Phil Leigh;435751 Wrote: > I probably didn't explain this very well... > I meant 10 inch diagonal touch screen so I could run something like the > web UI (and also browse the net). The device would detach from a base > station that was also a charger and had all the audio gubbins it. The > base would connect to the hi-fi. The "tablet" could be used docked in > the base or on my lap/around the house. At least this way I could > actually see what was on the screen! I don't need it to be an audio > player - just a control interface. However, I guess others would want a > player capability via headphones or a line-out. > > The tablet would talk to the base via wi-fi (unless docked when they > would talk directly). > The base would have the ability to run SC internally and connect to USB > disks etc - or to connect via wi-fi/ethernet to a traditional external > SC server. > > The ability to use the tablet screen as a basic photo frame/ image > browser/ video player would be excellent. > > One advantage of a tablet sized device is bigger batteries. > Having an integral carrying handle that could double as a table stand > or retract completely would be neat. > > > > It doesn't have to be 10 inches - but at least 7. The real icing on the > cake would be the ability to open a thin-client remote control interface > onto > a host SC PC so that ripping, tagging etc could be managed remotely if > required. The server PC could then be headless. > > > I'm starting to wonder how close I could get to this with available > tablet technologies and the current SB range?
Phil, Archos makes a number of tablet based devices. I have a 605 WiFI that displays the Nokia770 skin quite well. It uses the Opera browser. -- bobharp Bob Harper ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64706 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
