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2009-04-05
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Originally Posted by attila77
Huh. I thought qgil described the IBM Meta Pad.
...you described an Internet kiosk with a no-exec storage USB port.
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2009-04-05
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"And who will fund these millions of ubiquitous computers?"
The consumer, who else?
The consumer, who else?
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2009-04-05
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Originally Posted by sjgadsby
In what way is the metapad (conceptually) different from, say, a beagleboard ?
Huh. I thought qgil described the IBM Meta Pad.
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2009-04-05
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Originally Posted by geneven
The correct answer is "US Military". Especially if you equip each one with a microphone, camera, and/or explosives.
"And who will fund these millions of ubiquitous computers?" The consumer, who else?
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2009-04-05
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Originally Posted by attila77
They differ in much the same way a locomotive and a large diesel engine do. The later is one of a number of alternatives that might be used as the fundamental, driving core of the former. However, on its own, the later is but a component part that cannot independently provide the features, nor meet the specifications, that make the former a functional, usable tool.
In what way is the metapad (conceptually) different from, say, a beagleboard ?
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2009-04-05
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Originally Posted by geneven
Hell no! I'm not funding any computer that I'll never use!
The consumer, who else?
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2009-04-05
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the later is but a component part that cannot independently provide the features, nor meet the specifications, that make the former a functional, usable tool.
Meta Pad computer core SPECS:
* 9 ounces,
* 3x5 inch, 3/4 inch thick,
* 800 MHz processor,
* 128 MB SDRAM,
* 10 GB hard disk drive,
* 3D Graphics chip with 8 MB RAM
This is awfully close to the beagleboard specs (just replace the 10GB harddrive with a 8GB SD). Nobody prevents you from making different form factor enclosures for the beaglebox to provide PDA/netbook/desktop layout for the same unit (in fact, the touchbook did almost exactly this).
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Originally Posted by attila77
I see the interesting bits of the Meta Pad idea a little differently from you, I suppose.
Let me rephrase. What specification and features does the beagleboard lack to call it a metapad core implementation ?
I see the key ideas of the Meta Pad being a well defined, well designed, fairly rugged physical enclosure with a connector interface that's well defined both physically and electrically. These are what allow the Meta Pad to be a transportable, pluggable computer core--its core concept, and the bit that, to me, sets it apart.
The Beagleboard's core concept is to be a small, inexpensive, ARM systemboard for developers and hobbyists. It could certainly be used as the guts of a Meta Pad-type system, but so could many other things.
I'm less interested in, "If we had a system like the Meta Pad, at how many MHz would the CPU run?" than, "If we had a system like the Meta Pad, how would it change how we use, and think of, computers?"
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Originally Posted by ARJWright
It looks like the E75, but without edges.
From the folks at Symbian-Freak (because I don't know where else this was posted before hand)...would this work as a possible (hardware and UX) design direction for the IT/N-series Nokia devices?
http://www.symbian-freak.com/news/00...ne_concept.htm
Perhaps I'm a bit jaded, but it doesn't look even that good. Why such a small screen? How you're supposed to use that? Would that be a touch screen, I guess not. The copy text on that page is quite funny. It's the worst kind of "a weird design = revolution = awesome" attitude.
The future is a bit brighter than that concept device, I would say.
But seriously, you described an Internet kiosk with a no-exec storage USB port.