Re: [NF] A major step in the right direction - ebooks

2007-02-06 Thread Ted Roche
On 2/5/07, Whil Hentzen (Pro*) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We _are_ getting close, folks. At FUDCon Boston 2007 last Friday, I got to put my hands on an OLPC and a Pepper Linux device. The Pepper's a 7 diagonal hi-res screen and full Linux PC in a form factor somewhere between a Etch-A-Sketch (r)

Re: [NF] A major step in the right direction - ebooks

2007-02-06 Thread Ed Leafe
On Feb 6, 2007, at 8:51 AM, Ted Roche wrote: At FUDCon Boston 2007 last Friday I thought that those were only held in Redmond! ;-P -- Ed Leafe -- http://leafe.com -- http://dabodev.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

RE: [NF] A major step in the right direction - ebooks

2007-02-06 Thread Jeff Johnson
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted Roche Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 6:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [NF] A major step in the right direction - ebooks On 2/5/07, Whil Hentzen (Pro*) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We

Re: [NF] A major step in the right direction - ebooks

2007-02-06 Thread Ted Roche
On 2/6/07, Ed Leafe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At FUDCon Boston 2007 last Friday I thought that those were only held in Redmond! ;-P ;) I'm sure the Fedora Users and Developers Conference organizers never thought of that ;) Pictures of the OLPC, the PepperPad and lotso' geeks at:

Re: [NF] A major step in the right direction - ebooks

2007-02-06 Thread Ted Roche
On 2/6/07, Jeff Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those of you familiar with Woot, they had one of these during their last woot-off for significantly less than $630. And for those of us unfamiliar with Woot (something my dog says while barking with his mouth full?), how much would it cost?

RE: [NF] A major step in the right direction - ebooks

2007-02-06 Thread Jeff Johnson
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted Roche Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 7:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [NF] A major step in the right direction - ebooks On 2/6/07, Jeff Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those

[NF] A major step in the right direction - ebooks

2007-02-05 Thread Whil Hentzen (Pro*)
A major problem with ebooks is the reader. Either you have to read it on your pc/laptop/tablet (which is awful as a long-term reading device), or you need a specialized device that costs hundreds of dollars and still doesn't work well. What we need is a device whose form factor is similar to

Re: [NF] A major step in the right direction - ebooks

2007-02-05 Thread Derek Kalweit
Oh, and if you could call your friends and take pictures, that'd be great too. http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6153 We _are_ getting close, folks. The physical design looks just like the Global's from Gene Rodenberry's Earth: Final Conflict that was syndicated on TV a few years back... Of

RE: [NF] A major step in the right direction - ebooks

2007-02-05 Thread Hal Kaplan
= Subject: [NF] A major step in the right direction - ebooks =  = A major problem with ebooks is the reader. Either you have = to read it on your pc/laptop/tablet (which is awful as a = long-term reading device), or you need a specialized device = that costs hundreds of dollars and still