Comments on: Chinese firm to produce first Linux UMPC

By: yodaddy

yodaddy — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:57:18 +0000

PepperPad3 is first linux umpc to my knowledge.

By: JustSomeReader

JustSomeReader — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:37:55 +0000

Of course while this may be the first UMPC class device it's certainly not the first high end linux portable, there are the nokias as mentioned and the Zaurus clamshell units which, with the help of pdaXrom, can run firefox, Abiword and all manner of other desktop linux apps.

This kind of thing looks far more useful to me than a UMPC type device or a tablet interface like maemo, unfortunately they clamshell models are hard to come by in the west.

since everyone loves screenshots here are some i've harvested

http://mail.pdaxrom.org/contrib/notes/xarchiver.jpg
http://www.gefechtsdienst.de/uman/img/screens/ss20060105.jpg
http://pumb.rinnovative.com/img/zaurus_pdaxrom_firefox.jpg

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:18:50 +0000

Well, one person says its Maemo.

http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4545

Low-cred in my book.

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:27:04 +0000

*scratches head*

Even the experts are confused:

http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/printthread.php?t=4543

*shrugs*

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:21:51 +0000

Is it indeed Maemo? I went to the spec page and all it says is Linux.

http://www.made-in-china.com/china-products/productviewrqZJdFDbSnWO/UMPC.html

By: gork

gork — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:02:18 +0000

Not ripped off.....remember, alot of the Nokia 770 and N800 is open source. In fact, the few things that are not are the flash plugin and opera itself. There's also a few device drivers for the DSP on board the 770 and N800 that have proprietary software itself.

This IS Maemo Linux. That is the TRUE power of open source.

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 08:37:53 +0000

And so far I've been the only person to point out they've ripped off the UI of the 770! Hahahahaha!