On Jan 30, 2007, at 12:21 PM, Brad Fuller wrote:
To add to Aaron Reichow post:
Is the Nokia N800 too low in CPU power?
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9981902594.html http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/05/nokia-n800-internet-tablet-unboxed/
-- brad fuller www.bradfuller.com
And too add more-
My brand spankin' new N800 gets this for tinyBenchmarks:
18,348,623 bytecodes/sec and 667,395 sends/sec
I definitely feel the difference between the 770 and the N800 in Squeak. Squeak 3.9 out of the box is still too slow to use, but the performance of 3.2 and 3.4 is quite snappy. For those who may not have used older versions of Squeak, or not have used them for a while, _please_ _note_ that those older versions aren't that much different. It's pretty easy to port code between versions of Squeak in the 3.x series. Some folks seem to think that using 3.2 is like using Windows 3.1- far from it. Newer Squeaks have some features that may be required for your app- stuff from SqueakLand, traits, or some of the character/language support stuff. But for what most folks do, other than the obvious changes in look, a lot of folks wouldn't notice the difference very quickly.
Finding tablets under $1000 will pretty much limit you to PDA like devices like the Nokia N800 or possibly older used devices. But depending on your app, using Squeak 3.2 on a Nokia N800 might work out very well!
Regards, Aaron