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PocketPenguin / Build Your Own Linux Powered Pda

« on: June 19, 2006, 08:09:08 pm »

Do we have any semblance of a schematic yet? With the number of features this thing is supposed to have, it sounds like it's going to be huge like Xbox.
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actually most of the chips are surface mount so they are quite small. the processor itself is close to the size of a postage stamp (14mm x 14mm)
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Schematic probably wasn't the right word. I'm talking more along the line of things like the D-Pad, Trackball, 3 Card Slots, 2 Cameras, Full Keypad, Fingerprint Reader, Speakers, 2 USB Ports, etc.; almost all of those things have to be of a decent size of they're not even of any use. I'm not worried much at all about SMCs because most of the internals can be handled SoC-style, I'd imagine.

But it sounds like you guys want to build a ultraportable laptop and not a PDA. If I can see some good drawings, I'd be much less concerned.

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PocketPenguin / Build Your Own Linux Powered Pda

« on: June 19, 2006, 04:25:06 pm »

Do we have any semblance of a schematic yet? With the number of features this thing is supposed to have, it sounds like it's going to be huge like Xbox.