Hilariously Ghetto features of this notebook: First you see this "coolest" feature... http://www.youtube.com/user/gregoiregentil#play/all/uploads-all/2/aZm6qM0KPpg
Then you see how it works: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0ufymAvjDM&feature=player_profilepage On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 5:57 AM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote: > The website says that the TB has Youtube and daily motion support. > Looking in their IRC channel, people say there is not flash support > with the TB since there's no public-available flash player for arm. > Currently firefox sends the video in youtube to mplayer. > > The machine is still very interesting. It uses a customized > Beagleboard (http://beagleboard.org). Some of these customization > include some solution for ethernet, and more USB ports. The downside > in this customization is that the standard beagleboard has DVI out and > the TB does not. Compared to the price of a beagleboard, the TB > seems well priced. > > Chris... > > > Another thing I learned about these machines > > On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Dante Lanznaster <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 1:46 AM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Things I do not like: >>> -no multi touch screen. >>> -There is no stylus(which is not the issue) , and there does not seem >>> to be any demos of them writing notes using a stylus. This leads me >>> to believe that writing on that screen might not work well. This may >>> not be an issue. >>> -Java is currently supported but it's not yet integrated into the >>> browser(not a huge deal, but still a deal. Their wiki says they are >>> working on this). >>> -From their website: >>> "Moreover, we will offer the choice of operating systems backed by >>> partners, which are heavily invested on the hardware platform the >>> Touch Book is based on." >>> Not sure what that means, that could be shady. >> >> I don't know how it is with ARM processors, but if usability is comparable >> to PowerPC, then there's 2 things that kill the web experience: Flash >> and Java. Gnash can be used, but it's in such an alpha stage that >> even youtube fails to display properly. >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> > > > > -- > "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to > be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." > -Roger Penrose > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
