[GRLUG] $100 tablet

[Michael Mol]

Hey, Eric, you know LJ has an epub edition, right? With Aldiko, it
renders and displays much more quickly than PDFs.

On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Eric Beversluis
<ebever at researchintegration.org> wrote:
> For me it would depend on screen resolution and quality. I'm using my
> Xoom primarily for reading pdfs (incl _Linux Journal_) and Kindle docs
> (which work much better than than on the Kindle). It's working very
> nicely, but I suspect the 7" screen would be too small. It would also
> create problems with browsers--whether to use the mobile version of
> pages or regular versions. Hopefully things will develop so that using
> the regular versions of web pages rather than mobile versions will be
> the default for Xoom.
>
> On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 12:02 -0500, Bob Kline wrote:
>> The piece also says the 7 inch unit
>> is "bound for the US."  When?  Can't,
>> but I have to believe it will show up,
>> and that the demand will be heavy.
>>
>>
>>     -- Bob
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>         Ah, no. Initial release in China. You can import it for
>>         exorbitant
>>         shipping costs, from what I understand...
>>
>>         On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Bob Kline
>>         <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
>>         >
>>         http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-57338163-64/$100-tablet-now-shipping-with-android-4.0/
>>         >
>>         > Akin to the interest in the low cost
>>         > Raspberry.
>>         >
>>         > Not 5 years ago the MIT Media Lab
>>         > made a lot of noise about a $100
>>         > labtop for use in underdeveloped
>>         > parts of the world.  They couldn't
>>         > do it.
>>         >
>>         > Anyway,  no doubt at your local
>>         > dealers soon.
>>         >
>>         > **
>>         >
>>         > Larger 8- and 9-inch form factors will be available soon.
>>         >
>>         > Salient specs include Ingenic's MIPS-based JZ4770 processor
>>         running at 1GHz,
>>         > graphics based on a Vivante GC860 graphics processing unit,
>>         1080p video
>>         > decoding, dual front/rear cameras, a 7-inch capacitive
>>         multi-touch screen,
>>         > WiFi, and USB 2.0, HDMI 1.3 and microSD ports.
>>         >
>>         > **
>>         >
>>         >   -- Bob
>>         >
>>         >
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