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Second Prototype of the $200 Open Source Tablet

Posted by Soulskill on from the bringing-the-tubes-to-every-coffee-table dept.

holy_calamity writes "TechCrunch blogger Mike Arrington decided last year to invent a new class of low-cost internet tablet using open source hardware and software. The second prototype has been unveiled, sporting a 12-inch touchscreen powered by a Via Nano processor, 1 GB of ram and a 4 GB flash drive. It runs a browser and nothing else on top of a custom Linux build. 'Resolution is 1024×768, which means the vast majority of websites are viewed in full width without scrolling. The device also has wifi, an accelerometer (so when you turn the screen on its side you can view more of a web page), a camera and a four cell battery.'"

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  1. Tablet using Ninnle Linux! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    It seems that the OS on this tablet is a derivative of Ninnle Linux, complete with a simplified version of NinWM and Ninnle Office. They've been working in cooperation with Ninnle Labs for some time on this project. A full release is expected shortly.

  2. Re:BOM? Dev cost? by edittard · · Score: 0, Troll

    He can't stop himself - it's a reflex.

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    At the bottom of the /. main page it says 'Yesterday's News'. Well they got that right.
  3. Re:resource sucking by emj · · Score: 0, Troll

    So that's why I'm an Engineer in Computer Science? Seriously your world views both seems inane if you want to nit pick. CS is about making things fast, only that. But there are lots of "rules"/"theorems" on how to do that.

    Narrow minded enough?