cradle? You can't easily port that with you! The OQO port replicator is a sleek little cable that fits in a pocket. THAT is how you do port replication on a handtop. Once again, Sony and Barry just don't get it.
6. The mouse joystick is a huge mistake. There's a reason IBM doesn't make the trackpoint anymore. There's a reason the trackpoint-on-a-mouse isn't selling. There's a reason no one else in the universe implements mouse function this way. NOBODY LIKES IT. Well, except for Barry, because Barry blindly likes everything Sony.
7. Only Barry could look at a 4.5" 1024 screen, talk about how everyone will need glasses, and give it a thumbs up. Jesus, Barry. Why don't you just get on your knees and unzip Sony's fly now?
8. Oh, and Barry - when it comes to oversized dialog boxes, the answer is called ALT+SPACE, SELECT MOVE FROM THE POPUP MENU. We learned this trick back in Windows 3.1. Barry, computers. Computers, Barry. I'm sorry that I'm apparently the first one to introduce the two of you because you obviously don't have a friggin clue what one is in the first place.
9. Battery life. Here's where Barry's shill status gets cemented. The review for the OQO says the 3 hour battery isn't good enough, yet the not-quite-3-hour battery on the Sony is "as expected"???? WHERE'S YOUR DAMNATION OF THE SONY BARRY? You psycho freakjob.
10. Face it, the UX is crap. The design is busy and not well thought out. There are too many specialized buttons for things you don't want or need to worry about. The plastic is cheap. The slide is cheap. Even the stylus is cheap. The screen is over-res for the size. It's locked into some Cingular crap. It uses a joystick. And, the most damning reason to stay away from the UX: Barry likes it.
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