Re: Does anyone recommend the Smart Book from Always Innovating

[Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com>]

> Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com> writes:
> >> Hello,
> >> 
> >> 2011/11/13 Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>:
> >> > I'm considering buying a Smart Book from Always Innovating [1]:
> >> >    *  1GHz ARM cortex-A8 DM3730 with video and 3D acceleration
> >> >    * Numonyx 512MB RAM + 256 MB NAND
> >> >    * 8GB microSD card
> >> >    * 1024x600 8.9" capacitive touchscreen
> >> >    ...
> >> > 
> >> > Does anyone have one and can recommend it?
> >> 
> >> I have seen one long time ago, it was a nice feature to detach
> >> keyboard from screen, but the plastic case seem very cheap and it did
> >> not boot after battery went dry, we had to open it and extract the
> >> battery to recharge it with an external power supply. Battery was
> >> holding inside with some kind of adhesive tape. It really looked like
> >> a home-made device based around a beagle board.
> >> 
> >> http://www.slashgear.com/always-innovating-touch-book-gets-unboxed-first
> >> -im pressions-mixed-2052980/
> > 
> > That's touchbook, not smartbook. SB seems really like a vaporware.
> > 
> > M
> 
> Well, from what I understand the smartbook is just the v2 Touch Book, the
> MID and some other pices thrown together into one order. It's not
> different hardware. But the above url is the v1 Touch Book.
> 
> I know the v1 book had some balance issues, seen one in the past. I hope
> they have adressed that for v2. Maybe they improved the battery fixtures
> too.
> 

Why not get EfikaMX Smartbook instead? I have that one, I can confirm it's not 
vaporware ;-)

> 
> Can anyone comment on the software side?
> 
> MfG
>         Goswin