You are getting in the wearables area. Given WIFI in your riding area and extra storage, a Zaurus can do the same thing. I listen to oggs all the time on my Zaurus, do text to speech, and could set it up for voice control though haven't tried that yet.
I agree that a mini or nano ITX box would be a heck of a lot more expandable, though speaking from the experience of having worked for a number of failed dotbomb startups: do your market research. Make sure you have buyers. I think there are already a few startups making such multimedia boxen, though keep exploring your ideas, Abbott. That's what makes tech innovators successful. --- abbott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > because i cant develop a cellphone to do that. this > machine can and will do it all. simple. > -------Original Message------- > > From: Tim Fournet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: Re: [brlug-general] embedded linux > media appliance > > Sent: Jul 06 2004 18:24:46 > > > > why not just get a cell phone with embedded > mp3 player? > > > > On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 13:16, abbott wrote: > > > it would be even smaller if we could get a > nano itx board by via its > > > like half the size and probably twice the > price! but whatever we can > > > afford at this point is good. if we can make > this into a successful > > > appliance and pitch it to some investors i > can retire early :) but > > > really its for my motorcycle.. i want to > listen to music and answer > > > phone calls in my helmet without taking it > off. i am teh lazyness. > > > plus its kinda dangerous to juggle so many > things while riding a bike. > > > > > > > > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > > > From: John Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] embedded > linux media appliance > > > > Sent: Jul 06 2004 13:36:52 > > > > > > > > Very good point. I did intend that the > case have a > > > > fan, though I did not state that. The C3 > CPU does put > > > > out heat, and so the case will need to be > ventilated > > > > or act as a heat sink. Idea: A mini-itx > case mod to > > > > make it into a coffee mug warmer. Anybody > good with > > > > CAD to sketch it out? What kind of heat > sink should be > > > > used to draw heat away from the CPU and > into the > > > > warmer plate. > > > > > > > > BTW, the C3 comes in more versions than I > was aware > > > > of, so CPUs that are slower and faster are > available: > > > > http://www.mini-itx.com/faq.asp#Hardware7 > > > > > > > > And here are some examples of small cases > for the > > > > mini-itx: > > > > http://www.mini-itx.com/store/systems.asp > > > > though I realize Abbott said he would > build his own. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Tim Fournet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > I would think that even though it > doesn't require a > > > > > fan, it probably > > > > > still requires some ventilation. Unless > the > > > > > processor puts up no heat at > > > > > all, or you can figure out some way to > make the case > > > > > itself a working > > > > > heat sink, then the heat will eventually > build up to > > > > > a damaging level. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 07:12, John Hebert > wrote: > > > > > > --- abbott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > ... > > > > > > > were gonna build the itx case and it > will be > > > > > > > waterproof. should be quite fun to > see it in > > > > > action > > > > > > > > > > > > Inneresting. I've thought about a > similar project. > > > > > How > > > > > > are you gonna handle cooling the CPU? > You could > > > > > run > > > > > > the C3 800Mhz which has been touted > not to need a > > > > > fan. > > > > > > I _think_ that will run on a mini-itx > board. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > > Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other > providers! > > > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > General mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > -------Original Message------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -------Original Message------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
