Linux alternatives for the iPad – and the future of netbooks, tablets and smartbooks

“Apart from Apple, some other companies are bringing some
interesting tablets. In contrary to the iTab, those other tablets
do run Linux. Some are already available, such as the TouchBook
from Always Innovating (AI), and some have supposedly better
screens, like the Notion Ink Adam tablet. From the info available
from Sola’s blog on the Notion Ink tablet, from the Wikipedia-info
on the iPad and AI Touchbook and from the website of the AI
touchbook I made a feature table so you can compare features. Apart
from that, let’s take a look at the future: What technologies are
coming to this market?

“System on Chips / CPU’s

“For some time, I have been following the recent developments in
ARM System-on-Chips (Soc’s). Probably most Apple users don’t care
just as they don’t care about the hardware of their iPhones. The
iPad is a closed device that’s supposed to just work and cater to
fashion minded people, not to ‘tweakers’ and hackers. Nonetheless,
the heavy competition on the ARM SoC market is interesting.”

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