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Re: [LUG] Ubuntu-Powered Tablet Coming In 2011

 

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:23:42 +0000
> Roland Tarver wrote:
>
>> http://www.efytimes.com/e1/fullnews.asp?edid=56292
>>
>> Apple started a revolution in the beginning of the year by launching
>> its iOS tablet iPad and soon the space was filled with Android tablets
>> cropping from all across the globe. The latest news of a new tablet
>> comes from the far east but there is a catch, it is neither powered on
>> iOS nor on Android but on the Linux OS Ubuntu. The tablet is rumoured
>> to hit the market in early 2011. It was revealed by Gizchina's Andrew
>> Sykes, "A new Linux powered tablet is on it's way!" .....
>>
>> That has surely got to help get linux into the main stream?
>>
>> Roly :-)
>
> I've just bought myself a shiny 10" Android tablet... just researching
> how to get something like Debian onto it now. ;)
>
> Grant.

Ooo - smart. Let us know how you get on. Do you think tablets will
become the norm for mobile computing?; are they a passing fad? or will
they just be another option after they have become well established?

Not sure I fancy a computer without a real keyboard.

roly :-)

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