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Samsung's Linux-based Diskless Camcorder

Posted by michael on from the jack-of-all-trades dept.

An anonymous reader writes "LinuxDevices has a story about the Samsung Miniket, a digital camcorder the size of a pack of cards that also works as a portable MP3 player, webcam, voice recorder, storage device, and more. The Miniket (annoying Flash and sound) will be available in February or March in the US, for $600-$700, with a rugged 'sports' model to follow. The device runs Linux, boots in under a second, and is the first of several products from Samsung that will run a new variation of Linux called 'ARM-no-MMU.' LinuxDevices also has a whitepaper about Samsung research that shows the new Linux variant to be faster than normal Linux."

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  1. C'mon by pploco · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wheres the HD? Dump the "diskless" name and put a 40G in that thing.

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  2. I am still not converged!!! by TheNarrator · · Score: 4, Funny

    camcorder the size of a pack of cards that also works as a portable MP3 player, webcam, voice recorder, storage device, and more

    Now if only this thing was a phone, a GPS and a PDA with 802.11 and GPRS internet access. Then maybe I'd consider buying it.

  3. But does it work with Linux? by sepluv · · Score: 2, Funny

    But does it run^Wwork with Linux?

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  4. Imagine... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ..a Linux cluster of these things. It would simulate the compound eye of a bee!

  5. oh... by ArmenTanzarian · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought ARM-no-MMU was like handsfree, but without arms...

  6. ...and ARM... by Aardpig · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...stands for 'Advanced RISC Machines', the spinoff company that grew out of Acorn Ltd's ARM (this time, 'Acorn RISC Machine') series of RISC cpus. These chips made their debut in Acorn's Archimedes computers, and were the first RISC chips to appear in home machines. They are used a lot today in situations where a high MIPS/watt ratio is needed, typically embedded devices.

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  7. while GNU.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    means "GNU is Not Unix"..