Just a question, as I'm getting ready a N810 to give to an IT student later today: is there an official Maemo policy or program towards repurposing well-functioning, older models?
And if not, any chance that something like this could be done in concert with educational programs that target high school aged-students and younger? OS2008 seems like a solid OS to be introduced to open source software, and there's a good bit of process and coding knowledge that could be gained.
Plus, that would enable a few folks to find homes for their devices which may be sitting stale in a drawer or on a shelf somewhere.
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Just so that this conversation is clear: I'm not just speaking of donations, but also something where some of the companies that work with Maemo software would also participate with devices and lessons towards development.
It just seems like a great way to push Maemo a bit more out there, while keeping some good use of older devices.
Bumping this mainly because this is something that's proving beneficial to the young lady who received the N810 that I had given her...
...if there are any of you with N800s or N810, who are willing to part with them for a reasonable price (we'd really need to negotiate, but I'm fair) or wouldn't mind an outright donation, I'd love to get those devices into the hands of some CS students and missions folks who have the need and the will to learn about the platform.
Thanks in advance, and feel free to use PM to contact.
I know that this is an old topic, but in light of a soon-to-come move to MeeGo for the early adopters and a sense of holding onto the past for some others, how do or have any of you repurposed your tablets? I have one sitting where I am looking for the right kid to gift it to because I have seen what this can do in respect to plugging a few digital gaps. Just looking for other experiences and ideas, and who knows, maybe one of you might be a means to help bring someone else into the fold.
I use my n810 as a wireless keyboard/mouse (bluemaemo) for my multimedia rig connected to the flatscreen in the living room mostly but it's also a nice quick way to rdesktop/vnc to other systems in the house. Makes a killer multi-remote control for things not infrared.
I really like the network storage appliance idea but I manhandle the thing too much.....maybe get another on the cheap
