User Review of Transmeta-Based Aquapad

An Anonymous Coward writes: "Remember when dot.com's were profitable and webpads were these cool little toys that were going to explode? Well that never happened but it seems like at least one company has actually come out with a Midori Linux webpad...called the Aquapad - looks kind of cool but only uses flash memory, so no storage :( I don't know if it would really be worth getting, but it looks like fun."

Comments

Why no integrated wireless?

[David Price]

Why does the wireless card have to protrude out like that? Why not integrate it, a la Airport, into the chassis of the device, and use large internal antennae?

Sure, you can pull the wireless card and put some other card in - but why not roll it in fully integrated, and leave the slot available?

Re:Pricing? Midori Linux vs. WinCE?

[Loligo]

>And does it not cost money for the Midori Linux
>license (GPL)?

Remember, GPL means free as in speech, not NECESSARILY free as in beer.

-l

GPS!

[Perdo]

This thing is dieing for GPS. Current GPS handheld's maps are too small and no on likes to mount their laptop to the dash. Imagine Taxis, UPS, and Fire/Police with these including the connection so dispatchers could remotely tag the drivers map.