Re: OT ? I'm about this close to buying an iPad... - iPed XXX

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People,


> Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:24:15 +0530
> From: steve <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: OT ?  I'm about this close to buying an iPad...
> To: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Message-ID: <4C8000E7.1020806@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Hi,
>
> On 09/02/2010 08:36 PM, Linuxguy123 wrote:
>> > [...snip...]
>> > Along comes the iPad.  And it seems to do everything I want.  Plays
>> > MP3s.  Does nav.  Bright screen.  Affordable. And if you check youtube,
>> > lots of people have embedded them in cars.
>> >
>> > But being an OS guy, I want a machine running Linux, not iOS or whatever
>> > its called.   Where is it ?  I keep reading stories about dozens of
>> > tablet devices running Linux/Android/Meego on Slashdot, but where are
>> > they ?
>> > [...snip...]
>> > I wait, growing more impatient day by day.
>> >
> I don't know about your specific application (ie: A car PC) but as a linux
> alternative (or rather, more appropriately, an android alternative) to IPad,
>
> how about the Infibeam Phi:
> http://www.infibeam.com/Phi
>
> or the Eken M00[1-6] tablets:
> http://www.ekengroup.com/en/products/index.asp?bid=2
>
> or the Identity Tab
> http://www.google.com/search?q=Identity+Tab
>
> or any of the other android based tablets:
> http://www.google.com/search?q=android+tablet
>
> I know people who have bought the Eken M001 and are fairly satisfied with it as
> a mutimedia/ebook/surfing ...etc device.
>
> cheers,
> - steve


I bought this:

	http://www.iped-tablet.com/

- which was a mistake . . see my review:

	http://pricom.com.au/pnotes/iped

Regards,

Phil.
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GPO Box 3411
Sydney NSW	2001
Australia
E-mail:  phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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