2011/11/2 <[email protected]>: > Hello Wolfgang, > My Mom wanted me to ask you this specifically. ;) > She bought a couple of Zipit Z2's that we thought would be better than my > Nano, but boy was she wrong (according to her). Even with 1230 Mah, it does > not even get 4 hours battery life.
6-8h with WiFi here, even more without WiFi > In addition, if you re-flash wrong, you > have to solder the motherboard. So use script from mozzwald to do it automatically ;) > Our seller tried to pass off used units as > new and one AC adapter was shot. The fact that we needed an AC adapter at > all irked her a bit. She had complained of how small the nanonote screen > was, but after seeing that the 2.8" zipit screen was OK, she warmed up to > the Nanonote. The fact that you cannot connect to a computer (ie usb, or > even serial) also annoyed her. You can, but you need to build a cable first. Zipit has both USB host and USB device (and both are 1.1) on external connector, and as a bonus a bunch of GPIOs > My personal qualm is that the stock firmware > comes with a nasty copyright which prevents modifying, studying etc. It's > what Stallman would call a "dirty license" especially since they took gpl > software and packaged it with non-free stuff. (tivoisation much?) Nope, they provided source code and a way to get console on it :) No tivoisation at all, even bootloader is open, you can get to its console over serial > Her question is when the next nanonote is projected to be released. She has > been quite anxious for the one with USB host, as I'm sure a lot of hackers > are... > If the new nano will not be ready anytime soon, she is willing to get a Ben, > say for Christmas time, as am I since I have learned firsthand that there is > nothing like even the first humble installment of qi-goodness. > A remarkable fact to me is the electrical freedom one has with the Ben. It > can charge via any 5v or under USB source and uses so little power it can > use cell phone batteries. The world of laptops, for example is almost > totally without such freedom The only computer I know of without a > proprietary battery is the Norhtec Gecko laptop which runs on AA's. > > "keep up the good work and crank out that Ya nanonote!" -from my Mom You can get more info on #zipit channel on freenode :) And please next time don't blame things you don't know about ;) Regards Vasily _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
