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Hackable devices: one step forward, one step backHackable devices: one step forward, one step backPosted Sep 3, 2009 3:45 UTC (Thu) by Kamilion (guest, #42576)Parent article: Hackable devices: one step forward, one step back
Actually, I've been looking at this myself.
Here's the little gem I found:
It runs nxclient, rdp, vnc, ssh with a touch screen keyboard.
Plays back shoutcast & 1200kbit divx nicely too.
Don't expect it to be a top performer, but for raw linux & 3 days of live standby in your pocket, you can't beat the deal...
I've finally retired my old mp3discman and am moving to a pack of cheap $15 8GB microsd cards to store my music on.
They fit a hollow credit card with ten microsd slots, so now I can carry 80GB with me on the go.
And with PC USB boot advances like loading ISOs from a USB stick with grub4dos, I can have access to quite a few different linux recovery environments coexisting with my music/video. Just gotta get better labels for these things!
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Hackable devices: one step forward, one step back Posted Sep 3, 2009 3:59 UTC (Thu) by khc (subscriber, #45209) [Link]
"Compatible operating system: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Linux"
How's that little ARM device going to be compatible with Windows? It sounded interesting until I read this, then it basically lost my confidence.
Hackable devices: one step forward, one step back Posted Sep 3, 2009 4:17 UTC (Thu) by Kamilion (guest, #42576) [Link]
USB gadget role.
Shows up as a mass storage device or other linux USB gadget (CDC Ethernet) using standard USB class drivers.
There's also a copy of acrobat reader for windows and mac on the CD.
And technically, since it IS open hardware, you can buy a windows CE license for ~$10 and flash that on it instead of linux.
Hackable devices: one step forward, one step back Posted Sep 3, 2009 4:58 UTC (Thu) by khc (subscriber, #45209) [Link]
ahh for USB compatibility, I read it as being able to run various OSs
Hackable devices: one step forward, one step back Posted Sep 3, 2009 4:14 UTC (Thu) by Kamilion (guest, #42576) [Link]
And one last thing about the SmartQ5.
This thing does something that I've been trying to achieve for *YEARS*.
I can *FINALLY* unmute the microphone input while listening to music.
And with $2.26 USB audio devices and a cheap $5 hub:
I can utilize as many microphones as I want, run it through some rinkydink noise canceling, and pipe it into various voip clients.
Handles bluetooth headsets well. Can still get VoIP calls while it idles.
It's replaced my old LinuxARM7 WSKP-100 skype wifi phone (flashed with hacked up SIP firmware & Links browser for pay-APs) with gusto, provided I use a good headset (my mavizen blueye doesn't play well with it, sadly.)
Oh, and lest it be forgotten -- since it's got USB host support, you can just plug in a ubuntu-supported cellular USB stick. I haven't tried since I live in mountain view, home of google wifi.
Hackable devices: one step forward, one step back Posted Sep 3, 2009 8:02 UTC (Thu) by lbt (subscriber, #29672) [Link]
And if you're interested, there is a Maemo.org project called Mer
http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer
which is working with SmartDevices to provide a more finger-friendly version of Linux to run on it. The SmartDevices guys have already posted their kernel code to our git repository and donated a Q7 and a Q5. (There are also a few developer rebates on the Q5 still available for project proposals accepted by the community).
We'd love to hear from people who've managed to integrate more functionality into it - especially those who can help us make it better "out of the box".
I'm also really interested to see whether there's any benefit to Nokia from this aspect of the openness of the Maemo platform. I hope so.
Oh, we also hang out a lot at #mer on freenode - come and say hello.
Hackable with Debian? Posted Sep 3, 2009 9:25 UTC (Thu) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link] Looks sweet, I hope I can purchase one from Spain. I am confused by the weight however: the dealextreme page you linked says: "About 160g", but also: "23.14 oz" which is according to Google 23.14 ounces = 656.007965 grams. But then Smart Devices says it's 480 g. There is a huge difference between 160 g (>~ the iPhone) and 656 g (>~ the original Kindle). I think I believe the official page best. The Nokia n770 and n800 weigh about half that, at ~ 230 g.Pity about the microphone input, a 2.5mm TRS connection would have been handy. Hope the internal microphone is good! I wonder, surely Debian runs on that thing?
Hackable devices: one step forward, one step back Posted Sep 3, 2009 14:54 UTC (Thu) by nlucas (subscriber, #33793) [Link]
I was waiting for something like this for years!!! I don't need a Linux phone, just a basic native Linux PDA!!!
Even the price is excellent!!!
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