On 5/23/2012 8:39 AM, andy pugh wrote: > I wonder if there is any use for a touchscreen tablet as a remote/pendant? > > A friend of mine is trying to push these: > http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fineslate-Capacitive-Ice-cream-Sandwich-Facebook/dp/B007L9YZP4/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1337766725&sr=1-1 > >
Here in the US we have the Barnes and Noble Nook Color readers you can buy. I have converted 5 of them to run CyanogenMod which was based on Android 2.3 (I think). http://www.cyanogenmod.com/devices Around Christmas time I bought 5 Nook colors refurbished with a 1 year guarantee for $100 each. Using the CyanogenMod on a 32 gig flash card really adds some capability. You can load the Android market on it and get all of the apps you want. Total cost was about $120 each with the flash cards which I could reproduce via my PC and a card writer in about 30 minutes each. I have two daughters, both in college. They both use their Nook Color Android units in class during the lectures. They can load the class slides off the local wifi and see them on their tablets during the lecture. (We had punch card programmed computers when I was in college :-( ) My younger daughter, who is taking summer classes, was bragging yesterday that she was loading the slides off the wifi faster than her partner who was using a high end Apple Ipad. Apparently it was quite obvious as she was sitting next to him. He was not happy since he spent over $500 on his new Ipad and he knew how much a Nook Color costs. The Nook Color has really good build quality also since I believe Barnes and Noble subsidized the unit since it was originally geared to be a "reader" for their E books. I have often wondered if it can be used for other purposes also - like a cheap MMI for machine control. It runs Teamviewer just fine and can easily remote to a Linux PC or a Windows PC via Teamviewer. It can also run Flash video and Youtube video just fine. Add a Mifi type hotspot device and it can access the web via cell phone service. Not bad for $120. I know some people have used them as remote Navigation stations on sailboats. There are some waterproof sleeves that are sold for the Nook Color. I want to try it as a remote Nav station to a nav computer on my boat this summer. Keep the computer in the boat and use the tablet in the cockpit as a wireless remote screen. Sunlight washout can be an issue, but that seems to be true of all of the "Pads and tablets". Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
