18 August 2008
Several manufactures are readying new, feature rich
Linux-based mobile phones. Linuxslate.com has compiled a guide that will mention a few
notable ones, and speculate about whether any of these
could potentially be the much anticipated
"iPhone-killer".
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24 July 2008
New
Commentary Posted. The Wallstreet Journal's All Things Digital
posted a leaked Microsoft internal memo outlining Steve Ballmer's plans
for Microsoft's 2009 Fiscal Year. I can't help but to
make some comments.
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25 June 2008
New review Posted. The Wibrain B1L with Ubuntu Linux. How does
the Linux based Wibrains stack up against the Eee PC, Pepper Pad 3 and
the Nokia Tablets? What should a new or prospective owner know about
this Ultra Mobile PC?
Click here for the article.
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25 Jan 2008
Comming
soon: I have been working on a Web-based transcoder system for
MythTV. It consists of some perl and html and requires mencoder and
ffmpeg. I'll be uploading it after I clean it up a bit.
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25 Jan 2008
New Review: Linuxslate.com reviews an inexpensive Ethernet IP Phone currently being sold on Amazon.com.
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03 Oct 2007
My first opinion peice in quite a long time. Please
read my comments relating to possible legal action over the Apple iPhone 1.1.1 Firmware update issue.
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12
Sept 2007
The
forums
are now open! For now, you will have to
email me to
register. Please post questions to those forums.
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07 Sept 2007
LinuxSlate.com
has moved to OnNow.net. OnNow supports Open Source Projects,
so
LinuxSlate.com Supports OnNow. Check them out for your
hosting
needs.
For now, (most of) the old content has been restored, but
that, too will only be temporary. In the near future, there will
be a new, more professional site here, including:
- More articles and reviews
- A more dynamic blog-style front page
- Forums !! At the moment I am planning
the following forums:
- Linux on Modern Tablet PC's
- Pepper Pad 3
- Pepper Pad 2
- Classic Fujitsu Active Pen Systems (1000,
1200, 2300, etc.)
- Classic Fujitsu Passive Pen Systems (LTC-500,
etc.
- Other Classic Pen Tablets (IBM, Ricoh, etc.)
- Linux Based Mobile phone hacking (Motorola,
E28, others.)
- MythTV on HP Media Center PC's
- Rewiew Discussion
- Other Cool Hardware to hack as it appears
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20 Jul 2007
Linuxslate.com reviews a Linux slate - a really cool Linux slate - The
Pepper Pad 3. Read my "Non-Dumb" Review
here.
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08 Feb 2007
I have designed and constructed a "Keyboard Dock" for my Nokia 770
Internet Tablet. Yes, its kind of like the "Unslate", but it
really is a cool and useable accessory for the Nokia 770.
Keyboard Dock for the Nokia
770
Internet Tablet
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13 Sept 2006
Another Review posted. WowWee's newest robotic dinosaur -
RoboReptile is actually on the shelves. Check out my review:
WowWee's latest Robot
Dinosaur
- the RoboReptile
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05 August 2006
As mentioned in the previous post, I just
bought a
Motorola A780 mobile
phone. Since it has a touch screen, and runs Linux, it really
is
a
LinuxSlate.
I have
posted my first How-To for this phone.
It covers building (compiling) Moto4Lin on Fedora Core, and using it to
enable certain phone features.
Moto4Lin
is a great
utility for not just the A780, but many Motorola phones.
Another
How-To will follow shortly. Get to the How-To from the
Guides and Help page.
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05 August 2006
Linux is getting popular in the Mobile Phone business. From a
PCMAG
article:
"...Motorola
will be
abandoning the familiar operating system used on its
feature phones, such as the RAZR, for a Linux- and Java-based solution"
and From
ZDNet
Asia:
"The
world No. 2
mobile phone maker, which debuted the Ming smartphone
in March this year in China, shipped more than one million Linux-based
units in China alone last quarter, according to research firm Canalys."
It's not just Motorola. Nokia has
also released a major
product
based on Linux, and there are indications that Nokia may release more
products based on Linux.
This growth of Linux in the mobile market recently hit home for me in
another way.
A Co-Woker was showing me his new Cingular 8150. It runs
Windows
Mobile. Interesting I thought. Cingular is not a
phone
manufacturer -- they are a Wireless Service Provider (WSP).
The
only prominent marking on the phone says Cingular. Cingular's
website does not mention the manufacturer. Why not?
The
phone is really made by HTC. HTC stands for "High Tech
Computer
Corp." -- No - Really.
It
Does. On the other hand, I just bought a Motorola
A780.
It runs Linux. No need to try to hide that
name. The No. 1 and No. 2 Mobile phone
companies are
moving toward Linux, while the Microsoft OS is relegated to the "High
Tech Computer Corp." Ironic how things change isn't it?
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24 May 2006
The review of the Ecotest МКS-05 Portable Radiation Detector/Meter has
been posted.
Follow
this link.
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14 May 2006
The site has been down for a few days due to some upstream network
connectivity issues. This is an informal, just for fun type
of
operation, so this kind of problem is to be expected. The
server
itself has been up for over 117 days with out a re-boot.
In other news, I have recieved my Ecotest МКS-05 radiation
detector,
and with the site being down, I sort of lost the incentive to start the
review. The positive offshoot of this is that I have had a
few
more days to evaluate the МКS-05, and thus the review will be better
when it does get published. Oh... and I have found
something else near me that is amazingly
radioactive.
(Actually 2 things, although one is only very mildly
radioactive). Look for the story in the Ecotest МКS-05 review
soon. Catch the links from the
Radiation
Detector Buyer's Guide.
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29 April 2006
I have expanded my coverage of Personal Radiation Detectors.
Now,
in addition to the
Review
of the Russian
DRSB-88 Pocket Dosimeter, I have a
Buyer's
Guide for these devices. Look for more reviews to
follow soon.
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14 January 2006
The Ulitimate
Pre-Built
MythTV box? Perhaps. Read about my
attempts to install
Linux for MythTV on the HP z555 Media Center PC. Oh... and
help
out if you can. Click the Link above, or you can get there from the
Guides & Help Page.
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16 December 2005
I can't help wanting to talk about my new Nokia 770. I said I
wouldn't do a review since others have, so I decided to do something
that is not a review, but may also be useful to those considering
buying this cool Linux Slate.
Please read "
Nokia 770 Internet Tablet paired
with the
Nokia N-GageQD vs. The Nokia 9500 - How does the combination
of a Nokia 770 Tablet and a medium range phone compare to a high-end
WiFi 'SmartPhone'?" Even though technically it
isn't a
Review, you can get there from Reviews.
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10 December 2005
I just picked up 2 Nokia 770's from CompUSA. I have only just
set
it up, but I can say:
WOW !! This seems to be the device I had always hoped
somebody
would release. I think Nokia really did it right -- Both in
terms
of the actual device, and the development
environment/philosophy.
I expect the software availability and functionality of this devices
(and subsequent derivative devices) to explode unlike anything we've
seen before. I do not plan on reviewing the device, since
others
have done excellent reviews already. I do plan on porting
some
existing apps, but probably not until after the US Holidays.
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20 November 2005
New Review Posted. The Tiger VuGo "Multimedia System."
Read about it
along
with my other
Reviews.
