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Linux alternatives for the iPad - and the future of netbooks, tablets and smartbooks
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| Apart from Apple, some other companies are
| bringing some interesting tablets. In contrary
| to the iTab, those other tablets do run Linux.
| Some are already available, such as the
| TouchBook from Always Innovating (AI), and some
| have supposedly better screens, like the Notion
| Ink Adam tablet. From the info available from
| Sola's blog on the Notion Ink tablet, from the
| Wikipedia-info on the iPad and AI Touchbook and
| from the website of the AI touchbook I made a
| feature table so you can compare features. Apart
| from that, let's take a look at the future: What
| technologies are coming to this market?
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http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/131294/
Recent:
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.
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| 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:
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| * 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.
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| [...]
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| 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."
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| 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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