Comments on: Detailed Smart Q5 MID specs

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:53:51 +0000

I saw this review of SmartQ5 http://chinagadgetdeals.info/smartq5-is-a-cheap-but-powerful-mobile-internet-device/ and am going to buy one. SmartQ5 Rocks!

By: Truax

Truax — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:53:56 +0000

Im posting this using Ubuntu an the software for it runs better and is all free. It has an app store page to add programs. I have found that networking especially wifi is better on ubuntu than xp. I dual boot this laptop with xp and ubuntu and the wifi is very slow to connect on xp, but almost instant on ubuntu.

By: Claude

Claude — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:45:35 +0000

Currently Browsing: http://is.gd/qyvW

By: Chippy

Chippy — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:39:45 +0000

Good stuff. Are you blogging about it somewhere too? If not, we’d be honoured if you could write a short article for us.

Steve

By: turn.self.off

turn.self.off — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:35:24 +0000

of all the days…

if it shows up on conics or similar…

By: Kam Leung

Kam Leung — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:19:36 +0000

Finally got my hands on a smartQ 5 on 1st Apr!

Unboxing:
http://kamleung.com/goodies/q5/index.html

By: icura

icura — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:49:37 +0000

We’re not talking about Linux + desktop which can fit on 8BM of ram. It was a port of the full ubuntu desktop for ARM and a lot of hard work was put into it.

It was a barebones as it could be to work on 128MB of RAM.

By: alex

alex — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:08:21 +0000

it does not have tv-out, making it kinda low-end compare to other China-branded pmp…

By: turn.self.off

turn.self.off — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:23:56 +0000

iirc, it means that if the device is plugged into a computer, it will show up as a storage device or similar. but if a usbstick or some other device is plugged into the Q5, it will be able to read and write from it.

originally usb had a kind of master/slave setup, with the master (laptop/desktop) doing all the “thinking”.

but as mobile phones and other devices got smarter, and people wanted the ability to plug their camera or similar into them for quick file transfer between device, the OTG standard got set up.

basically, if one have a DAP thats OTG compatible, one should be able to use it as a extended storage for a camera, for example.

By: zomg

zomg — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:22:28 +0000

OTG is micro plugs with low power. You probably won’t be able to use it for anything except connecting it to a computer. Still, good hardware for the price (especially the screen). Not everything has to be cutting edge, there is a market for low priced adequate products.

By: chad

chad — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:13:59 +0000

What is “USB On-The-Go (OTG)” how is it different that regular USB?

By: T

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:34:14 +0000

we’ll get it at the 1st time~~~

By: turn.self.off

turn.self.off — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:47:15 +0000

ok, now i feel old…

By: Will

Will — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:28:40 +0000

Meh. The only interesting thing about this unit is the $132 price tag. This device has very similar specs to the ancient Nokia N800.

By: zomg

zomg — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:40:57 +0000

Unoptimized proof of concept running on prototype hardware doesn’t demonstrate anything. Linux with GUI runs well on even 32 MBs, you just have to cut away the bloat.