Just a fyi, but similar form factor android based devices are coming out later this year, with usb, etc. That might be a better/cheaper target.
Been playing with one, it is cool. But we're not the target audience for it. On 7/3/10, Daniel Ouellet <[email protected]> wrote: > I am sure this wouldn't cover the time needed to make this happened by > far and it may not be possible or easy for sure, I realize that. But if > any developer(s) may have the interest and possibly the time to do so > and actually make that a reality in a decent time frame, I would be more > then happy to buy one iPad and have it ship to that person. > > Depending on the interest and time frame, I might be able to do this two > time, but I can't commit to two at this time, so keep that in mind. I > pay for it from my pocket and funds are not as plenty as it was once. > > May be if any other users want to see that possibly happening, then they > might do a pool to buy more and have it ship to the right person. > > This is an open offer and as long as Theo confirmed the genuine > developer(s) to me, that's all good for me and like in the pass for a > few other hardware I did, I would do this again. > > My selfish interest in it for me is that I am getting older and yes > small screen are getting harder to use for me and I do need bigger > screen and how ever I still like to get minimal carrying hardware when I > need to go to various POP to do work locally via console and all, I > waste more time with smaller screen then the actual work. I guess age > start to gets it's toll on me. > > If there is any interest and possibility, great, if not that's totally > fine too. I will not loose any sleep over it. (;> It's more a cool wish > then a real need to use the iPad. > > I can be contacted off list if there is real interest and if not then > the offer still stand. My only wish in exchange is to have OpenBSD run > on it with the wireless and a nice addition to the FAQ to install > OpenBSD on the iPad, that's all. But don't get me wrong, I realise that > even that offer sure do not cover all the time that would be required to > make that a reality, so it's more an interest of love then anythng else > here, however I do know that support for OpenBSD on new hardware will > not happened without some developers getting that hardware in their > hands, so there it is. > > And in case this wasn't obvious, the hardware provided is obviously for > you to keep and enjoy should you want to and make that a reality. > > Happy 4th of July. > > Best, > > Daniel > > -- Sent from my mobile device http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk "This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curiosity." -- Sandhurst officer cadet evaluation. "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." -- Gene Spafford learn french: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30v_g83VHK4
