Lol... My first impression, WTF!!!! Lets just use velcro, safer around computer equipment ;-)
Thanks for the video Chris! --Manny On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 7:59 AM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
