Sharp Actius MM20

The Sharp MM20 is no powerhouse, but its portability and unique cradle sync feature make this a cool and innovative portable, as well as a great complement to your desktop.

Supersmall form factor; lightweight; extremely portable; also functions as a USB drive.

No built-in optical drive; poor performance; skimpy battery life.

The Sharp Actius MM20 is light on features, performance, and battery life, but it's much less expensive than the competition and quite capable of the basics.

Amazingly thin and light, with decent keyboard feel and 10.4-inch display, Why can't every notebook work as a handy USB external hard drive for your desktop

Keyboard layout guaranteed to cause typos, Sluggish performance; unimpressive battery life

Somewhat less adequate is what we'd call the Sharp's keyboard -- not so much because its 17mm (versus your desktop keyboard's 19mm) pitch or spacing requires some conscious care or precise typing, but because its positioning of the cursor arrows at the...