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[News] Palm Finds a Linux That it Likes, Linux-based 'Laptop Killer' Coming This Summer

  • Subject: [News] Palm Finds a Linux That it Likes, Linux-based 'Laptop Killer' Coming This Summer
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:20:38 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Palm Foleo to use Wind River Linux

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| Wind River said that over the coming months, it will work with Palm to port 
| the Foleo's software stack to Wind River's Platform for Consumer Devices, 
| Linux Edition.   
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6844359014.html


Related:

Palm Foleo with Linux threatens the Laptop

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| The Palm Foleo is joining a list of MID (Mobile Internet Devices) like the 
| Nokia N800 and Asus Eee that use a lightweight version of Linux but the main 
| advantage of the Foleo is its instant on feature.  While traditional “Linux” 
| may be too difficult for the average user to handle, these highly integrated 
| implementations of Linux have no problem being adopted by the masses.  That 
| could pose a problem for Microsoft in the long run if these devices ever get 
| widespread adoption.       
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=562


Can Mid-Sized Portable Devices Replace Laptops? 

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| There are laptops. There are handhelds. And there's the middle thing. Who 
| wants the middle thing? Palm thinks you want the middle thing—the Foleo, 
| which the company calls a "smartphone companion."  
| 
| [...]
| 
| So far, two decades of failed products have shown that few people want the 
| middle thing. But that doesn't mean it's an entirely bad idea. In fact, the 
| middle thing might be where desktop Linux finally grabs more than a toehold. 
| Here's what the middle thing needs to do, and where Palm and Nokia (and  
| everybody else) are failing:   
| 
| It needs to be cheaper, lighter, and go longer than a laptop. This is where 
| Linux reigns, with low-power processors and low-cost components.  
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2157153,00.asp


Palm Foleo First Thoughts

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| If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video should be worth a 
| whole volume. That's why Brian Beeler and I recorded a brief video 
| overview of the Foleo, which will hopefully give you a better idea of 
| what it will be like to use the first mobile companion yourself.
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http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=13139


First Look: ASUS Eee PC at HotHardware

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| Few details revealed:
| 
|     * Makes use of Intel's 910 mobile chipset
|     * Offers a 900Mhz Intel Dothan Pentium M processor
|     * Includes four USB 2.0 ports
|     * VGA output
|     * Flash card reader
|     * 3 hour battery life
|     * Runs the KDE desktop environment (screenshot of Eee PC's KDE desktop)
|     * Includes an “Easy” mode mobile interface with quick tabs to:
|       Internet, Work, Learn, Play, Settings, Favorites
|     * Pre-installed Skype, OpenOffice, anti-virus, educational software, and  
|       more 
|     * Direct link to web storage (partner not specified)
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http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/entry/4030/first_look_asus


Hands-on with a prototype Intel Mobile Internet Device

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| The particular unit I was looking at had been fitted with a fresh
| installation of Mandriva Flash Edition and a fresh build of KDE 4's
| development series. The device is still considered a technology development
| prototype, and the final version will not be shipped with the exact same
| configuration as the prototype.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070710-hands-on-with-a-prototype-intel-mobile-internet-device.html

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