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Linux Yopy Handheld Preview

Posted by timothy on from the till-you-see-the-whites-of-their-eyes dept.

Isamu Noguchi writes: "The Samsung Linux-powered Yopy is coming back with a fliptop screen and an odd keyboard. A developer unit is previewed at infosync." After a series of design flip-flops, changing release dates, and nice-looking prototypes, could the Yopy actually be released?

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  1. It will be a success by jmerelo · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If people does not have to care whether it's got Linux, PalmOS or symbian, that is, if it works well enough that people take it for whatever it is, disregarding the OS it's running.

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  2. could it be released? by garcia · · Score: 3, Insightful

    yeah it could but w/an ABCDEF keyboard I could not understand why anyone would want it.

    I live and die by my Landware keyboard for my Cassiopeia. I do all my note taking for research. I could NOT imagine using my TI85 for note taking
    -- cheating on tests is another story ;)

    It is a great idea and I most certainly like the serial port but the keyboard was not a good idea.

  3. No QWERTY No problem! by The+Mutant · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How long do you think it will take someone to remap the keyboard driver to produce QWERTY?

    Even if you can't swap the physical keys, you can more than likely reassign them in software - especially if its Linux based.

    I really don't see a problem here.

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  4. Mini laptop by Rick+the+Red · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I swear, that's what it looks like to me. I want a tablet PC -- basically a PDA with a very large screen -- and they give us yet another micro laptop. Remember the original Jornada?

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  5. Re:Reminds me of this "classic" prose... by TandyMasterControl · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I think you missed the handout where YOPY switched to X11 instead of W.

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