=============================================================== From: Phil Sieg ------------------------------------------------------ Archos 5 is around $200 I think and a VERY slick little tablet. It also = doubles as a kick-ass voip phone using Bria or some such... Phil Sieg President snapfon www.snapfon.com office: 423.535.9968 x123 mobile: 423.331.0725 fax: 423.265.9820 Any reccomendations? I need 3 or so Linux based 5" to 12" tablets to run a "pick a number" = application that can print a receipt on a receipt printer with a number and a time stamp. It'll also put that number and timestamp in a MySQL table elsewhere via ethernet (so it needs a real 'net jack). I was going to grab an Archos at Office Depot today to play with, just for fun. But they were out. If they run Android, will they support a USB printer and a Perl/TCL/QT style desktop application easily? But I'd love to have a pure Linux (Debian/Ubuntu) small "cheap" tablet, to do just this one thing.
=============================================================== From: Chad Smith ------------------------------------------------------ Ebay > search for Android tablet.... plenty until $100 (just check shipping costs, a lot show up for like $30 - with $60 shipping). Also any Chinese tech importer websites will have tons of them, most with discounts if you order 5 or more. Of course, my N810 is still for sale. :) - Chad W Smith "I like a man who's middle name is W." - President George W. Bush - February 10, 2003 bit.ly/gwb-dubya
=============================================================== From: Phil Sieg ------------------------------------------------------ Take it from me the $100 Chinese tablets SUCK... Like really bad. You get what you pay for. The archos is the only "good" android tab I have found so far in the current crop of offerings. Sent from my iPhone Ebay > search for Android tablet.... plenty until $100 (just check shipping costs, a lot show up for like $30 - with $60 shipping). Also any Chinese tech importer websites will have tons of them, most with discounts if you order 5 or more. Of course, my N810 is still for sale. :) - Chad W Smith "I like a man who's middle name is W." - President George W. Bush - February 10, 2003 bit.ly/gwb-dubya
=============================================================== From: Cameron Kilgore ------------------------------------------------------ No Android tablet supports USB printing. Gingerbread brought "Cloud Print" which is essentially web printing via Google Chrome. Honeycomb might change this. You can't run anything but Dalvik or NDK-compiled apps on Android. NDK encircles about every language under the sun including Perl (perldroid), but as said before: Android is not Java, Android is not Linux. Maybe find some cheap Maemo tablets?
=============================================================== From: Chad Smith ------------------------------------------------------ Did anyone other than Nokia ever make anything that ran Maemo? And if not, did Nokia ever make any Maemo tablets bigger than a 4.1" screen? - Chad W Smith "I like a man who's middle name is W." - President George W. Bush - February 10, 2003 bit.ly/gwb-dubya
=============================================================== From: Cameron Kilgore ------------------------------------------------------ Just Nokia. -Cameron Sent via an Android phone Did anyone other than Nokia ever make anything that ran Maemo? And if not, did Nokia ever make any Maemo tablets bigger than a 4.1" screen? - Chad W Smith "I like a man who's middle name is W." - President George W. Bush - February 10, 20... On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Cameron Kilgore wrote:
=============================================================== From: Mike Harrison ------------------------------------------------------ Cameron, Thank You. You answered what I could not find easily...
=============================================================== From: Ed King ------------------------------------------------------ I can tell you what tablet NOT to buy ;-) and, call me crazy, but I really like my $100 Sylvania netbook (which dual-boots WinCE or Debian). Has 3 usb, wifi, and a real 'net jack. ----- Original Message ---- From: Mike Harrison To: chugalug@chugalug.org Sent: Sat, February 12, 2011 2:07:33 PM Subject: [Chugalug] Needed: 3 to 5 Linux tablets... Any reccomendations? I need 3 or so Linux based 5" to 12" tablets to run a "pick a number" application that can print a receipt on a receipt printer with a number and a time stamp. It'll also put that number and timestamp in a MySQL table elsewhere via ethernet (so it needs a real 'net jack). I was going to grab an Archos at Office Depot today to play with, just for fun. But they were out. If they run Android, will they support a USB printer and a Perl/TCL/QT style desktop application easily? But I'd love to have a pure Linux (Debian/Ubuntu) small "cheap" tablet, to do just this one thing.
=============================================================== From: Cameron Kilgore ------------------------------------------------------ Did some more research...A ticket to port CUPS to Android has been posted but nobody has taken ownership at Google for it. It probably won't happen any time soon. http://www.google.com/m?hl=en&gl=us&client=ms-android-tmobile-us&source=android-launcher-search&q=cups+on+android If you want to print, you need to run Gingerbread and have a constant-on internet connection to use Cloud Print. Knowing the places mike goes, this isn't possible. What about buying netbooks instead? -Cameron Sent via an Android phone I can tell you what tablet NOT to buy ;-) and, call me crazy, but I really like my $100 Sylvania netbook (which dual-boots WinCE or Debian). Has 3 usb, wifi, and a real 'net jack. ----- Original Message ---- From: Mike Harrison To: chugalug@chugalug.org ...
=============================================================== From: Mike Harrison ------------------------------------------------------ Form factor and intended use.. A touchscreen (small 7 - 12") would be perfect. Looking to replace one of these kinds of things: http://www.takeanumbersystems.com/info
=============================================================== From: Benjamin Stewart ------------------------------------------------------ This is just an idea, but what about having a separate print server, and running an app on the tablets that tells a script on the print server "print X ticket on Y printer?" Of course this would only be viable if you were going all custom anyway.
=============================================================== From: Mike Harrison ------------------------------------------------------ Network receipt printers are more expensive in many ways, and they have a pile of USB receipt printers I can abuse.. But a very good thought for other places. (gears turning in head)...
=============================================================== From: David Rucker ------------------------------------------------------ This is back towards the netbook suggestion, however when i was originally looking into getting an ipad i decided to save up for one of these ASUS eeePCs had some issues with a few bills and havent been able to purchase one. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220938&cm
=============================================================== From: Chad Smith ------------------------------------------------------ I hate to even type these letters together - especially to this list - but does WinCE support USB printing? If so, then you could get a few of those $99 7" Netbooks with that OS. And I haven't looked into the scene for a while, but I know there were a lot of Touchscreen modding kits all over ebay a few years back... - Chad W Smith "I like a man who's middle name is W." - President George W. Bush - February 10, 2003 bit.ly/gwb-dubya On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:00 PM, David Rucker wrote:
=============================================================== From: Mike Harrison ------------------------------------------------------ the shipping and customs would be killer.. they are out of the country.