I just did a search on Ebay for "Android tablet new" from $50-200 and I got 1300+ hits.
I am sure that some of them are junk. But some might be worth while working with. Many can display HDMI movies so the resolution must be pretty good and some have built in 3G and Wifi also. A few have Ethernet ports and 1 ghz plus CPUs. Tempting...... Dave On 4/4/2011 9:03 AM, Colin K wrote: > I have a 10" touchscreen I got from short-circuit.com. They sell car pc parts > which I assume come from the same Chinese factories as everyone else's. I was > able to calibrate it in 10.04 after a few hours if googling and it works ok, > but 800x600 resolution borders on unusable in Axis and does not work in > touchy, at least it didn't work for me. As a primary UI it might work with > additional GUI tweaking, it's more real estate than many VMC screens have, > but I certainly wouldn't want much smaller. > > For the tablet, if prices fall to around $200, it could make a great pendant > solution. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 4, 2011, at 8:26 AM, Stuart Stevenson<[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 1:48 AM, Dave<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> I don't want to run EMC2 on the tablet, but it sure would be nice if >>> there was some way to use these tablets as a client connected to a PC >>> running EMC2. >>> >>> Just comparing apples to apples (sort of) they are now selling 10" >>> Android tablets for $200 yet the cheapest dumb 10" touchscreen at >>> MP3car.com is 229.00 and that is a USB connected screen which I am not >>> sure would even work with >>> Linux. A real screen with a 16:9 ratio area and a real VGA input >>> starts at $249 and goes up from there. >>> >>> >> I have been working with touch screens. I have found the Elo USB touch >> screens will work with no configuration or calibration. In fact, I have been >> able to use them immediately after boot to install Ubuntu on a pc. I don't >> know about the MP3car.com units but I would not be afraid of them if their >> website shows Linux drivers. >> >> >> >>> I suspect that tablets will continue to fall in price but I am not so >>> sure about small monitors. >>> >>> Are there better places to buy small touch screen monitors? >>> >>> >> I buy ebay touch screens. >> >> Stuart >> >> -- >> dos centavos >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Create and publish websites with WebMatrix >> Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; >> WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and >> publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Create and publish websites with WebMatrix > Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; > WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and > publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and publish websites with WebMatrix Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
