Philip Trickett (List) wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-07-18 at 11:07 +0100, Michael Watterson wrote:
>>>> I've been designing & programming GUI based systems since about 1988
>> and personally I like my 1600 x1200 screen :-) For desktop work I found
>> that light pen, then touch screen or tablet incredibly tiring compared
>> with mouse & QWERTY. A touch screen on ANYTHING is really only good for
>> very occasional input.
>>>>>> Have you looked at the Nokia N800? It has an onscreen thumb keyboard
> which is surprisingly easy to use. Also, it responds to either stylus
> or finger touch input, and alters the UI to compensate.
>>They have them on buses in Finland for the travellers. I think 6 or 8
per bus, WiFi to a 450MHz Flash-OFDM based Mobile Internet Router
(Netgear?). But then Nokia is in Finland too.
If anyone wants to donate one to me for research purposes, I don't
mind. I was going to get one, but bought a GP2X instead. Awkward to
add WiFi to, and no touch screen (though the HW supports it
directly). But easy to program for. I still might get one. Does it
have USB host easily? I wish it had a PCMCIA/cardbus slot.
--
Mike
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