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General Forums => New products and alternatives => Topic started by: speculatrix on January 21, 2010, 07:27:39 pm

Title: Lonmid - A True Zaurus?
Post by: speculatrix on January 21, 2010, 07:27:39 pm
http://jkkmobile.blogspot.com/2010/01/lonm...-2010.html#more (http://jkkmobile.blogspot.com/2010/01/lonmid-and-tablets-at-ces-2010.html#more)

this thing looks like a slightly bigger brother to the Z but with the latest hardware
Title: Lonmid - A True Zaurus?
Post by: speculatrix on January 21, 2010, 07:29:01 pm
http://www.pocketables.net/2009/05/atompow...s-as-phone.html (http://www.pocketables.net/2009/05/atompowered-lonmid-m100-convertible-mid-doubles-as-phone.html)

    * 800MHz Intel Atom Z500 processor
    * 512MB DDR2 RAM (up to 1GB)
    * 4GB SSD
    * Midinux operating system
    * 4.8" touchscreen (800 x 480)
    * Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, 802.11b/g

In addition to front and rear cameras, the LonMID 100 is equipped with the following ports, interfaces, and hardware controls: camera shutter button, two headphone jacks, USB port, two miniUSB ports, microSD card slot, volume rocker, call buttons (talk and hang up), power port, power switch, and stylus slot.
Title: Lonmid - A True Zaurus?
Post by: undrwater on January 24, 2010, 01:15:54 am
Quote from: speculatrix
http://jkkmobile.blogspot.com/2010/01/lonm...-2010.html#more (http://jkkmobile.blogspot.com/2010/01/lonmid-and-tablets-at-ces-2010.html#more)

this thing looks like a slightly bigger brother to the Z but with the latest hardware

Looks good.  Like the look of the 10" tablet too.
Title: Lonmid - A True Zaurus?
Post by: koan on January 24, 2010, 05:07:49 pm
That thing is as big as a tank. And with 2 screens it's got to be expensive.

What is a MID anyway ? A PDA with WiFi.
If not a Zaurus, I'd rather use a jailbroke iPod touch running Linux with Bluetooth keyboard.
Title: Lonmid - A True Zaurus?
Post by: speculatrix on January 26, 2010, 06:14:47 pm
here's the manufacturer's site, FWIW
http://www.nfs-hlj.com/ (http://www.nfs-hlj.com/)

after lots of clicking around I found something on their site referencing it
http://www.nfs-hlj.com/news9.html (http://www.nfs-hlj.com/news9.html)

and a link to a third party with some specifications
http://article.pchome.net/content-862035-2.html (http://article.pchome.net/content-862035-2.html)