Sylvania Internet Device Processor VIA 8650 512MB (DDR2) 2GB Flash WiFi 802.11 b/g/n x3 USB 2.0 7" Windows Compact SYNET07WICV
http://www.compuvest.com/Desc.jsp?iid=1749168Coupon CVR832561 for extra $15 off.
$39 with free shipping
Careful with those netbooks though, they're not of interest to most geeks because you're stuck with Windows. On many of them you can't even change the installed software (e.g. update your browser) let alone change the OS - they're all set up in ROM.
Being stuck with CE would be a bummer, but there is hope: http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/21211-7-wm8650-netbook-linux-port
Good link/coupon code combo, Iggy.
Windows CE is not the greatest product.Wonder if the RISC OS diehards ever port to systems like this... ;)
But as this is ARM based, its about the only alternative to Android/Linux
It does state that the device "is not a computer", which is of course silly.Ten bucks says this is thanks to dimwits calling up to rage and demand a refund because they automatically assume that any computer that isn't a Mac is a PC...
As you can load and run other software, of course its a computer.
A rather limited one, but still a computer.
And my first use will be web browsing, which it seems well suited to (although being stuck with Internet explorer is a bummer).I'd be awfully surprised if there isn't at least one alternative browser...from a quick Google search, supposedly Dorothy (http://www.dorothybrowser.com/) and Opera Mini (http://www.opera.com/mobile/download/) will work on Windows CE...
Windows CEHey, I'll take CE over Windows 8 any day...
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$39, with a screen? Cheaper than a gumstix or Raspberry Pi, might be a neat toy to play around with, or grab a couple and give to the kids. Thanks for the heads-up!
Are those specs correct:
http://www.sylvaniacomputers.com/product.php?id_product=41
1GHZ ARM11 ? Faster than Pi? A whole netbook? ; )
Benchmark please!
I really don't think there's any modern OS worse than CE (not that CE itself is modern, in my opinion,) unless it's set up for a particular embedded function, maybe as a microwave keypad or TV remote or something. It doesn't belong on anything resembling a PC, and the first thing I did when this little Sylvania showed up was start fighting with Debian. Took a bit, but now I'd call it usable.
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At $39, it was worth playing with.
Details tone?
I could go for that OS.
As no one in that thread posted earlier decided to put all the good info together, I'll try:
1. Get an SD card (2GB minimum, I believe, I'm using a 4GB.) The Debian install goes here and runs from here.
2. Download the large file from one of these mirrors: http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/21211-7-wm8650-netbook-linux-port/page__st__160
3. Make 2 partitions on the SD card (best to do this in Linux or something similar,) first partition FAT32 around 32MB or so, second partition ext2 utilizing the rest of the card, and then untar the fat32 and ext2 files from the above download to their respective partitions, fat32 contains about 2 files and the ext2 contains the entire Linux filesystem
4. Insert SD card into your Smartbook and power it up, it should start booting Debian.
5. Follow the xorg.conf fix here to get the internal keyboard working: http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/21211-7-wm8650-netbook-linux-port/page__view__findpost__p__301472 (can be done on-device using a USB keyboard)
6. Getting WiFi going is a little trickier, as I forget exactly where these files were located (something like /lib/modules/2.something) but you'll need to replace the rt3070sta.ko file with the rt3070sta_rt5370.ko in the same folder. After rebooting, you should be able to enable WiFi using the WIFI ON option in one of the menus.
After all that, be advised that I've had mine fail to boot if it wasn't shut down correctly and the only way I found to fix it was to redo the whole SD card. The device doesn't seem to support text mode, so no full screen console, I was disappoint(ed.)
I should probably get it all running fresh and take an image of the whole SD card.
As no one in that thread posted earlier decided to put all the good info together, I'll try:
1. Get an SD card (2GB minimum, I believe, I'm using a 4GB.) The Debian install goes here and runs from here.
2. Download the large file from one of these mirrors: http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/21211-7-wm8650-netbook-linux-port/page__st__160
3. Make 2 partitions on the SD card (best to do this in Linux or something similar,) first partition FAT32 around 32MB or so, second partition ext2 utilizing the rest of the card, and then untar the fat32 and ext2 files from the above download to their respective partitions, fat32 contains about 2 files and the ext2 contains the entire Linux filesystem
4. Insert SD card into your Smartbook and power it up, it should start booting Debian.
5. Follow the xorg.conf fix here to get the internal keyboard working: http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/21211-7-wm8650-netbook-linux-port/page__view__findpost__p__301472 (can be done on-device using a USB keyboard)
6. Getting WiFi going is a little trickier, as I forget exactly where these files were located (something like /lib/modules/2.something) but you'll need to replace the rt3070sta.ko file with the rt3070sta_rt5370.ko in the same folder. After rebooting, you should be able to enable WiFi using the WIFI ON option in one of the menus.
After all that, be advised that I've had mine fail to boot if it wasn't shut down correctly and the only way I found to fix it was to redo the whole SD card. The device doesn't seem to support text mode, so no full screen console, I was disappoint(ed.)
I should probably get it all running fresh and take an image of the whole SD card.