[olug] Chumby Taking Orders for New Chumby One

[Aaron Grothe]

Hey All,

Dealextreme has the SmartQ 7 for ~$212.02 and the SmartQ 5 for $151.51.  I've bought from them before and had pretty good luck.

Another thing to consider might the Zipit2 which looks to have a pretty good distro as well.

The fun thing about the Chumby is the community and widgets around it.  It isn't for everyone but it has some cool things.  It makes a real nice internet radio/alarm clock and people make things for it.

There is also an $80 ARM notebook out there that is supposedly going to be able to run android in the future.  http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Menq-Easypc-E790/

That being said.  I'd love to see a SmartQ.  If anyone has one bring it to a meeting so we can all see it.  Sounds like a cool piece of kit.

Regards,

Aaron
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--- On Sun, 11/15/09, Eric P <eric.maillist at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Eric P <eric.maillist at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [olug] Chumby Taking Orders for New Chumby One
To: "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
Date: Sunday, November 15, 2009, 1:04 PM

Luke-Jr wrote:
> Doesn't look very open. What does it have that a SmartQ 7 doesn't? Besides a 
> rather inconvenient size...
> 
> RAM... Chumby 64 MB vs SmartQ 128 MB
> Flash... Chumby 64 MB vs SmartQ 1 GB
> CPU... Chumby 350 MHz ARM9 vs SmartQ 667 MHz ARM11
> LCD... Chumby 320x240 3.5in vs SmartQ5 800x480  4.3in
> Cost... Chumby $100-$130 vs SmartQ5 $100-$132
> 
> Also, the SmartQ hardware has 100% of its specifications open, so running a 
> completely open source OS (including bootloader) is possible.
> 

Wow... the SmartQ definitely looks impressive, and I can do without the cheap, boxy feel of the Chumby.

Now (as Eric L. alluded to) it's just a matter of finding somewhere reputable to buy one (I can't find any at the moment).

Eric
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