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Linux IM pad beefs up, invites hacking

linuxdevices.com — Zipit Wireless has updated its Linux-based, WiFi-enabled instant messaging gadget. The $150 Wireless Messenger 2 adds a color screen, a faster processor, and other features likely to prove popular among both kids and Linux hardware hackers (is there a difference?).

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  • superjamie, on 11/10/2007, -1/+1This looks quite interesting, the only reason I'd have to buy a small laptop or UMPC is IM, and this is cheaper than an Asus EEE, with possibly a more refined interface.
    The rear connector looks similar to that of a GP2X, which is actually a Samsung mobile phone connector, guys hack up their own USB host cables, maybe this device has the same?
    Dugg
  • schestowitz, on 11/10/2007, -3/+1Eventually it hands up in the hands of kids in Hawaii schools. Nice device, but the price is becoming an issue as time goes by. :-) (competition)

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