__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Saturday 13 January 2007 22:56 \__
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Linux powers portable digital TV, DivX player
>>
>> Device Profile: Samsung LMD10A-51W portable digital TV
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Samsung Electronics used Linux and a MIPS-based SoC (system-on-chip)
>>| to build a portable digital TV. The LMD10A-51W mobile Digital
>>| Multimedia Broadcast TV (DMB-TV) has a 10-inch WVGA (800x480)
>>| screen, and supports T-DMB broadcasts as well as DivX, XviD,
>>| WMV, and MPEG files.
>> `----
>>
>> http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT4612631999.html
>> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3060217360.html
>
> Another nail in the coffin of the desktop PC. More or less every one of
> those nails goes right up through the coffin, into the decaying body of
> Microsoft.
What does grandpa need? Let's see. TV, a bit of Web browsing and maybe music.
And hey! He can finally do it all from the sofa. Who need a PC? Maybe those
who like to play with fire... or malware... or call the grandchildren every
other Sunday, in order to fix the broken PC, if not buy a new one to 'fix'
the problem.
[Note: based on harsh experience. The appeal of mobile devices owing to
security was mentioned by some recent articles. No NSA, but sometimes DRM
infects the device.]
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~~ Best regards
Roy S. Schestowitz
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