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lcuk 2008-12-12 12:47
Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
Hi, this is probably the most cheeky request ever.


*don't worry :) i think i found a way*



The new maemo 5 is coming, and it is going to use Clutter.

I do all my current maemo development directly on my n810 itself and whilst this works for coding my liqbase now, it is limited and doesn't allow me to do everything.

I do not have a linux desktop here to test and play with some ideas I have been discussing and I don't have much money.

If anyone has an unused touchscreen laptop or slate device lying around would you want to give it a new home for Christmas?

It will be cared for and used specifically for developing Maemo oriented applications.
I do not have much loose money, so I could only offer a token amount.

please let me know if you can help.

allnameswereout 2008-12-12 14:32
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
Maybe give some examples of models which have this?

lcuk 2008-12-12 14:59
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
The only one I've ever played with outside a shop has been a "HP Compaq TC1000 Tablet PC"

http://www.gumtree.com/london/41/32136041.html

I know all manufacturer produce them, but prices have always been outside my bracket so I've not followed that closely (no point in getting hopes u p if i can't afford one..)

skatebiker 2008-12-12 15:08
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by lcuk (Post 248967)
Hi, this is probably the most cheeky request ever.

The new maemo 5 is coming, and it is going to use Clutter.

I do all my current maemo development directly on my n810 itself and whilst this works for coding my liqbase now, it is limited and doesn't allow me to do everything.

I do not have a linux desktop here to test and play with some ideas I have been discussing and I don't have much money.

If anyone has an unused touchscreen laptop or slate device lying around would you want to give it a new home for Christmas?

It will be cared for and used specifically for developing Maemo oriented applications.
I do not have much loose money, so I could only offer a token amount.

please let me know if you can help.
HP tx2550ed
and HP tx2650ed

12" touch and swivel screen laptops , full fledged, so not with low power such as the ASUS EEE.

tso 2008-12-12 15:13
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
indeed, those 12" hp's are interesting, and somewhat acceptable in price.

oh, and one could always mount the touch screen hardware on a eeepc oneself.
http://jkkmobile.blogspot.com/

Benson 2008-12-12 15:20
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
Yes, I have a tx2000 and they are quite nice machines for the price. The tx2500 is only a slight processor bump and ATI instead of NVIDIA graphics, IIRC, while the predecessor tx1000 had touchscreen only, without the active digitizer.

sjgadsby 2008-12-12 15:29
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by lcuk (Post 248967)
If anyone has an unused touchscreen laptop or slate device lying around would you want to give it a new home for Christmas?
I have a working Fujitsu Stylistic 500 with 16MB DRAM card, two styluses, keyboard, external floppy, one small (350 MB?) Type-III PCMCIA drive, two 2 GB Type-II PCMCIA drives, environmental hard case, several batteries, and a battery charger. You probably don't want something with less power and a worse screen than your Internet tablet though.

lcuk 2008-12-12 15:31
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
sjgadsby heh yeah, what is a floppy disk?

iancumihai 2008-12-12 15:55
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
wondering if there will be a new maemo contributors contest :) ... something like a new n900 ...

but given the economic crisis ... i'm doubting that

qole 2008-12-12 17:29
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
See if you can borrow whatever it is that Mara's got.

lcuk 2008-12-12 18:01
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
oooh what does mara have?

qole 2008-12-12 18:16
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by lcuk (Post 249059)
oooh what does mara have?
I don't know, but it sounds interesting.

(See benny1967's post below Mara's for the removed info)

lcuk 2008-12-12 18:25
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
oh yeah, i saw that originally but like everything, until hardware is announced nothing exists.

besides, doesn't help me with my predicament.

someone must have usable tech lying around doing nothing :)

/me will take good care of it.

Snoshrk 2008-12-12 18:28
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
@lcuk

I have been watching this site for a while now....just need the extra cash to pull the trigger on the following:...

refurb hp tc1100 -$100 (second listing)

If this is what you're looking for...check out this thread on putting Ubuntu onto the tc1100.

tso 2008-12-12 18:32
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by qole (Post 249062)
I don't know, but it sounds interesting.

(See benny1967's post below Mara's for the removed info)
probably offtopic, but lately when i follow in-forum links, i get the default theme, and im not logged in. how come?

allnameswereout 2008-12-12 18:58
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
I donate 25 EUR via PayPal to whoever donates this piece of hardware to lcuk. (Offer stands till 31 dec 2008 25:59 GMT+1.)

Quote:
Originally Posted by tso (Post 249071)
probably offtopic, but lately when i follow in-forum links, i get the default theme, and im not logged in. how come?
Because the link doesn't have www. in the http:// address, so the forum software does not know you are logged in.

qole 2008-12-12 19:33
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Snoshrk (Post 249069)
@lcuk

I have been watching this site for a while now....just need the extra cash to pull the trigger on the following:...

refurb hp tc1100 -$100 (second listing)

If this is what you're looking for...check out this thread on putting Ubuntu onto the tc1100.
WOW. That's an amazing price! I'm going to be in Florida the week before Christmas, I'm going to try to grab one of these... Thanks for the link!

Snoshrk 2008-12-12 20:01
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by qole (Post 249094)
WOW. That's an amazing price! I'm going to be in Florida the week before Christmas, I'm going to try to grab one of these... Thanks for the link!
No problem! :D

I'm hoping to buy 2...keep one, sell one on eBay ~300...buy 3... rinse & repeat. ;)

Of course I need the cash first:(

On a side note: One of the vendor's I work with had a tc1100 issued to him. When I asked how he liked it the biggest detraction he mentioned was that it is top heavy when open to access the keyboard. ( I guess he dropped his a couple of times holding on his lap:eek:)

sjgadsby 2008-12-12 20:16
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Snoshrk (Post 249069)
I have been watching this site for a while now....
Some people appear to have had trouble actually getting merchandise from that vendor.

qwerty12 2008-12-12 20:23
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by sjgadsby (Post 249108)
Some people appear to have had trouble actually getting merchandise from that vendor.
Not to mention that the site looks badly designed and dodgy as ****...

sjgadsby 2008-12-12 20:50
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by qwerty12 (Post 249109)
Not to mention that the site looks badly designed and dodgy as ****...
Well, yes, there's that too. On the bright side, they yell at potential customers in their FAQ. I wouldn't give them a dime, but their FAQ warmed my heart.

Snoshrk 2008-12-12 20:58
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by sjgadsby (Post 249108)
Some people appear to have had trouble actually getting merchandise from that vendor.
Thanks for the link!

:( That made for an enlightening read :(

I should really know better by now: "...too good to be true...." and all that.

Snoshrk 2008-12-13 06:37
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
Not as great a "deal" but at least I've heard of people getting what they ordered....


Woot has the following today: HP Dual Core 12.1” Tablet PC
$649.99

bobthebuilder 2008-12-13 17:55
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
quick question about the value laptop site. Does any one know of any one who has received the product purchased? Is it possible that they are just really slow? I really want a tablet PC and that is the first one ever I have seen that I could buy, Im willing to wait if their just slow. Is it worth the risk?

sjgadsby 2008-12-13 19:29
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by bobthebuilder (Post 249298)
Is it worth the risk?
In the end, it's your money. There's always the off chance that the person behind ValuedLaptop might accidentally knock his or her own notebook computer off a table and in to a box accidentally addressed to you, but I recommend considering what Google has to say on the matter.

qole 2008-12-16 00:24
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
I'll toss some cash in the pot -- $50 (USD) via paypal into the laptop donor's account, once lcuk affirms that he has received it and it is in satisfactory working order.

lcuk 2008-12-16 00:34
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
qole,

that is VERY kind of you, but I think I have found an alternative source.
Use it for extra gift for your youngest mate :)

can i close a thread, or do they just die?

Thesandlord 2008-12-16 00:50
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
They die horrible horrible deaths, only to be reawaken a year later by a Viagra ad. This is the way of life. Hopefully that new touchscreen will mean more liqbase!

simno 2008-12-16 03:03
Re: Touchscreen laptop wanted
 
I have a Fujitsu P1120 if you're interested. It runs Win2k


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