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Re: Tablets Running GNU/Linux Have Strong Selling Points

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____/ Nick Ballard on Thursday 15 Apr 2010 20:51 : \____

> On Apr 15, 12:37 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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>> iPad Killer? We Pad E-reader, Google Android
>> Tablet -video,photos
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>> | The touchscreen/e-reader/tablet market is
>> | heating up with the recent announcement of
>> | the We Pad, a Linux/Android based
>> | touchscreen tablet that some are touting
>> | as an iPad killer.
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> 
> This one looks promising. Hopefully it will be more feature-complete
> at launch than the JooJoo.
> 
>>
>>
>> iPad security broken in less than 24 hours
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>> | Apple's iPad has already been jailbroken,
>> | using a variation of the iPhone method and
>> | demonstrating just how much the two devices
>> | have in common.
>> |
>> | The hack was completed in less than 24
>> | hours. In theory it enables the owner to
>> | install everything from Wi-Fi scanners to
>> | pornography - applications Apple
>> | disapproves of - though for the moment it
>> | just allows a remote terminal connection.
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> 
> The more Apple tries to lock down their platform, the more hilariously
> ironic these types of stories become.

Apple has developed a Hubris syndrome. Their sales have also plateaued after they addressed
their niche market, which is wealthy people in the West (and Japan).

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