Victor, I forgot to mention that the $1000 price does not include a display (or the 1 gig memory card). We will work on this with Tek Gear to see if they will carry it. If so, they will probably bundle it with various displays and batteries to create a functional "wearable computer kit". We don't intend to sell directly to end users in general. However, we will be interested in Beta testers. In particular, people who are using their wearables to solve problems in business or academia. RE User Interfaces: ------------------ We have MicroWindows & QtEmbedded both ported and working. We have X-Windows running, but Fonts need work. Then we'll have GTK, and eventually J2ME/CDC.AWT "Personal Profile" (which requires GTK for operation) Our dev.kits come with the various UI's pre-installed, plus source so you can hack them. Our products are very "hacker friendly" (shouldn't there be a sticker for this?) Brian Victor Alexander Debuque wrote: > > Hi Brian, > > > Hitachi claims that by Q2 2003 they will be shipping MMCs with 1 gig > > capacity. We fit an MMC card-connector between the connectors of our > > 2" > > square computers (the MMC slide between the CPU board and the IO > > board). > > > > You can have a 2" square computer with 1 gigaByte of storage, SVGA > > video > > out, USB ports for Twiddlers and such and 802.11 WiFi for under U$1000- > > about next summer (we're working on it now). > > And we'll be support CDMA 1x in the near future too! > > > > Is there anyone out there interested in such a beast? > > ME ME ME! Need any beta testers? ;-) > > Just add GPRS and a normal Ethernet port and I'll be happy for a few > years. > > I've actually been drooling over your Medallion CPU. Mmmm... Javaaa.... > Has anyone made working wearables from them yet? I'm not a hardware > hacker by any stretch of the imagination, but if I could get my hands > on a Medallion-based wearable now, I'd jump at the chance (provided the > price is right, of course). Then I could start hacking the UI, which is > a major interest of mine. > > The reason I've put off building a wearable until now (I'm currently > researching possible components) is that I'm the sort of person who > likes to walk hands-free and load-free. I never carry a bag unless > absolutely necessary. I hate carrying my Powerbook around, though I'm > forced to by necessity. The 582x board *still* seems huge to me. > > Keep us posted on developments. > > Cheers, > > Victor > -- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/expander/false domain
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