[olug] Contemplating an iPad.

[Jordan Fox]

Further note... I've been doing some reading on the site.  They are no
longer shipping their Touch Book.  Sometime "in the summer" they are
supposed to announce their "newest and craziest innovation."  At which
point orders and shipping will resume for the newer version.  Reading
through the forums the current one seems really interesting.  The
product is continuously upgraded.  If you like the upgrades on the
newer board, you can buy the new board to replace your existing one
(you can swap the boards yourself).  It's using an OMAP3 processor
that you can overclock (in similar fashion to the Nokia N900) with a
kernel compile.  This thing is hardware and software hackable by
design - very cool.  No word yet on what the new hardware version will
be, but there is lots of interesting conversation on their forums.
Latest word is it should ship / be announced in Sept.

Jordan

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Jordan Fox <vmifox at gmail.com> wrote:
> I know this is a bit late in the email game...  this device has been
> on the market about a year, it's a combination arm tablet / netbook.
> The screen/tablet is a full arm device, but it can be plugged into a
> keyboard to turn it into netbook and triple the battery capacity.  I
> thought it was a really neat concept / idea... I like it better than a
> straight tablet.  It's still for sale, I just checked.  It comes with
> linux, but I see that it now also run android if you'd prefer that.
> The hardware has been updated a little too.  They've tried to make it
> hackable with internal usb ports to add more storage or other features
> that are usb.
>
> https://www.alwaysinnovating.com/home/
> http://www.linuxjournal.com/magazine/review-always-innovating-touchbook
>
> Jordan
>
> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:53 PM,  <webtrekker at cox.net> wrote:
>> Ya mean like this ---
>> http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/handheld/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=226800057&subSection=News
>>
>> I'm expecting something to show up this fall or early winter. I hope anyway...
>>
>> ---- Adam Lassek <adam at doubleprime.net> wrote:
>>> The iPad release effectively caught every else with their pants down.
>>>
>>> I predict it will be years before we see a competitive offering with Android or WebOS.
>>>
>>> On Aug 15, 2010, at 2:56 PM, Dan Linder wrote:
>>>
>>> > Ok, it looks like the iPad will fill my needs (PDA, PDF/ebook viewer,
>>> > remote access, etc).
>>> >
>>> > I was hoping to play with developing some small apps, but
>>> > unfortunately the language I'd like to do this in (Java) is not
>>> > available on the iPad (Apple and Steve Jobs, not a technical reason).
>>> >
>>> > Since I'm also looking at getting an Android based phone in the next
>>> > 6-8 months and the preferred Android development platform is Java
>>> > (http://mobiforge.com/developing/story/getting-started-with-android-development),
>>> > I'm thinking an Android tablet is starting to make sense.
>>> >
>>> > But...
>>> >
>>> > It seems that most of the Android based tablets are either "coming
>>> > soon", or are too small to be a decent reader (the Dell Streak looks
>>> > promising, but too small and low res).
>>> >
>>> > The $150 tablet that was seen at K-Mart in the past few weeks
>>> > (http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/08/08/1727223/Kmart-Briefly-Offers-149-Android-Tablet?from=rss),
>>> > but apparently it is not licensed to get apps from the Google Android
>>> > app store, so I'm hesitant if it has any future.
>>> >
>>> > Are there any others that I'm missing that are out there now?
>>> >
>>> > Dan
>>> >
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"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and
petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  And the
peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your
hearts and minds in Christ Jesus."  Phil 4:6-7

"The shortest distance between a problem and a solution is the
distance between your knees and the floor."  Anonymous