http://www.limepc.com/contEle.shtml

iff it turns out that the amiga netbook is the limepc z9 would it not then be posible to port it and make an amipad allso

@retro

Those pads are ARM based. So, not possible.

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@retro

Theres not going to be a limepc amiga netbook.....

It fell trough as far as I understood.....

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@Metalheart

is that confermed that hyperion cancel the netbook ???

noo i dont belive it is.. the only thing that ther have sayd is ssoiles statement on amiwest. ther has ben some post from hyperion pepole here and there on forrum but,i havent reed anywere that its offcial that ther have cancled the projekt..i think ther want to sell as many x1000 as ther can and then release that netbook.

@retro

I cant remember where i read this, somewehere in een AW post.....

Hope, I'm wrong though....

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@retro

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noo i dont belive it is.. the only thing that ther have sayd is ssoiles statement on amiwest. ther has ben some post from hyperion pepole here and there on forrum but,i havent reed anywere that its offcial that ther have cancled the projekt..i think ther want to sell as many x1000 as ther can and then release that netbook.

sure, why not? keep waiting ;)

@retro

Nice try, but as told, it uses ARM CPU
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockchip

And most of Lime products do, I believe just LimeBook
and one small box computer are Freescale PPC based.


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is that confermed that hyperion cancel the netbook ??? noo i dont belive it is.. the only thing that ther have sayd is ssoiles statement on amiwest. ther has ben some post from hyperion pepole here and there on forrum but,i havent reed anywere that its offcial that ther have cancled the projekt..i think ther want to sell as many x1000 as ther can and then release that netbook

As you nicely observe, beside ssolies mentioning at Amiwest, it didn`t go anywhere near
official, announced or presented.

So it seems they feel no need to cancel it.

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KimmoK wrote: @retro Those pads are ARM based. So, not possible.

But they produced a PowerPC one:

http://www.androidppc.com/

But i do not know if it ever go into sale to the public

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Any way an Amiga base tablet, I don't think it would work too well with out a new interface made and then dedicated program's for the new GUI, I think a laptop would be a better fit for the next amiga ppc product, will it or won't happen is anyone's guess at this point.

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amigang wrote: For a moment I thought this thread was going to be about my app, amipad, shameless plug, find out more http://www.vincentperkins.com/AmigaNG/software/ Any way an Amiga base tablet, I don't think it would work too well with out a new interface made and then dedicated program's for the new GUI, I think a laptop would be a better fit for the next amiga ppc product, will it or won't happen is anyone's guess at this point.

obvoius is obvious.. Tablet need a new "workbench" and not all currents apps will work well without a new gui, but would be good to have an tablet with the kernel and apis of AmigaOS with a "workbench touchscreen enabled" suited for tablet use

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@Fransexy

Nice find, the iE7F PDA.

I would guess it will not come out (aasuming it's based on the old freescale chip).

But if it is based on the Verisilicon new chip, then .... perhaps.

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@retro

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retro wrote: ... make an amipad allso

No problem as long as it is software only
http://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/misc/amipad.lha

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Tablet need a new "workbench" and not all currents apps will work well without a new gui,

It surprises me that Microsoft, Apple and the Linux distributions all make the obvious solution to this 'problem' and yet none of them use it.

The laptop touchpad works in relative mode and can control any OS in the same way a mouse does. The only improvement that is needed is to run a touchscreen in touchpad relative mode for OS related activities and switch to absolute mode when the user would prefer to use a finger instead of a cursor driven by a mouse.

This is the way Wacom touchpads have worked for many years and no one complains that they can't run Windows, Apples OS or Linux with a Wacom pad. In fact, if we had the drivers, we could run AmigaOS and graphics programs with no change to the OS or programs, at all.

It just needs touchscreen or touchpad drivers that are a little more considered than those for a laptop touchpad mouse-alternative.

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Windows tablets we introduced about a decade before iPad but were a complete failure Why? Because the desktop was hard to use with your fingers, strike that, it was an absolutely miserable experience. Little complicated menus that were hard to read and even load. Apple changed that, simplified the GUI making it easy to load programs, simplified the programs with big easy to read buttons that work well with fingers.

You would need a much different Workbench to make AmigaOS/MOS/AROS attractive on a tablet.

@persia

as if we were aiming at any kind of success here.

@persia

Our workbench is perfectly possible to use down to 640x480 already, a resolution it should not be a problem to find. And we've got easy selection of font sizes also.

So no, I don't think it would be as hard for Workbench as it was for Windows. And relative mode is an intriguing idea that should be investigated further. Luckily it's possible to build your own amipad emulation by hooking a touch screen up to a regular monitor on an NG Amiga. So while it's fun to speculate, it would be more useful to demonstrate.

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as if we were aiming at any kind of success here.

Ah, yes, that's true, freed from the burden of having to be commercially viable, we can do anything.

@thread

interesting powerpc document from Freescale.

The document cover lots of arguments, such Multiprocessing, Reference Board, schematics, and other things.

A tablet is shown at some point.

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As you nicely observe, beside ssolies mentioning at Amiwest, it didn`t go anywhere near official, announced or presented. So it seems they feel no need to cancel it.

I guess ssolie just made it up on the spot, then.

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