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[News] GNU/Linux Gains Thanks to Smaller/Low-end Devices

  • Subject: [News] GNU/Linux Gains Thanks to Smaller/Low-end Devices
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:26:53 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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Linux mobile devices open new market for Australian resellers

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| According to Zymaris, the key advantage to the Eee PC is their light weight 
| portability. 
| 
| “In the past business people would have to carry heavy laptops or try and 
| access a Web browser from a mobile product with a tiny keyboard. Now a 
| reseller can install a broadband wireless device from any telecommunications 
| service provider, so the end-user can access their email and every other Web 
| based product from a form factor device,” said Zymaris.    
| 
| “The combination of a small form factor reduces the barrier for an 
| organisation to provide a workable mobile device for their users. The 
| wireless Internet connection of such a product would also be more effective 
| then Wi-Fi”.   
| 
| These Linux-based devices shift the market away from traditional Windows 
| based PC and notebook products, said Zymaris.  
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http://www.crn.com.au/News/70951,linux-mobile-devices-open-new-market-for-australian-resellers.aspx


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Vision evolves, but $100 laptop is still the goal

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| In 2005, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Nicholas 
| Negroponte's idea of distributing $100 laptops to poor children captured the 
| world's imagination.  
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http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/02/24/vision_evolves_but_100_laptop_is_still_the_goal/



$400 Linux UMPC to be Launched

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| WiBrain (CEO: Yoo Yeon-sik), an UMPC maker, announced on Feb 25th that it 
| would launch ‘BiL’, a $400 UMPC.  
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http://english.etnews.co.kr/news/detail.html?id=200802260009

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