Re: [clug-talk] $35 tablet

2011-06-17 Thread Mel Walters
If we end up ordering I would be interested. But is it available here? Does it even work with our power volts/freq/plug? Is $35 the full price or is it tied to a phone plan in India? This URL looked like it: http://www.themobileindian.com/news/1607_Motorola-to-launch-Xoom-tablet-later-this-month-i

Re: [clug-talk] $35 tablet

2011-06-17 Thread Shawn
There was hype over the $35 tablet (or was it $50??) from India late last fall. This turned out to be similar to the ViewSonic Android tablet that was released around the same time. As I recall ViewSonic had only bought a license to the hardware and were simply rebranding it and selling it fo

[clug-talk] Fwd: Program & Schedule Now Available For LinuxCon North America 2011 - Register Now

2011-06-17 Thread Tom Weniger
Greetings All, FYI. -- Virtually, Tom Weniger Registered Linux user #243493 -- Forwarded message -- From: Linux Foundation Events Date: Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 11:04 AM Subject: Program & Schedule Now Available For LinuxCon North America 2011 - Register Now [image: Linux

Re: [clug-talk] $35 tablet

2011-06-17 Thread Gustin Johnson
The Xoom is a new tablet by Motorola that is way to expensive and also not in any way related to the tablet from India. There are hundreds of Androids tablets out there so it is easy to get confused. On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Mel Walters wrote: > If we end up ordering I would be intereste

Re: [clug-talk] $35 tablet

2011-06-17 Thread Mel Walters
Yes, I was more interested in the $30 one but I guess the India Xoom launch is for the very rich there. I am busy on non CLUG stuff for a day and a half, so later... Mel On Fri, 2011-06-17 at 13:24 -0600, Gustin Johnson wrote: > The Xoom is a new tablet by Motorola that is way to expensive and a

[clug-talk] [Fwd: The Manga Guide to the Universe--New from No Starch Press]

2011-06-17 Thread Mel Walters
Anyone interested in book reviewing this? Please contact the exec Mel --- Begin Message --- If you would like to view this information in your browser, click here: http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zatiq4c4a95jghc1j324fcknbfc0vbcvm6i1u8do For Immediate Release For more information, please contact: C

[clug-talk] [Fwd: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--June]

2011-06-17 Thread Mel Walters
Books and News from O'Reilly. Mel --- Begin Message --- View this information as HTML in your browser, click here: http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zorhukseqin6f2p9c17fiqnmvav99n2tbb8agodg Hi there, Android Open, O'Reilly's newest conference for the whole ecosystem, will gather everyone from dev

Re: [clug-talk] [Fwd: The Manga Guide to the Universe--New from No Starch Press]

2011-06-17 Thread simon
> Anyone interested in book reviewing this? > Please contact the exec Sounds interesting/fun I can if no-one else is itching to do it. Simon ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing Lis

Re: [clug-talk] [Fwd: The Manga Guide to the Universe--New from No Starch Press]

2011-06-17 Thread Mel Walters
Your on. I put the request in. Mel On Fri, 2011-06-17 at 17:16 -0400, si...@mungewell.org wrote: > > Anyone interested in book reviewing this? > > Please contact the exec > > Sounds interesting/fun I can if no-one else is itching to do it. > Simon > > > > _

Re: [clug-talk] $35 tablet

2011-06-17 Thread Rick Johnson
Now this is looking sketchy: http://androidos.in/2010/09/the-truth-about-35- android-tablet-from-indian-government/ The specs are different on the Chinese machine so maybe the Indians built the insides and bought a cheap enclosure? On Friday 17 June 2011 14:57:28 Mel Walters wrote: > Yes, I was m

Re: [clug-talk] NAS

2011-06-17 Thread TekBudda
Sooo.I thought I would update folks. I went for simplicity & purchased a DNS-323. Was on for 119 @ Best Buy & I had a $10 gift cert, so the price was right. Also bought two seagate green 2 TB drives that were on sale at MemEx. I figure a 2TB mirror should last for a little while...LOL Now

Re: [clug-talk] NAS

2011-06-17 Thread TekBudda
Sooo.I thought I would update folks. I went for simplicity & purchased a DNS-323. Was on for 119 @ Best Buy & I had a $10 gift cert, so the price was right. Also bought two seagate green 2 TB drives that were on sale at MemEx. I figure a 2TB mirror should last for a little while...LOL Now