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Empower Technologies Unveils PowerPlay 1x
Fun Linux toy of the week: Empower Technologies has sent out a press release proclaiming the forthcoming availability of the "PowerPlay 1x" PDA. It is a dual-processor, Linux-based system with a color display, built-in MP3/MP4 player, and a cellular phone option. Availability is in December, for about $199.
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Empower Technologies Unveils PowerPlay 1x Posted Oct 27, 2004 16:40 UTC (Wed) by ballombe (subscriber, #9523) [Link] Extract from the Linux source on the linuxda.com website:LinuxDA.kernel/linux/Makefile: VERSION = 2 PATCHLEVEL = 0 SUBLEVEL = 40 UCRELEASE = 0 ARCH = m68knommu BOARD = pilot So apparently tao efforts are not in vain.
kernel 2.0 and 68K Posted Oct 27, 2004 19:35 UTC (Wed) by ncm (subscriber, #165) [Link] The press release says it has an ARM, so this image must be for last year's gadget that has a Dragonball in it.
kernel 2.0 and 68K Posted Oct 27, 2004 19:52 UTC (Wed) by ballombe (subscriber, #9523) [Link] Ah thanks, but it is the only linux kernel source tree I canfound on the linuxda.com website they advertise.
Empower Technologies Unveils PowerPlay 1x Posted Oct 27, 2004 16:45 UTC (Wed) by trutkin (guest, #3919) [Link] Why on earth would a PDA need dual processors?
Empower Technologies Unveils PowerPlay 1x Posted Oct 27, 2004 17:18 UTC (Wed) by gnb (subscriber, #5132) [Link] It's not SMP, it's just a chip with two things you could realisticallycall processors on it: an ARM9 (running Linux in this case) and a DSP. Calling it dual processor probably gives is a bit misleading since the first thing most people are likely to think of is two of the same processor.
Empower Technologies Unveils PowerPlay 1x Posted Oct 27, 2004 22:32 UTC (Wed) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] If that's a `dual processor' then the UP machine next to me has at least seven processors in it.
(*grumblegrumble* bloody marketroids rendering another good term useless *grumble*)
Empower Technologies Unveils PowerPlay 1x Posted Oct 27, 2004 23:41 UTC (Wed) by wookey (subscriber, #5501) [Link] Indeed, most mobile phones are at least 'dual processor' by this terminology, and some are 'quad' or more. I agree the marking use is confusing but we do need a term for this sort of architecture, which is getting increasingly common (one CPU to manage things and several special-purpose CPUs to the radio/camera/codec etc).
Has anyone found more info? Posted Oct 27, 2004 18:15 UTC (Wed) by Max.Hyre (subscriber, #1054) [Link] I certainly can't find pictures, specifications, or even any mention of the 1x model on their website. It talks only about the model Vs, a year-old (but quite tasty for a Handspring Visor fan) version. Google can't find anything about ``powerplay 1x'', either. I'd love to see a few photos.
Has anyone found more info? Posted Oct 28, 2004 13:53 UTC (Thu) by maxmtl2002 (guest, #3990) [Link] Here are some photos and details:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2665482526.html
Maxime
Empower Technologies Unveils PowerPlay 1x Posted Oct 27, 2004 21:10 UTC (Wed) by bferrell (subscriber, #624) [Link] I hope they've gotten better. A few years back, I bought one of their products and it took like 3 months to get and was compatible with nothing.
Needless to say, I was very unhappy.
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