For anyone interested, I've just written my blog post about the iPad, the Nexus One and the N900. iPads, Nexus One and the N900 http://www.orient-lodge.com/node/3941 Thoughts and comments are always welcome. Aldon -----Original Message----- From: maemo-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:maemo-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Gary Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 2:05 PM To: maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: iPad low end netbooks pre-installed with Linux may be obtained for sub $200 prices. that's cheaper than anything Apple or Nokia are offering in a comparable category & they don't require special SDKs. Apple's P.A. Semi talent will do wonders for Apple but it won't be much use elswhere as they're unlikely to license their SoCs to 3rd parties. On Jan 28, 2010, at 7:25 PM, Will Marone <wjmarone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > That article is making me rage. Fortunately, the readers > and commenters for the site responded quickly with far > more insight than the article's author. > > In a way Apple doing their own chip is brilliant. They get > exactly what they want in the quantities they desire, and > can strike special deals to be bleeding-edge. Which makes the > hardware pretty impresssive, except for the display. > > I don't think I'd touch an iPad unless given one for free, > and only then to jailbreak it. After all, there's a very > good reason why I got my N900. > > On 1/28/2010 3:48 PM, Christer Eliasson wrote: >> http://www.osnews.com/story/22805/Apple_s_A4_ARM_CPU_GPU/ >> Enough said .... _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
