In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:45:00 +0000
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> __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Friday 26 January 2007 18:44 \__
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>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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>> wrote
>> on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:46:44 +0000
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>>> Nokia 770 running Windows XP
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Some devices were never meant to run certain operating systems
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=c1nS9kOtA7A
>>
>> Mmm, speedy.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_770
>>
>> suggests that it's running a modified version of Debian
>> GNU/Linux, so one could do some interesting crap in that
>> area (e.g. VmWare). I'm not sure that's exactly what he
>> did, though -- but he wouldn't tell us what's connected
>> to the 770 through that magical USB cable.
>
>
> Yeah... you can see the cables feeding something in... Windows is not Open
> Source, so fitting in to the tablet is something that requires inside
> knowledge and access to code, I think. Maybe only the display is used, _BUT_
> the input from the screen is somehow fed back...
Or appears to be.
>
> It can't really be fake because there's too much motion. The possibility that
> the whole thing is a video that's running on the unit isn't out of the
> question, but the tapping and response (for several minutes) require a lot
> of rehearsal.
The technical specs from
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/nokia770.ars
suggest that XP would have a difficult time on that
hardware if installed thereon directly, since it's using
a 250 MHz TI 1710 OMAP (ARM-based), and might have 128M
RAM at most. I'd suspect that he's set up a small network
and is running a slightly hacked XP (one of the options
in the demo supposedly indicated Nokia 770, though the
video was so bloomed out for me it was impossible to tell)
somewhere else, possibly through VNC, possibly through
VmWare and remote X.
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/nokia770.ars/3
suggests that the USB connection can talk to the RS-MMC card,
and that ssh can be installed on the device; presumably
it can also network through a local WiFi router.
It needs more RAM and more CPU, and some app fixes
(the reviewer hated the emailer), but looks like a very
interesting device. I don't anticipate many such devices
running Windows Vista Aero anytime soon, though! :-)
>
>
>> Neat little device, though not the easiest to carry
>> (it's apparently about the size of a paper pad).
>> Nor does it appear to be available here in the United
>> States (clicking on "Buy Direct from Nokia" takes me to
>> a geographic website; it highlights Sweden fine but the
>> US just sort of sits there looking stupid -- which come
>> to think of it is a perfect metaphor for a certain world
>> "leader", but I digress...)
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Related:
>>>
>>> WinXP Running on the PS3 via Linux/QEMU
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Wow! I'm sure someone will tweak it so that it will run a bit better.
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
> http://ps3mods.blogspot.com/2006/11/winxp-running-on-ps3-via-linuxqemu.html
>>>
>>
>>
>
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