It was nice to hear the other side of the story. Of course we have no way of knowing who is being the most truthful. I guess that is for the courts to decide. Too bad they already jacked the price up - and if it boots directly to the internet browser, I'm not sure how usefull it is for typical automation use unless someone hacks it to run other software.
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i built our HA gui in AJAX so it just needs a browser - it runs on our pcs, netbooks, nokia tablets and on our kids' wii. i've been following the crunchpad closely because it would have been the perfect device to control our home at a great price, so i'm especially bummed out by the outcome. $500 for that thing is ridiculous. they're leaving a lot of room to be undercut by a what i hope now will materialize - a chrome OS tablet - and they're priced too high where the mythological apple tablet won't be much higher.
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The Return of the Internet Appliance!
Ten years after the 3COM Audrey, we get the "Joo Joo". Too expensive back in 2000 and still too expensive in 2010.
Ten years after the 3COM Audrey, we get the "Joo Joo". Too expensive back in 2000 and still too expensive in 2010.
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you forgot the i-opener in 1999 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-Opener - i still have one of these that i got for $100 in '99 before they closed the loophole in their TOS that allowed you to cancel their "service". i turned it into a digital picture frame long before there were such things.
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asus eee pad rumor 4-7" http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20091210PD203.html
dell 5" android tablet http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/30121/dell...tablet-ces-2010
too small...next rumor please
dell 5" android tablet http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/30121/dell...tablet-ces-2010
too small...next rumor please
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I know that one as well but put it in the same category as the Compaq IA-1 because it doesn't have a touchscreen. A few years back, I bought a 3 of them. I reflashed them with Midori Linux and (also) made them into picture frames. I gave away two of them as gifts and the third one, well, it collects dust ...
I still use Audreys with my HA software. They don't make very good picture frames (screen has a narrow viewing angle) but they are low-power, silent, have 8" touchscreens, an adequate browser, and can be remotely-controlled.
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as expected, the lawsuit as been filed http://bit.ly/5T9Uvi
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hp slate unveiled @ CES http://bit.ly/4KqeRE
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missed this one. freescale has a proto $199 7" tablet http://bit.ly/6GnJEI
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Here Here! and shouldn't that just about kill those g awful expensive in-wall touch screen products (by Elk and others)? Or at least drive them down to a sensible price?
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engadget's review of the joojoo http://bit.ly/96z4zv
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looks like they may have only sold 64 joojoos
http://bit.ly/aJh0Y1
i wouldn't be surprised if it was true though
http://bit.ly/aJh0Y1
i wouldn't be surprised if it was true though
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