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[News] More GNU/Linux Tablets Are Coming: Freescale, HTC

  • Subject: [News] More GNU/Linux Tablets Are Coming: Freescale, HTC
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:01:45 +0000
  • Followup-to: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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Freescaleâs $200 tablet will support Chromium, Android and Linux OSes 

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| Earlier this year at CES, Freescale 
| revealed a $200 smartbook tablet reference 
| design that they were shopping around to 
| partners.
| 
| It was a beautiful tablet for the price, 
| powered by a 1GHz i.MX515 ARM processo. 
| Other specs included 512MB of DDR2 RAM, a 
| 1,024 x 600 multitouch screen, between 4GB 
| to 64GB of internal storage, a microSD 
| expansion slot, optional 3G WWAN module, 
| 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS, a USB 
| 2.0 socket, audio in / out, 3 megapixel 
| camera, inbuilt 3-axis accelerometer, an 
| ambient light sensor and a 1,900mAh 
| battery.
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http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/freescales-200-tablet-will-support-chromium-android-and-linux-oses-2010039/

HTC Touch Pro2 Runs Ubuntu Linux

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| This is probably another development that 
| Microsoft wonât be too happy about, but 
| itâs not like they can stop you from 
| tinkering with your phone, right? Now, 
| after the HTC Touch HD has been hacked to 
| run Android, weâve got wind of a HTC Touch 
| Pro2 running Ubuntu Linux 8.04. Of course, 
| the OS is really meant for laptops and 
| desktops, but again, nobody can stop you 
| from having some fun, right? 
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http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2010/03/htc_touch_pro2_runs_ubuntu_linux.html


Related:

Linux still top embedded OS

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| In a new whitepaper on Linux in the embedded market, VDC researchers cite the
| following reasons for Linux's popularity:
|
|     * Licensing cost advantages
|     * Flexibility of source code access
|     * General familiarity
|     * Maturing ecosystem of applications and tools
|     * Growing developer experience with Linux as an embedded OS
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4920597981.html


Embedded Linux research report ships

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| EDC noted that some 40 percent of the survey's 500 respondents were targeting
| embedded Linux.
|
| [...]
|
| Also in the earlier reports, Andrews observed that the need for RTOS source
| code was "one of the reasons that proprietary RTOSes created in-house for a
| specific system have long been popular, and now it's a primary motivating
| factor in the adoption of Embedded Linux."
|
| The now completed survey results are said to include "expert analysis" from
| Ann Thryft, a 20-year industry veteran. The report includes chapters on
| platforms, processors, tools, languages, security, target devices, mobile
| development, and of course, Linux.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7613839836.html
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