[Discuss] Asus Eee PC

[Daniel M German]

 Ronald> True the nokia N770, N800, and now N810 are pretty neat. But the small
 Ronald> form factor is too small to be useful for other activities. At least
 Ronald> that is my opinion without ever having used one :)

so, do you want a book reader  or a computer? :):)

It depends on what you expect. The form factor means it fits in my
jeans pocket (where it is now) and I am likely to carry it. I can't
carry a EEE the same way.

Yesterday I found a new use with it: flashlight (I was walking Stanley
Park at night and the pedestrian path did not have any lighting). It
worked decently well, and let others know I was there.

I personally use it for:

* A GPS navigation system with Google and Microsoft maps
* A web browser
* A skype telephone
* A book reader
* A PDF documents reader
* A chatting software client (almost any protocol, although slow to type)
* Data carrier (I can copy lots of files and have access to them)
* Decent music player
* Spreedsheet viewer/editor (I have some spreedsheets that I use to
  perform some calculations while   I take photographs)
* Note taking 
* Calendar
* Agenda
* Alarm clock (I use it daily to wake up, and then check my email :)
* Simple sketching
        
(And yes, I can know run emacs in it :)

All of that can be done by my laptop. But this one fits in my pocket.

--dmg

 Ronald> On 31/10/2007, Daniel M German <dmgerman at uvic.ca> wrote:
 >> 
 >> Take a look at the Nokia 770 for as a book reader. It is _very_ cheap,
 >> and FBreader is great for reading books. I read one in subway trips
 >> just few weeks ago. It is pocketable, lots of features, and great font
 >> size support. FBreader rotates the screen, also.
 >> 
 >> --dmg
 >> 
 >> 
 Ronald> This is pretty sweet device. If it had a tablet mode - making it a
 Ronald> better ebook reader - I would be very interested.
 >> 
 Ronald> R
 >> 
 Ronald> On 30/10/2007, Arthur Ralfs <acralfs at shaw.ca> wrote:
 >> >> Wow,  just got an ad from NCIX about this item.  Maybe this could be the
 >> >> tipping point for linux on the consumer side.
 >> >>
 >> >> Arthur Ralfs
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