A friend of mine has one and they are quite cool. --- Joshua Penix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > -- > Joshua Penix > http://www.binarytribe.com > Binary Tribe Linux Integration Services & > Network Consulting > > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
