hmmm... 17k! It seems midway between the two devices that I use heavily: Nokia Communicator, and Toshiba M6. The Communicator is small, 3G, 800-pixel screen, has Safari, etc. etc. etc. but not Linux-based, very slow, and doesn't work with EAP-enabled wireless AP's. The M6 is mid-sized, resumes from suspend in 5 seconds, takes another 10 seconds to renew its wireless DHCP lease.. but is otherwise fantastic (2 cores, 2G RAM).
So the Eee PC seems to be halfway between these two. For me, personally, seems like a nice toy but I don't need it. Does it have Bluetooth? pair it with an LG KU250 3G phone and you have (slowish) internet anywhere. I'm not such a fan of a dangling HSDPA modem.. On Nov 20, 2007 12:57 PM, Gideon Guillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/20/07, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is this thing even available locally? > > You mean the Asus EEE PC? In PLUG-Misc, someone posted that it is > already available at PC Corner. > > As for the wireless card, I believe that particular card (Sierra > Wireless 875U) is not yet available from Smart/PLDT nor Globe. AFAIK, > some of the cards/modems that they offer do work with Linux. > > -- > Gideon N. Guillen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- Orlando Andico Sales Consulting - Emerging Technologies ASEAN Oracle (Philippines) Corporation The statements and opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily represent those of Oracle Corporation. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
