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The Pocket LOOX's design is reminiscent of yesteryear's PDAs, which is hardly surprising considering it competed in our last PDAs group test 11 months ago (see issue 99, p81). The telling signs are its bulky 17mm thickness and plastic body, which contrasts with the sleek metal cases of more recent PDAs. That said, its 170g weight still compares favourably in the business PDA market.
It also boasts a good range of accessories to take advantage of the CompactFlash slot. The most interesting of these is the GSM/GPRS tri-band CompactFlash card, as Fujitsu Siemens places the speaker and microphone in the natural places to use the Pocket LOOX as a phone. Added flexibility comes via an SD card slot and integrated Bluetooth.
So the LOOX can still compete when it comes to features, but it fell down in our quality ratings. It's the only PDA here to include a reflective rather than transflective TFT, making it more difficult to read in bright light - it needs the backlight on most of the time. This seriously affects its battery such as Fujitsu FPCBP120 Battery, Fujitsu FPCBP119 Battery, Fujitsu LifeBook E8210 Battery, Fujitsu FPCBP144 Battery, Fujitsu FPCBP64 Battery, Fujitsu FPCBP145 Battery, Fujitsu LifeBook E8310 Battery, Fujitsu LifeBook Q2010 Battery, Fujitsu FPCBP148 Battery, Fujitsu FPCBP147 Battery, Fujitsu LifeBook C1410 Battery, Fujitsu FPCBP151 Battery life; on one occasion, the LOOX barely lasted for two hours in general use.
This is surprising considering the size of the battery. We imagine it would last much longer with Pocket PC 2003 and a more efficient PXA255 processor rather than the 400MHz PXA250 chip. Performance should also improve, although we found the LOOX to be nippy enough in use.
Sadly, the average battery life and ageing design count against the LOOX 600, especially against business-class PDAs like the iPAQ H5550. The good news is that Fujitsu Siemens is releasing the LOOX 610 imminently.
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