On Mon, June 25, 2007 12:25 pm, Joshua Penix wrote: > Nokia makes a tablet computer which is intended to be a portable > "internet" device. It's not a phone - it has no cellular circuitry, > instead getting its IP connection either via WiFi or a Bluetooth > tether to a mobile phone. It's not intended to be a PDA, having no > "organizer" applications in the default software load. Its goal is > to help bring the web, email, instant messaging, etc. with you, > perhaps taking the place of a laptop. > > The kicker? It runs Linux. Not just embedded Linux, but a complete > (modified) Debian system, with X11 for display (on the impressively > high-res 800x480 screen), BusyBox for a shell, and apt for package > management. Its development platform is open source (http:// > maemo.org) and has a good community behind it. This means that it's > exceptionally easy to take its capability beyond Nokia's original > intentions for the device. > > Nokia's original model of this device was the N770. Though that > model has been succeeded by the N800 (faster CPU, more RAM), the N770 > is still a great little device and remains well supported by the > development community. Retail on a N800 today is $400. But if you > want a cheap portable Linux device, you can pick up a new-in-box N770 > today for $129 at http://www.woot.com. (For those who don't know how > Woot! works, it has one featured product every 24 hours, and that > product is only available until it sells out or 24 hours passes.) > > I have no affiliation nor interest in Woot!, but that's a fantastic > price for a capable portable Linux machine, so I'm posting this > because I figured there'd be some interested folks on this list. > > More info on the N770 can be found on Wikipedia (or through Google > where there are dozens of sites dedicated to the device and its OS): > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N770 >
Hmm ... if that puppy has room for tcl/tk and a bit of storage, you could do some serious damage with it. BTW, your subject line almost triggered my spam filter (me reading it) until I saw who sent it. Never say "teeny" in a subject line ;-) -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
