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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."

14 of 144 comments (clear)

  1. If I had a PDA and a GPRS phone with bluetooth.. by Aliencow · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I could have had the first post before it was too late !

  2. RKZ PREGNATED MY PENGUIN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fo shizzle my nizzle, fp once again fo da top dogg

  3. Re:PDA Power by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What would you do with a PDA with that much power? Try and calculate the remote chance you will ever feel a woman's breast?

  4. That's great but by tarquin_fim_bim · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Does it run Windows?

  5. Re:Checks and Balances of Moderation by kapok_tree · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    If you'd read the FAQ, you'd be aware tha tmost down-modding is done by the admins, who have unlimited mod points. You'd also be aware that mods are selected roughly at random with a few facotrs, such as karma and usage statistics, thrown in. And non-admin mods only get five mod points anyway. In other words, if you're consistently modded down, it's not them, it's you.

  6. Question! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Does it run Linux?

  7. MOD PARENT UP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Most sensible post made all day.

  8. Most humbling moment: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Flying through a lightning-drenched cumulonimbus cloud."

    1. Re:Most humbling moment: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      cumulonimbus are for pussies, try a cumulostratus if you want deep joy.

  9. cost by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    does it cost ( cost of pda ) + $699 for SCO
    binary license??

  10. Re:PLEASE HELP TRAPPED IN BASEMENT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A/S/L? Want to cyber? I'm in character right now: balding druid with a slight lisp and a penchant for Gaelic poetry.

  11. Re:or how i learned to love the karmawhoring by moncyb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You almost had it. How about: In Soviet Russia, a beowulf cluster of hot gritted Penguins 69 on Natalie Portman's nasty McBride screws you!

  12. Re:YOU FAIL IT THRUST HIS ERECT MEMBER IN MY EYE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is such a bogus moderation.

    -1, Troll? Are you moderators on crack? It's -1, Offtopic !

    Prepare to be nailed in M2, dude.

  13. Almost got it by PetoskeyGuy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    1) Try to Steal Linux from Commuinity
    2) $699 License
    3) Profit

    the $699 IS step 2, and holy shit the profit part even works. That buys them almost an hour of lawyer time.