TechCrunch Wants To Create an Open Source Tablet 160
RKo618 writes "TechCrunch announced that they are planning to design their own $200 web tablet device. Quoting: 'The idea is to turn it on, bypass any desktop interface, and go directly to Firefox running in a modified Kiosk mode that effectively turns the browser into the operating system for the device. Add Gears for offline syncing of Google docs, email, etc., and Skype for communication and you have a machine that will be almost as useful as a desktop but cheaper and more portable than any laptop or tablet PC.' The aim is for the tablet to run on modified open source software, which will be released back to the community along with the specifications for the hardware."
Don't get me wrong: (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Skype isn't Open Source (Score:5, Funny)
Asterix for voice communications.
I hear Obelix is way better.
(But other than that I agree. Skype is not open source and a security liability.)
Re:I'd buy that for a dollar (Score:5, Funny)
At a dollar a piece, I'd buy a few. But what would you do with 200 of them?
Sell them at the (two) dollar store.
And what the hell is 200 hundred?
Twenty thousand.
Next customer!!
Re:Don't get me wrong: (Score:5, Funny)
3 hour of sleep (Score:3, Funny)
Read that as 'TechCrunch Wants to Create an Open Source Toilet' and I was like 'Hell...yeah'.
Re:Hopefully they will get it right. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:3 hour of sleep (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Kinda like the N800? (Score:3, Funny)
Multitouch would be nice of course, but I don't hold 2 styluses at the same time.
You mean you're not into chopstick-stylus computing yet? All the cool kids are doing it.
Re:Hopefully they will get it right. (Score:1, Funny)
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Dang, I thought I did. Perhaps it was 810 by a grue.
Re:Skype isn't Open Source (Score:1, Funny)
Asterix for voice communications.
I hear Obelix is way better.
Asterix has a smaller form factor, but Obelix has more capacity.
Re:Kinda like the N800? (Score:3, Funny)