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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> ____/ 7 on Wednesday 05 March 2008 19:31 : \____
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>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>>> "$5 iPod" follows in $100 laptop tradition
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>>>> | A Seattle-based nonprofit organization called Literacy Bridge hopes to
>>>> | create a low-cost audio player for the developing world. The $5
>>>> | "Talking Book" is an iPod-sized flash-based mp3 player that juices up
>>>> | on health, educational, and other audio programming at Linux-based
>>>> | content distribution kiosks.
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>>>> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6250449424.html
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>>>
>>> Something is wrong here.
>>> Calling these MP3 players an 'iPod' is crass and facetious.
>>> You can get MP3 players for 5 pounds already.
>>> http://www.ebuyer.com
>>> There is no end of CN, HK, TW, KR makers willing
>>> able and ready to make this device for far less
>>> if you give them the volume.
>>> http://www.alibaba.com
>>> http://www.globalsources.com
>>
>> Wow! That's pretty handy. What might it run? Firmware? Small embedded
>> Linux (I haven't looked)?
>
> Sumvision is reported to be embedded Linux
> that can be reflashed.
It must be one of the many miniature Linux PCs (by definition) that are shipped
per day. How much does the 'desktop' account for? Like less than 2% of the
real market?
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| Around 98% of the world's CPUs manufactured are used in embedded systems.
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http://www.digitaltippingpoint.com/?q=node/132
Four billion embedded systems shipped in '06
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3686249103.html
PCs being pushed aside in Japan
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| The PC's role in Japanese homes is diminishing, as its once-awesome monopoly
| on processing power is encroached by gadgets such as smart phones that act
| like pocket-size computers, advanced Internet-connected game consoles,
| digital video recorders with terabytes of memory.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071104/ap_on_hi_te/bye_bye_pcs
Linux to grow 278% in embedded/mobile/real-time apps
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| Linux use in "next" embedded, mobile, and real-time projects will grow 278
| percent over that in "previous" projects, suggests a recent survey by Venture
| Development Corp. (VDC).
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7115758310.html
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