Another great platform is the newly announced Psion netBook (read about it at http://www.enterprise.psion.com/public/products/netbook.htm) which will be able to run the EPOC32 Squeak port that Tim and I are doing for the Psion Series 5 pocket computer, except faster, larger, and in color (and with native development tools - no cross compiler needed)! I have no idea when I will be able to get my own netBook, but it looks like a very worthy contender.
Some features: 190MHz StrongARM processor, 32 MB DRAM standard, 64MB optional, CF card slot (supports IBM MicroDrive) AND Type 2 PCMCIA, 7.7" 640x480 backlit color display with touchscreen, big keyboard, sound, IrDA, 235x182x37 mm size (approx 9 1/4 x 7 1/4 x 1 1/2 in), 1150g including 10 hour LiIon battery (2 1/2 lb).
A mis-feature: The only pricing I've seen so far is for a netBook with lots of development-kit type addons for 1000 GBP (Pounds, not Pence :-) ) which puts it out of my range for a while. It's being marketed as an OEM system (e.g., the Psion 5 is repackaged as a communication device and sold under the Ericsson name) so it may take some time to become readily available.
Tim Rowledge wrote:
... I'll happily d the work in exchange for a machine, the software and <drevilvoice>one million dollars</drevilvoice>.
tim
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