Re: OT ? I'm about this close to buying an iPad... - iPed XXX
People,
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:24:15 +0530
From: steve <steve(a)lonetwin.net>
Subject: Re: OT ? I'm about this close to buying an iPad...
To: Community support for Fedora users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
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Hi,
On 09/02/2010 08:36 PM, Linuxguy123 wrote:
> > [...snip...]
> > Along comes the iPad. And it seems to do everything I want. Plays
> > MP3s. Does nav. Bright screen. Affordable. And if you check youtube,
> > lots of people have embedded them in cars.
> >
> > But being an OS guy, I want a machine running Linux, not iOS or whatever
> > its called. Where is it ? I keep reading stories about dozens of
> > tablet devices running Linux/Android/Meego on Slashdot, but where are
> > they ?
> > [...snip...]
> > I wait, growing more impatient day by day.
> >
I don't know about your specific application (ie: A car PC) but as a linux
alternative (or rather, more appropriately, an android alternative) to IPad,
how about the Infibeam Phi:
http://www.infibeam.com/Phi
or the Eken M00[1-6] tablets:
http://www.ekengroup.com/en/products/index.asp?bid=2
or the Identity Tab
http://www.google.com/search?q=Identity+Tab
or any of the other android based tablets:
http://www.google.com/search?q=android+tablet
I know people who have bought the Eken M001 and are fairly satisfied with it as
a mutimedia/ebook/surfing ...etc device.
cheers,
- steve
I bought this:
http://www.iped-tablet.com/
- which was a mistake . . see my review:
http://pricom.com.au/pnotes/iped
Regards,
Phil.
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Philip Rhoades
GPO Box 3411
Sydney NSW 2001
Australia
E-mail: phil(a)pricom.com.au