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First Steps With the Raspberry Pi
An anonymous reader writes "The Raspberry Pi received an extraordinary amount of pre-launch coverage. It truly went viral with major news corporations such as the BBC giving extensive coverage. Not without reason, it is groundbreaking to have a small, capable computer retailing at less than the price of a new console game. There have been a number of ventures that have tried to produce a cheap computer such as a laptop and a tablet but which never materialised at these price points. Nothing comes close to the Raspberry Pi in terms of affordability, which is even more important in the current economic climate. Producing a PC capable of running Linux, Quake III-quality games, and 1080p video is worthy of praise." Beyond praise, though, this article details the hooking-up and mucking-about phases, and offers some ideas of what it's useful for.
With the price of 'smartphones' now, you can get a cheap china-sourced device that is about as small, and has all the communications you need AND even has a built in touchscreen.
Sure it may not have a lot of data i/o devices on board, but it has audio in/out and they have usb, so that is covered too.
---- Booth was a patriot ----
that's because the product is an effing scam and seems to be pushed by Slashtardvisments on this site