DeXTeR wees ons op een interessant bericht van bargainPDA.com over een nieuwe handheld gebaseerd op Linux. De Terapin Mine van Serial System uit Singapore beschikt o.a. over een 10 of 12GB harddisk, USB, een PCMCIA slot en 10Mbit ethernet. Hierdoor is deze PDA te gebruiken als backupdevice en zelfs als fileserver! Vanaf eind augustus is ie te koop in Europa, de VS, Japan en Singapore voor $599.
Consumers can dump their digital photos into it, back up their computer files and store digital audio. The Terapin Mine also can be connected to a corporate LAN (local area network) and used as a mini file server. A PC card slot allows the use of wireless network adapters.
[...] Michael Anh Nguyen, vice president of business development at Serial System, asserts that the device fills a niche, despite the rising number of notebooks that cost only a few hundred dollars more. "The Mine is more mobile, switches on instantly and is easier to use," he said.
Because of the use of Linux, he noted, developers won't have to pay Serial System license fees. He added that there are plans to release kits for software developers soon.
De specificaties van de Terapin Mine kun je hier nalezen.
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