Paladin of the Pegasos
Posts: 1178 from 2003/3/13
From: Pinto, Madrid ...
Quote:
Andreas_Wolf wrote:
I can't see any hardware enhancement in the reported Linkbook specs over the LimeBook Z9 specs. The Linkbook is a rebadged LimeBook Z9 for sure.
Agreed. It was also the most probable sittuation.
Quote:The following Google searches may reveal something:
http://www.google.com/search?q=linkbook+limebook
http://www.google.com/search?q=linkbook+limepc
Problem is I don't know any Portuguese
It surprises me that there's more information from tech sites that are
not among the leading technology countries than the usual ones.
For us spaniards, it's very easy to understand portuguese, and the
brazilian "tecnologia.ig.com.br" article seems as complete as it can be.
Google's translation is fairly good, but reveals nothing new.
Also linked is an
article from "linuxfordevices.com" which holds more information, coming from
"techcentral.co.za" article who were the ones that actually tested the Linkbook, with mixed feelings: Two year Old Ubuntu "Hardy Heron" operating system, with a simple but functional user interface on top, and more applications that you might expect.
The biggest downer is an amazingly short battery life, someting very surprising, given the supposed MPC5121e SOC. Surprising or obvious? This chip (for which they say that comes from Motorola, not frescale) although tempting for a mobile device, is actually for another kind of mobile device: A car...
