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[News] Tablets Another Growth Market for GNU/Linux

  • Subject: [News] Tablets Another Growth Market for GNU/Linux
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:38 +0000
  • Followup-to: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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Are tablets the new netbooks?

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| Some run Linux or Google Android while others 
| appear to have custom user interfaces. Not all 
| of these tablets are destined to be web-
| surfing buddies for the couch the way that 
| netbooks and smartbooks are though. Some of 
| the tablets are basically portable media 
| players or even portable TVs, thanks to built 
| in digital TV tuners.
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http://www.liliputing.com/2010/01/are-tablets-the-new-netbooks.html

Lenovo IdeaPad U1 is a laptop and a tablet PC

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| The display has its own ARM processor and the 
| tablet runs a customized Linux edition named 
| Skylight.
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http://news.techwhack.com/11546-lenovo-ideapad-u1


Recent:

H.P. Working on âHalf-Pintâ Android Tablet

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| Hewlett Packard is working on numerous tablet
| devices that will come in a variety of sizes,
| shapes and operating systems, including Windows
| 7, Googleâs Android, and possibly the open-
| source operating system Linux.
|
| The company has so many different tablet-related
| projects in the works that a variety of coming
| publishing partners were surprised to see a
| Windows 7 version of the Hewlett-Packard slate
| announced at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show.
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http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/08/hp-working-on-halfpint-android-tablet/
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