What looks like a reasonably well designed handheld Linux-based tablet, the Chinese made Zhongyu S101, is probably not the device many people are looking for based on the information coming out of Engadget China today. The Marvel PXA CPU (based on ARM V6 architecture I believe) isn’t going to be much faster than the platform you’ll find on a Nokia N810, the software stack is going to be all in Chinese and the cost is going to have to be very low to beat sub $250 offers I’m seeing on the Nokia N810. On the positive side the USB dock is a good idea, there’s a possibility that Maemo or Android would run and some consideration has to be given to that SIM-card slot (I can’t find any information on the cellular service it might support.) but its likely that a second-hand N800 or even a new N810 is going to be a much more interesting option for westerners. I think we’ll leave this one to the Chinese!
Via SlashGear. Source Engadget Chinese (translation)
May 5th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
One more ARM11 based Chinese MID – Yinlips TDB G80 MicroPC – netbook style))
http://myfortysixty.com/blog/yinlips-tdb-g80-micropc/
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May 5th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Aha, so it finally has a name! This is the same MID from a few months ago: http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/03/low-profile-mid-features-interesting-casedock-concept
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May 6th, 2009 at 11:25 am
One more Chinese MID – Chuwi W3000
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2009/05/chuwi_w3000_mid_debuts.html
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May 21st, 2009 at 11:23 pm
Wow, this was a horrible review of this mid/phone. Sounds like the person didn’t even try to find any info.
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