Two posts in early September 2010 by Charbax on ARMDevices.Net highlight a new tablet eReader series called the Pocketbook Pro.
Investigating further reveals it should be for sale in October 2010, will have several models, runs Android or Linux, is based in the Ukraine, and will be sold through Ingram Micro.
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The email program named "Evolution" is the ordinary software for email that comes with the version of the Linux operating system known as Ubuntu. This post is for version 10, also known as "Lucid Lynx".
Here is how to configure Evolution for email with Google mail from the website "Gmail.Com".
Today I learned from a long-time friend whose family is in the graphic arts industry advice on modern, multipurpose cameras.
Namely, if funds are available, the best video camera to buy is a Digital SLR Camera that shoots both still images, plus High Definition Video with sound.
Computers can be purchased from many retail outlets, and work right from the box. So why bother to assemble a "bare bones" set of components from a vendor like Tiger Direct? (Google Search).
A detailed justification can be found in this article from ExtremeTech.Com, dated July 13, 2010:
The reviewer behind TechieBags.Com has a series of reviews on the Maxpeditiion product line. The author appraises the luggage from the perspective of carrying information technology products.
Charbax interviews a vendor of SurfaceInk at a trade show in June 2010 called the Freescale Technology Forum in Orlando Florida USA. Topic is a new 12 inch tablet computer running Linux by SurfaceInk.
Dell, a major computer manufacturer in the USA, is launching a small tablet PC and smart phone hybrid in summer 2010 called the Dell Streak. Some users have compared it to the Apple IPad.
This video-blog review by Charbax dated June 9, 2010 features a tablet computer called the "Malata SMB-A1011". It runs the Google operating system named "Android". It is a 10-inch (24 centimeter) screen called "Capacitive" meaning touch sensitive.
This device might be great for recording field notes like conservation plans, instead of writing on paper, and transcribing into a computer back in the office.
A link from ARMDevices.Net led to this company that makes rugged mobile computers.
DRSArmor.Com is probably located in Melbourne, Florida, USA. It has a link to site content in German language for the European Union. It makes a line of portable tablet PCs that appear excellent for field work. It is a real time saver to eliminate writing field notes on paper, than copying over the data to a computer.
The Shogo tablet PC runs the Linux operating system and is made by Realease.Com. In an earlier posting I described a review of this tablet computer. Visiting the Realease home page on June 11, 2010 shows the same video as the introductory article.
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