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Re: [News] Linux-based Nokia Tablet Gets a High Score, Another Linux PDA Gets Better

____/ Mark Kent on Sunday 11 November 2007 11:01 : \____

> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Saturday 10 November 2007 20:33 : \____
>> 
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> ____/ Mark Kent on Saturday 10 November 2007 12:31 : \____
>>>> 
>>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>>> Nokia impresses with latest Internet Tablet
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>>| What it is: This is a very small, thin and portable handheld device
>>>>>>| with a large color touchscreen (800 by 480 pixels) and the ability to
>>>>>>| perform Web browsing, play multimedia (music, photos and videos), read
>>>>>>| e-mails and access other applications (games, calculator, etc.).
>>>>>>| 
>>>>>>| [...]
>>>>>>| 
>>>>>>| Grade: 4 stars (out of five)
>>>>>> `----
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2007/110707-cool-tools.html
>>>>> 
>>>>> I had a play with a prototype N810 recently, and it is very very good
>>>>> :-)
>>>>  
>>>> I pretty much stopped using my PDA. I only use it as a clock, among a few
>>>> other things. Nothing beats beastie PCs -- for now.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Ah, I do a tremendous amount of travelling, and I no longer take a
>>> laptop PC with me, just an N800 and a bluetooth keyboard.  The N800
>>> shares the same PSU as my phone, too.
>>> 
>>> It has hours of MP3s on it, whatever videos I feel like watching,
>>> several books, many games of all kinds, plus the web-access to work
>>> email is great, and it can connect to the net using GPRS or UMTS via
>>> bluetooth and my phone, or using wifi directly.
>>> 
>>> It fits in my pocket, and it's pretty much all I need.
>> 
>> I guess it's really a matter of lifestyle, so I missed the key point there.
>> Travelling changes a lot, for starters.
>> 
> 
> Indeed it does.  Having a debian-based PC in your jacket pocket is quite
> cool :-)
> 

I see... just remember to apt-get remove before-laundry; sudo and cron that in
case you might forget.

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