[ale] OT: has anyone on the list tried out one of the chinese 7" netbooks that ebay is being flooded with yet?

[Damon L. Chesser]

On Sat, 2010-06-05 at 12:17 -0400, Byron Jeff wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 05, 2010 at 10:13:26AM -0400, Van Loggins wrote:
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/Android-7-WiFi-mini-laptop-Netbook-ul-thin-450MHz-2GB-/110537856068?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Computing_Laptops_EH&hash=item19bc91d444
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> > I was looking at getting one with the google android OS on it instead of the windows CE 5.0 variants I've seen
> 
> My daughter won one in a contest. I haven't gotten around to trying to
> install Linux on it yet.
> 
> > 
> > I was wondering if anyone has had a chance to play with one and what your thoughts were on it.
> 
> Small, slow, cheap, cheesy. Almost like a toy.
> 
> But for sub $100 and the tiny form factor, it has just enough accessibility
> to be marginally useful.
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> > I'm looking at getting one or maybe one of the google tablets like this
> > one
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/7-Google-Android-notebook-Netbook-Tablet-PC-UMPC-MID-/160439967941?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item255af7a0c5
> > instead.
> 
> 
> Looks about the same as the others.
> 
> It may be worth $100 just to play. But walk in with low expectations.
> 
> BAJ

Well, of course it is not a work horse.  I have been looking at the
tablet things for a while.  I am thinking if they have a terminal and
ssh they make a pretty good tool for the admin.  Sadly I am told the
Ipad does not have a terminal built in and you have to hack it and that
is not reliable yet.

What about android?  Will that give you network access w/terms and ssh?


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