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Mandriva Leaps Into Eee Territory with GDium

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 18th Jul 2008 22:28 UTC, submitted by AdamW

Lately it's hard to avoid the buzz about these small laptops (sorry, I don't participate in the hype of calling them netbooks or whatever) - the small, cheap laptop systems that were popularized by the Asus Eee PC. Just like Xandros with the Eee, Mandriva is providing the operating system for the upcoming GDium system, produced by Emtec. The first GDium will be a netbook with a 10", 1024x600 resolution display and a battery life of four hours, weighing in at 1.1kg. The device is powered by the (for us) exotic Chinese Loongson processor, which is based on a MIPS design. Mandriva is working together closely with the GDium team to provide an optimal software experience. Available from September 2008, with a price expected to be round and about EUR 400.

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RE[2]: MIPS???

by Bounty on Mon 21st Jul 2008 17:32 UTC in reply to "RE: MIPS???"

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2006-09-18

devices like this aren't really laptops in the conventional sense. Rather they are high-end PDAs, much like the old Psion gear or the early laptop-style PDAs from HP. Most people just want a device that they can surf the web, check e-mail and keep their schedule on. The underlying OS isn't important to those people.

"Surf the web" implies that this device can run flash and java. Is that the case?

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RE[3]: MIPS???

by Sari on Mon 21st Jul 2008 18:36 in reply to "RE[2]: MIPS???"

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2008-07-21

Hi

Writing on behalf of EMTEC / Gdium : we are working on this...

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