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Re: Hardware to prototype on?

A little bit -- meaning that I've read a fair bit about it, but the only "programming" I've done on it has been toy scripts in Python and bash. It's your standard Linux-type platform, the GUI being something called "Maemo" which is essentially GTK with various additions (a desktop manager, really) to help applications deal with the limited screen space and present a unified look. You can get into the nitty-gritty here:

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It is possible to develop on the N800 itself, but the standard approach is to use a laptop or desktop PC running Linux (Ubuntu is favored). Since you're doing cross development, running desktop Linux as a virtual machine (if your preferred OS is the OS X or Windows) is entirely viable.

---Joel

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Joel Koltner
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Cross-development is fine, I do it all the time for other platforms.. .I guess that device fits the bill, minus the price. It's a little steep :) Something similar, but maybe older, would be a good option... otherwise, I will keep that as a last resort.

Unfortunately, the Asus eee is really nice, but would be too big. If I could use a laptop, I would just use my current one :) The goal is to take the prototype to the next stage where I can make it a little more mobile, instead of having to break out a laptop/screen. If it were in a tablet form-factor, that may make it a little more viable..

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turban2k

The older Nokia N770 goes for

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Joel Koltner

Ya, I stumbled on the 770 while looking at the 800 and have been reading on it for the last hour :) Looks like the right device for me. I don't need that much memory, just something that is supported by the SW community, and it seems there has been quite a bit of tinkering done with the 770, which is perfect.

Now if it could only ran VB, I could have ported my laptop code directly over :) oh well...

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jdhar

VB would not work on it. VC compiled program might work under wine.

So, you can port your brain to VC or port the device to embedded XP (if possible).

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linnix

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