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Another $99 Web Terminal

Posted by timothy on from the caveat-emptor dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "If anyone is looking for a fun $99 hacking project, Tiger direct has Compaq Ipaq's for $99, great little web browsing terminals, they support Flash, jJava, ActiveX. The parts (LCD screen etc) are probably worth more than this. You'll need to get a USB Ethernet adapter so you can use broadband." Tiger Direct seems to have a mixed reputation for service, but at under a hundred dollars, this looks pretty tempting even if only used as a digital photo frame, or an adjunct mail terminal.

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  1. fp or sp? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    okay, 20 seconds. Whatever!

  2. J. Java? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thanks for supporting me!

  3. Your file is corrupt. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sorry.

    1. Re:Your file is corrupt. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Damn Geocities. You have to copy and paste the URL (to bypass sending a referer address). So that's why no employer would hire me. :(((

  4. Re:This sounds like a cheap alternative by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You can, it's really cool.

  5. Just a question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How much is slashdot being paid to advertise these products?


    Just a question...

  6. a url by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://nc.flyingbuttmonkeys.com/mirrors/IA1/readme .txt

  7. Re:There's a reason for that low price. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I want some of that delicious moderator crack.

  8. Somebody mod this up! An answer is needed! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mod this topic up!

  9. Why changing font size on some sites has no effect by yerricde · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    For some reason though, I've run into a lot of sites where changing the font size in my browser had no effect.

    This is a problem with CSS. The CSS standard has no common way to specify font sizes for each monitor resolution. Specifying font sizes in points makes fonts look tiny on Macintosh computers, whose default logical display resolution is 72 dpi instead of 96 dpi. Specifying font sizes in pixels disables the "larger/smaller" buttons.

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    Will I retire or break 10K?
  10. Re:reputation ... YMMV by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Goatse.cx link in the previous post

  11. Re:Unless�it's�for�fun,�WHY? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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