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AMD Demonstrates Linux-Based PDA at LinuxWorld

Posted by timothy on from the continuing-to-fail-to-fail dept.

Misha writes "AMD has demonstrated a new Linux-based handheld at LinuxWorld. The OpenPDA runs on low-power Alchemy chips, with support for USB, Ethernet, UARTS. Here is press release. Among the highlights are: A comprehensive Metrowerks suit as the basis of OpenPDA applications, Qt, Java, Opera browser."

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  1. buzzword compliant by gfody · · Score: 4, Funny

    AMD seems to be using the buzzwords that attract geeks ("linux", "open", any cpu that isn't pentium or athlon) instead of buzzwords that attract money ("XML", ".NET") although they do mention "java" but I think that one detracts from both sides of the buzzword fanbase

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    1. Re:buzzword compliant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Yeah, I'm sure it's a conspiracy because they are not including a x86 compatible chip in the PDA design. On the other hand, I'd love to see how many minutes (or seconds) a PDA designed with a PIV will last before the CPU overheats, the reviewer's hand sears off, or the battery is fully drained, whichever comes first.

  2. Cost by Erick+the+Red · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course SCO is going to want $699 added to the price.

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  3. Woah wtf by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    That was weird. I swear, for like 30-40 seconds I kept reading and re-reading the title as "AMD Demonstrates Intel-Based PDA at LinuxWorld"

    wtf is wrong with me

  4. Suit? by batkins · · Score: 3, Funny

    A suit? That'll be handy.

    "Hey, are you just gonna walk into this meeting in jeans and a t-shirt?"

    "Actually, no - I've got a suit right......here!"

  5. or how i learned to love the karmawhoring by SubtleNuance · · Score: 4, Funny

    Remember, In SCO $699 owns LICENSE!

    1) $699 License
    2) ???
    3) PROFIT!

    Pour hot $699 down Natalie Portman's SCO!

    others?

  6. Talk about redundant... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    This story was all ready posted over 30 years ago!

    HERE is the article.

    And here is where i found it :) scroll down to the bottom

    There's something weird going on here...

  7. oh no! by cygnus · · Score: 2, Funny
    Among the highlights are: A comprehensive Metrowerks suit

    oh noes! not another Linux lawsuit....

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  8. Re:That's great but by Sloppy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, yeah, and just imagine a Grendel cluster of those.

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  9. Look! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The SCO licence for tiny devices is also tiny!

    How cute!

  10. Re:PDA Power by Unregistered · · Score: 4, Funny

    the remote chance you will ever feel a woman's breast

    2^276,709 to one against.

    props to whoever gets the refernce.

  11. Re:Hmmm. by Alien+Being · · Score: 2, Funny

    DRTFA

  12. Re:PDA Power by Trelane · · Score: 2, Funny

    ....and falling!

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  13. Re:So..... by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dumb bastard! It is a MIPS CPU, not x86. It consumes less than a Watt. Without a heatsink you can't even feel the heat up when it is running 400MHz

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