[plug] Linux tablets.

[William Kenworthy]

Met my BiL in Melbourne on the weekend - his ipad was impressive when we
were researching places to go/see.  

Otherwise comes across as just a large iphone - too locked down - simple
uses by unsophisticated (technically speaking) users will be the only
ones not frustrated with what it COULD do but isnt allowed. And no flash
is a pain - many sites which were probably flash (I wasnt driving it)
seemed incomplete/odd.  Roll on the linux pads!

Didnt see him put it to his ear and try and use it as a phone though :)

The n900 is great for what it is, but its still a small screen - hence
sending this email from my desktop :)

Also while in Melbourne, I went through my pre-pay vodafone credit
rather too fast.  Whats a good voice/data prepay these days?
penytel/penydata?  It would be nice to have data and tunnel back to my
asterisk server and make calls via the home system.

BillK



On Fri, 2010-07-16 at 12:29 +0800, Michael Holland wrote:
> 
> 
> On 15 July 2010 22:38, Peter <demo9 at gswd.com> wrote:
>         
>         BTW, good to see at least one other very wise N900 owner on
>         the list (besides myself of course)....
> 
> We doing a head count? +1 Can't really compare it to an iPad though.
> I have to say the iPad web browser is amazingly good for an
> ARM-powered device.  Feels faster than the N900. Not good enough to
> counter the pervasive evil that forbids you running apps that Steve
> has not approved, like firefox or Flash, or VoIP :-)
> Given the ipad's apparent success, we should see plenty of
> Linux-capable tablets coming soon.
> But what Linux? The Nokia and Intel collaboration on Meego looks
> promising. 
> 
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William Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au>
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