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Midori Linux Powered FIC Aquapad

Posted by timothy on from the tiger-direct-please-get-my-telepathic-message dept.

quantumgravity1 writes: "Check out this review of the FIC Aquapad. It has a 500MHz Transmeta Crusoe CPU, runs Midori Linux, is wireless capable, and is totally portable. According to pics included it is comparable to the Iopener in size. There's no hard drive, but it comes with up to 256MB of memory with 32 embedded for the os, but you can expand it with compact flash or the IBM Microdrive. GPS support is in the works, but it already supports MP3 and MPG. Now I just need a wireless setup at home, or perhaps I can do some mobile sniffing. :)"

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  1. OS's by 7-Vodka · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I wonder why the linux version is the same price as the windows version.. I see mozilla, xmms.. all free as in beer. Are they charging everyone the Microsoft tax?

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    1. Re:OS's by Mr.Spaz · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Some people here in Florida got busted a while ago for charging sales tax on bills that mixed goods and services (services are not taxed in FL). When they turned around and paid their taxes to the state, they reported the items correctly and then made off with the difference. Sounds like a similar little game going on here. Charge to cover all avenues, and just keep the profit if it happens to be cheaper to produce.

  2. Tablet PC? by PopeAlien · · Score: 3, Interesting

    My only question is why?

    Why wouldn't you want a keyboard attached to the thing so you could enter text at a decent speed and fold shut to protect the screen? I mean, I can see the appeal of working with a tablet pc, but I thought the best design for this would be something like the Vadem Clio, which has a keyboard that folds behind the screen - Now if I only I could find a real machine in this configuration!

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  3. Cool... Can't wait until it flops... by affegott · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ... then I can pick one up for 80 bucks. :-)

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  4. Battery Life by dozing · · Score: 3, Interesting

    As another user pointed out earlier the battery life of 2.8 ~ 3.5 hours is surprisingly unimpressive.

    Aside from that I've decided it might be nice to have a little wireless web pad for when i just wanna cruise through the web sites I check out every day. (slashdot, UserFriendly, dilbert, Get Fuzzy, and Dozings.com.) As a replacement for a laptop or pda it wouldn't cut the mustard, but if I had the money something like this (but with more battery life) might be a nice little addition to my bag of electronic gizmos.

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  5. Midori or WinCE, same great(?) price! by Speare · · Score: 3, Interesting

    According to the 'order AquaPAD' page, the base prices are $660 for either Midori or WinCE included.

    I sure hope the situation is that the Midori distribution team is getting money for each Midori AquaPAD sold, instead of the more likely case of Microsoft being paid per-cpu whether it includes WinCE or not.

    Anyone know for sure?

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