Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:15:55 -0800
From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org>
To: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com>
Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: suggestions wanted.... {OT}
Message-ID: <20130112081555.GB27217@ethic.thought.org>
In-Reply-To: <20130112125119.5b6935c6@X220.ovitrap.com>
References: <20130111235216.GA12265@ethic.thought.org> <20130112125119.5b6935c6@X220.ovitrap.com>
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On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 12:51:19PM +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:52:16 -0800 > Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: > > > > > note that this question is =OT=. > > > > sorry if this is a re-request for clues. I =did= ask a very > > similar question a year or three ago; I'm just not sure > > where. > > Ah, I remember. Wans't it when the Newton was released? is the newton still around? I thought it was a huge flop. I'll ck, tx. > > I'm looking for a small and portable tablet [or whatever] > > device to use on the once-every-75-years when I do get out. I am not > > looking for a cell phone. the one I have works fine for auto- > > dialing <<whoever>>. instead, im thinking of something with > > a small screen and somekind of keyboard. it has to have a speaker. > > some version of 'unix' is essential. > > > > have you looked at Samsung. They have a quiet interesting range from > hand phones to tablets. I do not know the size up to which they can be > used as hand phones but some pretty large models have this function > built-in. great if there's a model w/ a 5" to 7" screen. kybd, speaker. any idea if I can install gvim and espeak...? and add my own code. > > My daughter has one I would still call a hand phone. She is very happy > with it. > > The keyboard has to be an external one in all cases. I do not know it > this works on all models. so the keybd is a plug-in for the phones. how about the tablets? I AM/[have been] looking for a book-device that can read to me. thanks for the clue, gary > > Erich > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Twenty-six years of service to the Unix community.
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