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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Wednesday 05 July 2006 08:51 \__
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>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>>>| Japan's Bluedot and Korea's Digital Cube have put their heads together
>>>| and come up with a rather nifty Linux-based PMP with a 30GB hard-drive
>>>| and lots more goodness inside.
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>>> http://www.digitalworldtokyo.com/2006/07/bluedot_pmp_runs_linux_loves.php
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>> These little devices are popping up everywhere... welcome to the future
>> of computing!
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>> It won't be long before a desktop is not much of a requirement for most
>> people.
>
> I actually ditched my laptop in favour of a PDA last year. I recall this
> rather well because this had me reach (via an anonymous submitter) the front
> page of PalmAddict. And that's how my connection with Sam Mclaughlin began.
>
> PDA's are becoming more like computers, but it's hard to predict where, when
> and how TV's, laptops, desktops, PDA's, consoles (e.g. PS3) and phones will
> converge. Laptop already oversell desktop machines in the States. Who would
> have thought about it a decade ago?
>
> Linux has good presence in all the above appliances. Windows and TV are still
> a bit of an oxymoron, despite Media Centre and IPTV, which began in France
> quite recently.
>
There's an ISP in France which has built a complete IPTV system on open
components - they're going to slay the telcos which use the Microsoft
systems, as they don't have any RTUs(licenses) to pay for.
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