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> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > 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. -- Philip Rhoades GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia E-mail: phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines