Post by thread:[OT] Linux Laptop with Touchscreen

Is anyone aware of a rugged, outdoor-viewable laptop or similar, with touchscreen? We've been looking here, but everything comes up as a dead end. I do mean one that actually works with a given linux distro, not a "probably".

Nokia N770 or N800? Depending on your definition of rugged. :) May be too small for your uses, but the screen has fantastic resolution. Or maybe the OLPC, although it's not generally available right now. It has 2 modes, B&W high contrast for outdoor use, colour for indoor lower light conditions. On 7/5/07, David VanHorn <spam_OUTmicrobrixTakeThisOuTgmail.com> wrote: > Is anyone aware of a rugged, outdoor-viewable laptop or similar, with > touchscreen? > > We've been looking here, but everything comes up as a dead end. > > I do mean one that actually works with a given linux distro, not a "probably". > -

Oops, my mistake, the OLPC doesn't have a touchscreen. On 7/5/07, Alex Harford <.....harfordKILLspam@spam@gmail.com> wrote: > Or maybe the OLPC, although it's not generally available right now. > It has 2 modes, B&W high contrast for outdoor use, colour for indoor > lower light conditions.

It is an ARM processor, and can handle MPEG video playback. I have only used one for about 5 minutes, although I have a lot of experience with the display and graphics controller. ;-) http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail//maemo-developers/2007-March/009133.html Crappy video, annoying music, but a good example of how it works: http://net9.blogspot.com/2007/04/gimp-running-on-n800.html On 7/5/07, David VanHorn <microbrixKILLspamgmail.com> wrote: > Hmm.. Any idea on horsepower? The app has to do some image > manipulation in realtime > -

Looking further, it's 330 MHz for the N800, which is probably not going to cut it for this application. Damn, it's tempting, but underpowered. :(

Depending on how much work you can afford to do, you could write acceleration routines to be done in the onboard DSP. On 7/5/07, David VanHorn <.....microbrixKILLspam.....gmail.com> wrote: > Looking further, it's 330 MHz for the N800, which is probably not > going to cut it for this application. > > Damn, it's tempting, but underpowered. > > :(

Alex Harford wrote: > Nokia N770 or N800? It's a fun little gadget, the folks at Nokia sent us an N800 back in February, to test their CarMan software with our scan tool: http://tabletblog.com/2007/02/carman-bluetooth-elmscan-5-and-n800.html The screen is definitely NOT sunlight readable. Vitaliy

Hello, look at the Panasonic Toughbook series. They will do it. They are not cheap, however. Regards, Imre On Thu, 5 Jul 2007, Vitaliy wrote: {Quote hidden}> Alex Harford wrote: >> Nokia N770 or N800? > > It's a fun little gadget, the folks at Nokia sent us an N800 back in > February, to test their CarMan software with our scan tool: > > http://tabletblog.com/2007/02/carman-bluetooth-elmscan-5-and-n800.html > > The screen is definitely NOT sunlight readable. > > Vitaliy > > --

> look at the Panasonic Toughbook series. They will do it. They are not > cheap, however. Be warned, they are not as tough as claimed.

Steve Howes wrote: >> look at the Panasonic Toughbook series. They will do it. They are not >> cheap, however. > > Be warned, they are not as tough as claimed. Can you elaborate?