RE: Microtouch
On 02/07/2012 10:13 AM, Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE) wrote: Subject: Microtouch Just spotted on: http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Microtouch - The ultimate AVR-based iPhone killer! http://www.ladyada.net/products/microtouch/ SNIP Does anyone know how old this is? I've got ~$100 ready to buy it they get more in stock. The page says 3-5 days, but not when it was last updated. I hope the first batch wasn't the only batch. I'd really like to play with a$100 tablet. It looks like it was originally announced a little over a year ago (Jan 27, 2011.) http://www.adafruit.com/blog?s=microtouch is the blog search for posts related to the microtouch. Now I'm confused as to whether to get to $90 microtouch with it's cute touch screen and pocket size on an 8-bit microcontroller, or wait and get a raspberryPI for $35 and full Linux, but needs a TV for display??? ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Microtouch
With an Atmel it sounds like a dancing bear to me; it has so little memory that you basically have to use it only for fixed purposes, like the games they show. No dynamic languages or possibility of downloading much content. And also no GPU. On 8 February 2012 14:29, Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE) john@ge.com wrote: On 02/07/2012 10:13 AM, Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE) wrote: Subject: Microtouch Just spotted on: http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Microtouch - The ultimate AVR-based iPhone killer! http://www.ladyada.net/products/microtouch/ SNIP Does anyone know how old this is? I've got ~$100 ready to buy it they get more in stock. The page says 3-5 days, but not when it was last updated. I hope the first batch wasn't the only batch. I'd really like to play with a$100 tablet. It looks like it was originally announced a little over a year ago (Jan 27, 2011.) http://www.adafruit.com/blog?s=microtouch is the blog search for posts related to the microtouch. Now I'm confused as to whether to get to $90 microtouch with it's cute touch screen and pocket size on an 8-bit microcontroller, or wait and get a raspberryPI for $35 and full Linux, but needs a TV for display??? ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
RE: Microtouch
Subject: Microtouch Just spotted on: http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Microtouch - The ultimate AVR-based iPhone killer! http://www.ladyada.net/products/microtouch/ SNIP Does anyone know how old this is? I've got ~$100 ready to buy it they get more in stock. The page says 3-5 days, but not when it was last updated. I hope the first batch wasn't the only batch. I'd really like to play with a $100 tablet. =) ~ elf Pavlik ~ ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Microtouch
On 02/07/2012 10:13 AM, Gay, John (GE Energy Services, Non-GE) wrote: Subject: Microtouch Just spotted on: http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Microtouch - The ultimate AVR-based iPhone killer! http://www.ladyada.net/products/microtouch/ SNIP Does anyone know how old this is? I've got ~$100 ready to buy it they get more in stock. The page says 3-5 days, but not when it was last updated. I hope the first batch wasn't the only batch. I'd really like to play with a$100 tablet. It looks like it was originally announced a little over a year ago (Jan 27, 2011.) http://www.adafruit.com/blog?s=microtouch is the blog search for posts related to the microtouch. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
