New Handheld Computer Is 100% Open Source

Posted by kdawson on Friday June 4, 2010 @02:46AM from the small-wonder dept.

metasonix writes "While the rest of the industry has been babbling on about the iPad and imitations thereof, Qi Hardware is actually shipping a product that is completely open source and copyleft. Linux News reviews the Ben NanoNote (product page), a handheld computer apparently containing no proprietary technology. It uses a 366 MHz MIPS processor, 32MB RAM, 2 GB flash, a 320x240-pixel color display, and a Qwerty keyboard. No network is built in, though it is said to accept SD-card Wi-Fi or USB Ethernet adapters. Included is a very simple Linux OS based on the OpenWrt distro installed in Linksys routers, with Busybox GUI. It's apparently intended primarily for hardware and software hackers, not as a general-audience handheld. The price is right, though: $99."

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Re:No Proprietary Technologies? by tverbeek · 2010-06-04 02:56 · Score: 3, Funny

Rounding error.

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OSS App Store by Toe,+The · 2010-06-04 02:58 · Score: 5, Funny

Yeah, but if you want to run anything on it, you have to get approved by the Free Store. The draconian linux overlords will reject anything that isn't 100% free, open, copyleft, and blindingly geeky.
Re:Lemote Yeelong by Anonymous Coward · 2010-06-04 03:16 · Score: 1, Funny

Is that chinese for Remote Yearlong?
Re:Open Pandora by thePowerOfGrayskull · 2010-06-04 05:28 · Score: 2, Funny

responses, support or di
Alas, we now know which one you chose.