Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 12:13:30 -0700 From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] BRAND NEW Libretto U100 announced!!!! =)
David, in the first link when this topic came up (japanese site), there was some mention of usng the DVD player without turning the computer on. In one of the later (English) sites, the docking station was shown with standard DVD player switches off to the right of the actual drive. So, maybe the expensive Docking station was because it was needed to create a DVD player. Not sure if you could use the Libretto's screen but not turn the computer on - but that must be how it is used. It would be cool if you could use the Libretto/DVD dock as a DVD player/recorder with hard drive. Only speculation, but it might explain the high cost. Dick -----Original Message----- From: David Chien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 5:23 PM To: Libretto Subject: Re: [LIB] BRAND NEW Libretto U100 announced!!!! =) Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 14:20:48 -0700 (PDT) From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] BRAND NEW Libretto U100 announced!!!! =) Toshiba USA has the entire Libretto U100 manual available for download. Nice features: 1) Auto-zoom in on selected applications. Thus, you can use the regular resolution for most applications, but on the selected one, it'll drop to a lower resolution to make it bigger. 2) SD flash card boot capability! Yeah! You can boot (and probably run) the entire Libretto off the SD flash card ala floppy drive! This means a 1GB+ card can easily be used to run an entire Libretto! yea! 3) Toshiba battery bulb power indicator stays - updated with new icons, but it's still there. 4) Optional docking station. Don't know why a DVD dock will cost $400-500 but it's certainly more expensive than any of the other $50-150 DVD external drive choices out there. Really an option for most users that have access to a USB/PCMCIA drive. 5) Fingerprint security. Maybe good, maybe bad. You never know if these programs can be hacked to send your fingerprint data out to someone else - really bad - think, someday, you'll be framed for something because your fingerprint was on something. Also, if they have the fingerprint, they can recreate your scanned pattern and use it to access whatever you've protected with a fingerprint. RSA secureid keychain + password is a better way to increase security IMO. (ala eTrade recently adding this option) adorable toshiba libretto The latest news and information for the Toshiba Libretto owner. http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
