[fedora-arm] Advice for tablets to run Fedora ARM on?

[Misha Shnurapet]

12.07.2011, 04:10, "Peter Robinson" <pbrobinson at gmail.com>:
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Niels de Vos <devos at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I'm looking for advise on some tablets that are likely able to run
>>> Fedora ARM. There seems to be some some interest in making a Fedora
>>> ARM for Tablets installation/rootfs. Any ideas on which devices are
>>> suitable would be much appreciated.
>>>
>>> It would be nice if the drivers are all provided upstream, if not,
>>> that should not be a huge issue either, as long as the drivers a are
>>> open source. Hardware modifications (even breaking and bricking) in
>>> order to attach debuggers seem to trigger interest as well ;-)
>>>
>>> I guess that OMAP tablets will be usable, but what models can be advised?
>>>
>>> Many thanks to anyone with advise or ideas! Cheers,
>>
>> Personally I'm awaiting the Archos G9 devices [1] to hit (September I think) as they have dual core Omap chips but also have the following useful bits:
>> - Option of a HDD
>> - Proper A usb2 port
>> - Mini HDMI port (so no need for an expensive dock)
>> - Wifi/BT/GPS
>>
>> And they look to be a reasonable price.
>>
>> The Toshiba Thrive looks to be of similar specs/prices but with a NV Tegra 2 chip.
>
> More details of that the Trive has just appeared here
>
> http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Toshiba-Thrive-ships/?kc=rss

How about this one?
http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model/XE.H6LPN.001

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