[9fans] omap3 notebook

[9fans] omap3 notebook

[ron minnich]

http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/home/

$400 but it has a long backlog it seems.

ron

Re: [9fans] omap3 notebook

[Ethan Grammatikidis]

On 12 Mar 2010, at 05:17, ron minnich wrote:

> http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/home/
>
> $400 but it has a long backlog it seems.
>
> ron
>

Very nice looking little thing and the internal USB is a great idea. I
almost got to saying "I want one," but I started comparing it to my
Zaurus which was about that price some years ago. For my purposes the
Touch Book has half again the clock speed and double the battery life
of my old Z, plus a nicer screen and keyboard. The latter two aren't
worth it not fitting in my pocket, although I'm sure they will be to
others. The Touch Book also has 8 times the RAM my Zaurus has, but
what would you use 512MB for in a Plan 9 terminal-like device?

I feel a bit bad about running it down because I think the company
shows a lovely attitude in trying to support as many Linux distros as
they can, but the 512MB just says to me, "this was made for the
wonderful Technologies of XML and object oriented design."

Re: [9fans] omap3 notebook

[David Leimbach]

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Yeah the touchbook,it can run some ported iPhone applications it seems too
interestingly.

Dave

On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Ethan Grammatikidis
<eekee57@fastmail.fm>wrote:

>
> On 12 Mar 2010, at 05:17, ron minnich wrote:
>
>  http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/home/
>>
>> $400 but it has a long backlog it seems.
>>
>> ron
>>
>>
> Very nice looking little thing and the internal USB is a great idea. I
> almost got to saying "I want one," but I started comparing it to my Zaurus
> which was about that price some years ago. For my purposes the Touch Book
> has half again the clock speed and double the battery life of my old Z, plus
> a nicer screen and keyboard. The latter two aren't worth it not fitting in
> my pocket, although I'm sure they will be to others. The Touch Book also has
> 8 times the RAM my Zaurus has, but what would you use 512MB for in a Plan 9
> terminal-like device?
>
> I feel a bit bad about running it down because I think the company shows a
> lovely attitude in trying to support as many Linux distros as they can, but
> the 512MB just says to me, "this was made for the wonderful Technologies of
> XML and object oriented design."
>
>

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Re: [9fans] omap3 notebook

[Harri Haataja]

On 12 March 2010 07:17, ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/home/
> $400 but it has a long backlog it seems.

There's also the Nokia's NIT devices if you're looking for pocketable.
Might be a relatively hostile environment for anything but Maemo,
though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Tablet

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Re: [9fans] omap3 notebook

[Richard Miller]

> There's also the Nokia's NIT devices if you're looking for pocketable.
> Might be a relatively hostile environment for anything but Maemo,
> though.

Hosted inferno works well on these.

Re: [9fans] omap3 notebook

[Ethan Grammatikidis]

On 14 Mar 2010, at 10:22, Richard Miller wrote:

>> There's also the Nokia's NIT devices if you're looking for
>> pocketable.
>> Might be a relatively hostile environment for anything but Maemo,
>> though.
>
> Hosted inferno works well on these.

That's good to know. It may be my best choice for my Zaurus too.

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