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Thin Client Handhelds For Multiple OSs

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the strange-ideas-with-limited-value dept.

c0d3po3t writes "An article on CNet tells us that two Singapore programmers have developed a system to allow one handheld operating system to run any application - Windows or Linux. Sounds like a good idea, but will their idea of network emulation be solid?" I can't really see the use for this except environments where your handheld has network access (the system is network based) and you have multiple legacy systems to deal with. It just doesn't sit right beyond the gee-whiz factor for me.

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  1. the coarse jester by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Did they install Netbus on it? ;)

  2. limited value? by lingqi · · Score: 1, Funny

    how can you say that!

    it ran the ATARI OS with pacman! this instantly doubles the value on my $599 iPAQ... wait -- is that a iHP nowadays?

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    My life in the land of the rising sun.

  3. Wow, they can make flash presentations! by nodvin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Gone are the days when a flash presentation can fund your company!