Comments on: Computers Become Hosts https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/08/17/computers-become-hosts/ Reflections on Technology Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:00:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: jon louis https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/08/17/computers-become-hosts/comment-page-1/#comment-4521 Thu, 18 Aug 2005 02:08:04 +0000 http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/08/17/computers-become-hosts/#comment-4521 FingerGear has already announced the Computer-On-a-Stick which has all of the above applications and more on a bootable USB Flash Drive.
http://www.fingergear.com
-Debian Linux OS
-Open Office Suite including Microsoft Office compatible word processor, spreadsheet and powerpoint creator
-latest Firefox browser
-Evolution Email
-Zip Compressor
-PDF Creator
-3D Vector Draw Utility
etc, etc.
They are asking $149 for the 256MB model.

]]> By: MobileRead https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/08/17/computers-become-hosts/comment-page-1/#comment-4520 Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:01:28 +0000 http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/08/17/computers-become-hosts/#comment-4520 Palm’s Secret Plans Cracked
Nothing definitive yet, but I think we’ve finally seen a plausible explanation of that secret third line of products from Palm Inc mentioned by Jeff Hawkins as being in its infancy.

We’ve seen many PDA-related sites claiming that it was the…

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