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BenQ Mobile Internet Device Running Linux

BenQ was hitting the floors of IDF showing off a new UMPC (although they call it a 'mobile internet device'). While it may look like just a poor attempt to capture iPhone/iPod touch hype, it was surprisingly running Linux. Could we be moving towards a non-Microsoft based ultra-mobile future? [JKKMobile]

3:30 PM on Wed Sep 19 2007
By Ben Longo
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7 comments

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yogibimbi at 05:04 PM on 09/19/07
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just put MacOS on that, poleeez, and make the screen a bit bigger (maybe 7" or so), so that I can work better with 24 tracks in Logic;-)
Gerard Drewpardieu at 05:07 PM on 09/19/07
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So is it just an iPhone skin on there, or is that the OS?

"Hello, copyright lawyers? This is Steve. Go rip BenQ new assholes please."
ctfoley at 05:49 PM on 09/19/07
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linux is perfect for these things. have you seen the os on these things? the interface looks amazingly good.
yardameus at 08:39 PM on 09/19/07
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Considering all the people who hack and run other apps on the iphone, it makes perfect sense
marcucuarcu at 04:01 AM on 09/20/07
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for once,Mac fan-boys..sit ...and suck down on linux...
SuperPuperAnonymous at 10:22 AM on 09/20/07
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1. "iPhone" was initialy developed by Siemens Mobile (now part of BenQ) as Ruby concept. BenQ can not finish developing and sell it to Apple.

2. BenQ has another touch screen device concept, named BlackBox.
hagrun at 10:58 AM on 09/20/07
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"great" interfaces are smoooooooooooooth. That menu transition was choppy. If you want to copy Apple you have to make animation smooth. Arg! So many potentially great products have turned out to be flops because so many product engineers don't make stuff look good.