The Ben NanoNote – The World’s Smallest Linux Laptop?

By Benjamin Humphrey, Published January 17, 2012

Measuring at less than 100mm wide and 17mm thick with a dinky 3″ screen, the Ben NanoNote might just be the world’s smallest Linux laptop for the traditional definition of the word.

While pulling this out in public might get you a few odd looks, the Ben NanoNote actually runs a relatively feature rich piece of software called OpenWRT. It also happens to boast entirely open hardware and software, which not only makes it crazy small, but also Stallman-approved.

You might be fooled into thinking that Reducto from Harvey Birdman had gotten his hands (and shrink gun) on an old ThinkPad and made it fun size, but in fact this laptop is actually available to buy at $99.00 plus a small (literally) amount of shipping.

Its MIPS CPU architecture ensures you won’t be running Ubuntu on it unfortunately, but OpenWRT comes with a variety of useful tools, including seven(!) different terminals, multiple games (many of which are similar to Gameboy games from the 90s), as well as a browser (useless 99% of the time considering the NanoNote doesn’t have any wireless connectivity) and many other goodies.

The CPU runs at 336MHz but can be overclocked to 480MHz within the Settings menu by default. It also has 32MB of SDRAM, 2GB of flash memory, a small speaker and microphone, mini USB, and gets around 12 hours of battery life.

Typing on the Ben NanoNote is best achieved with the thumbs, weighing in at 126 grams it can easily be held in the hands just like a phone. The NanoNote is snappy enough, although we’re not asking much of it. Applications are widely inconsistent in appearance and behaviour, and there’s no consistent “back” button to exit applications so often a power cycle is the easiest way to get back to the home screen. It only takes a few seconds to boot.

Apparently it’s impossible to brick, and new versions of the operating system (as well as other MIPS compatible operating systems) can be flashed via USB, which is also how you give the NanoNote internet access via tethering.

So what can you do with it?

I spoke to Josh Deprez who bought one last year, and asked exactly what he uses his NanoNote for. Josh said he uses it successfully for note taking and graphing mathematical functions much like a graphics calculator, and a bit of light programming on the fly. Josh also says that it makes a decent audio player if you’re prepared to play .ogg files as the codec support isn’t fantastic.

So there we have it – is it the world’s smallest Linux laptop? If we exclude phones and stick to a conservative definition of ‘laptop’ then I think it just might be!

You can purchase the Ben NanoNote mini laptop for $99.00 plus shipping from this website if you’re that way inclined.

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  • http://twitter.com/kent_stor Kent Storbakken

    Sounds… Useful?

    • Anonymous

      -ish

  • http://twitter.com/zzecool zzecool

    Burn it along with its users  before it lay eggs ….

  • http://twitter.com/err404notfound Muhammad Shoaib

    In the words of psycho mantis from metal gear solid: ‘useless’

    • Anonymous

      Disclaimer: I make the beauty.
      How do you define useless? The life expectancy of a Ben NanoNote is several times higher than the typical smartphone, can’t even compare. But of course it may be useless to you still. Thanks for reading and commenting!

      • Daniel Butler

        I can’t see this EVER being useful unless it has wireless. Even then I think it would be hard to compete with small tablets or smartphones. My current budget phone I got for 120 bucks off contract has 600 MHZ (easily overclocked to 800) processor, 512 mb or ram, slightly larger screen, and has much battery battery life.  Even under heavy usage I get 24 hours.  I don’t look for life expectancy in electronics because they go obsolete so fast. I look for highest performance for my bucks so I can resist the call of more powerful machines for longer.  But if this gets wireless, it might be worth 100 bucks. And if the price could drop to 50 bucks, it  would be affordable enough to think about picking up as a cool novelty toy.

        • Anonymous

          on the webside it specifically says its not meant to compete with tablets or smart phones. Its meant for colleges or schools. Such as for note taking in class, or to teach hardware basics and/or programming (small form factor taken into consideration).

          Or just for those who like the idea of a piece of completely open source hardware using entirely open source software ( this includes all the drivers and music/video codecs )

          I currently am unemployed and cant afford new gadgets. But I would really like to get this if I could. Given what it can do and the spec’s, it is a little pricey. BUT !!!! when you buy this, you are support the idea of open source in the biggest possible way. Cause even though your Android phones use open source software. There are NO major Android phones that are using completely open sourced hardware. And that is actually just as important as the software part. Cause all Android phones are locked down and you have no root access, meaning you have to hack and “”root”" the device if you actually want to be able to take advantage of the  nature of the open-ness of the software. ( granted android is not as open as most common Linux distros, but still, you get the point :-P )

          • Daniel Butler

            no it’s not meant to compete with them, but they do all of the things this can do + some.  You can teach programming on android devices fine,  or if you want to deal with assembly and hard ware more directly you can do what most schools and do a little dev board for like 50 bucks.

          • Anonymous

            You can write a python program on Android and run it on the same android device? Or C, or C++?? HTML maybe, but I don’t know how you would run it cause I don’t think think it would have a way to get to the http://localhost with the browser to run the HTML code stored on the device. Cause Android is nothing but Java script running inside a virtual machine.

            Not to sound condescending because I am only starting to get into the basics of python.  But Android is a virtual machine, which means it has a huge list of limitations.

            And this may cost more than the 50 dollar boards you are reffering to. But those boards have no screen, keyboard, mouse, or anything else. Most don’t even come with a CPU or Ram, not to mention the hard drive or other kind of storage. One python file that most programming classsed teach you how to make is no bigger than 200kbs, that laptop has  2GBs. More than what my first Droid had. And the students would get to keep  the laptop. Keep sake and a good gadget. :-)

            ( side note, The Rasberry Pi only costs 25 dollars, but it doesn’t come with any monitor or anything, and I think students would like to have a laptop in their pocked so they can do their home work at the very last minute :-P )

          • http://twitter.com/dextersgenius Dexter M

            @clem11388:disqus :
            Actually, you *can* run python programs on Android using SL4A. There are also C/C++ compilers *and* IDEs available. HTML can be done too as there are plenty of webservers running Android. Don’t underestimate Android, it can be very powerful – afterall it’s built on top of Linux, and yes, you can build native C/C++ apps using the Android NDK. If you use the NDK, there are virtually no limitations to what you can do. 

            There are Android based devices you can buy around $100 for eg: 

            http://www.ebay.com/itm/GSM-Unlock-2-8-GPS-Wifi-TV-Qwerty-keyboard-2-Sim-Android-2-2-Mobile-Phone-F606-/280751489974?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item415e17c3b6#ht_10731wt_907

            which is also a phone and has a keypad, meaning which you could do all your programming tasks as well. And it also has better specs –  460 MHz CPU (overclockable), WiFi, GPS, 2G, 256MB RAM, etc.
            Finally, you can also load certain Linux distros on some of these Android phones (check xda-devs). 

            Please note that the only reason I’m posting all this is to counter your arguments against Android devices, clem. Personally however, I believe there is a market for this “laptop” and I for one would have loved to have this while learning programming at school. All we had were dated computers running LOGO and BASIC… Kudos to the creator for coming out with this!  This being a fully open platform can be a very valuable educational tool. But on that note, the OLPC XO-3 should be out soon, and priced less than $100. Once again, I’m all for cheap, accessible, portable and open computing devices. The more the merrier I say!
            This, along with the Raspberry Pi, the Rhombus-tech device, Cotton Candy and others.. make 2012 a very exciting year. :)

          • Anonymous

            I can appreciate the novelty of an all-open-source-hardware device, but still–I can’t help but see selling this sort of thing as ultimately pointless.  There are reasons people spend the time and money purchasing and jailbreaking superior devices, and those need to be addressed in order for a device such as this one to even approach being worthwhile.  The fact is, the type of person likely to care about this is probably a tech-savvy person, and tech-savvy types aren’t likely to spend money on tech inferior to that which they can obtain themselves.  While it’s a neat idea, it’s not marketable, as cutting-edge devices appeal to the tech geek and low-brow user alike.

          • Anonymous

            The first 10 Raspberry Pi units just sold on Ebay for 1500 dollars. here is there website (currently down for the SOPA strike) and  more information on another site.
             
             >> http://www.raspberrypi.org/
             >> http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/02/beta-raspberry-pi-pcs-draw-big-bids-on-ebay/

            Yes the Raspberry has better hardware and costs less, But it is just a board. And how many of you out there can say that they have the know-how to be able to put the Raspberry into a tiny case, with a keyboard, and a screen on a hinge with the case, have a battery inside the case that can be charged, make it solid hardware and software wise and be able to do it all for under $100? Or even $200??

            Not many people I can tell you that. Plus the Raspberry Pi isn’t even out yet.

            I’m sorry to be harping on everyone here. But all this negativity makes no sense when you really honestly think about it. Not whether or not you would buy it or use it. But whether or not it makes sense for what the guy has designed it for.::
                A cheap, completely unlocked and open sourced hardware and open sourced software computer ready to use for anyone.

            One Laptop Per Child couldn’t make their hardware for less than 100 and they were “not for profit”. And this guy is trying to make a living selling these things. And has sold 1300 of them so far!!!

            I am unemployed at this time and can’t afford any extra hardware than what I had before I became unemployed. Or I would get one!!

          • http://profiles.google.com/ivan.avery.frey Ivan Avery Frey

            A few Android phones will run CyanogenMod:  http://get.cm/

        • Anonymous

          Apologies for the delayed response, we got a nice batch of orders from this article…
          You are free to compare and choose whatever you like, please do so. But the makers of the Ben NanoNote pick technologies primarily by what they think they can do well. Wireless is too hard for us, so we don’t do it now. There are projects underway to address this (atben/ben-wpan) but it’s at least a year out before being integrated into a product.
          No the price will not drop to 50 USD. A category with declining prices looks like a dying category to me, see phones as an example.
          Luckily the Ben NanoNote is so far out in the land of people who love quality free software, it doesn’t compete with this other stuff and categories right now.
          Hope this makes sense, thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts!

      • Len Brown

        I love it.  What bugs me these days is how quick others are to slam someone for trying their hand at something different.  The idea is great, I think it’s cute (useful or useless, who cares?).  I applaud the effort to think outside the box.

        It kills me that on the one hand people say they’d like to see new and different products, but then they gripe and moan when they see new and different products.  Suggestion: if you think you can do better, go for it.

        Yeah, that’s what I thought…  :)

        • Anonymous

          Big time, yes. Thank you!
          I think more people will go for it and stop thinking that innovative computers can only come from a handful of nation-sized companies. It’s not true. If you like, check out the Milkymist One – it’s even more fascinating! :-) https://sharism.cc/milkymist

        • Anonymous

          It may be new and different, but not in a good way. As it stands, it looks a mess, completely un-professional. I can’t really see whose hands are too weak to carry a netbook anyway. Gimmick.

  • http://twitter.com/nvxOW Fabián P. S.

    no Wireless… mmm… isn’t useful!

  • Anonymous

    Sadly, it doesn’t have Wi-Fi (or a network port for that matter), which makes it pretty useless.

  • http://xoox.myopenid.com/ xoox

    Slightly bigger, much more powerfull but also much more expensive: OpenPandora

    • Austin Holbrook

      Of course, this is possible to get your hands on. (I really, really want an OpenPandora).

  • http://twitter.com/kodykodiak Kody McCarthy

    It’s like a cell phone that can’t make calls….

    • Anonymous

      And even WiFi…

      • http://twitter.com/boulabiar Mohamed Ik Boulabiar

        where is the CD drive ?

        • Glaasje

          Wait where is the floppy!? O_O

    • Anonymous

      correct. a phone is designed to interrupt you, the Ben NanoNote won’t. Thanks for reading and commenting!

      • Anonymous

        It has a mini-USB. And I know there are adapters out there to convert a mini-USB to full size USB Can someone use a USB WiFi adapter to be able to connect to a network?

        • Anonymous

          No sorry, this will not work.
          The USB is a client-port only, no host, no OTG. You can only connect it to your notebook where it will show up as a networking device. We are working on supporting USB gadgets better though so that you can easily switch the Ben to become a storage device, or keyboard, usb-midi or usb-audio device, and so on.
          Lots of good things are possible with the hardware as it is, and we will max this out first and then carry it all forward to the next, improved hardware (though that may take a while, our priorities are on the manufacturing process, bringing down costs, etc).Thanks for your feedback!

  • http://about.me/nlsthzn Neil Oosthuizen

    File under: #justbecausewecan

    • Anonymous

      “Qi Hardware is a project to build, use and recycle electronic devices
      around principles of self-organization, all documentation is under CCSA,
      including internal schematics , building processes, and of course
      software is GPL, but far beyond that we are trying to make all processes
      to use only FOSS tools, including design of hardware (kicad),
      production (testing software), management, marketing etc, etc At the
      moment we are focusing on our first device, a mini computer called Ben
      NanoNote. ”

      this is just the beginning ,)

      • Anonymous

        yes, beginning. Check the Milkymist One at https://sharism.cc/milkymist
        All 100% free and copyleft as well, of course. Even the IC design ;-)

  • Anonymous

    What’s this for again?.. 

  • Zombie Kitten

    If you can run, for example, SNES and Gameboy Advance emulators on it, then it could be a nice little gaming console. :)

  • http://nilux.myopenid.com/ Nilux

    Wow someone beleives in this product so much, that they have invested time and money and are actually producing it!
    It could have a bigger screen

    • Anonymous

      started as a digitial dictionary, then someone freed the hardware and made it a general purpose computerwhynot

    • Anonymous

      yes, indeed. A device that ships out of the box with vim, mutt, sc, w3m, emacs, GNU Octave and so on. We sold about 1300 of these beauties so far.

      • Anonymous

        May I ask how games work so far? Basic ones of course lol Like Secret Maryo Chronicles or emulators for very early consoles like NES. Maybe ScummVM? Oh and how do you go about installing new software? Do we need to compile ourselves?

        • Anonymous

          A list of games is here http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Applications#games

          For installing applications, first you have thousands of packages coming from OpenWrt, see here
          http://downloads.qi-hardware.com/software/packages/NanoNote/Ben/2011-11-13/

          And beyond that you probably have to compile from source indeed. Although there are people and resources on the Web with all sorts of stuff for the Ben… Our main communication channel nowadays is the #qi-hardware forum on FreeNode.

      • David

        … and don’t forget that it has mplayer (stripped down to only play Ogg/Theora and VP8/WebM  movies)

  • http://twitter.com/mimurrayy murrayy

    What is it with you guys today? It’s a tiny, tiny notebook, it runs linux and it’s awesome!
    I don’t want one either, but that doesn’t make it any less great!  

    • Anonymous

      Thank you. It’s a beauty. Check out the Milkymist One, another beauty.

    • Anonymous

      Agreed!! I would buy one if I could. But unemployment puts a damper on what kinds of gadgets you can get  :-(

  • Thomas Goossens

    Bigger on the inside !

    • Anonymous

      Timelord Technology

  • Anonymous

    You could get a 3DS for a similar size but a faster processor and wifi 

    • conor rynne

      and a lot LESS usefulness

    • Austin Holbrook

      But the web browser is nearly as useless :P

    • Anonymous

      Oh so the 3DS lets you put your own OS on it? And the bottom screen  (that is NOT a touch screen) can turn into a  keyboard for easy typing? Sweet :-)

      • Anonymous

        No you can’t but you can play games and go on the internet. The bottom screen IS a touch screen and there is a choice of keyboards for easy typing. :)

  • Anonymous

    Totally Useless o/

  • christian
    • Aidan Sheridan

      you beat me to it… I was just about to post the same thing XD

      • http://twitter.com/boulabiar Mohamed Ik Boulabiar

        het bet me too. :)

        • Anonymous

          All the last 2 were “beat” by the first guy. But all 3 of you completely missed the point of why this thing is cool.

          Completely open hardware, completely open software, at a price almost any one can afford.

          • christian

            And which almost nobody can use.

            Free software is cool; but face the facts: 99% of the world population just don’t care. They want a convenient system.

            If a system can be both convenient and free, like Ubuntu is, then it’s a really good thing; but if it ain’t convenient, nobody but the most hardcore privacy-fanatics and nerds bother with it. It’s a sad thing, but it’s true.

          • Anonymous

            offense, but how do you know it isn’t convenient if you have never used it? The software is free, And no one can complain that the hardware isn’t free ( the guy has to pay for it some how) And also in-terms of convenience, its a flipping laptop in your pocket lol

            I have not played with it so I don’t know what the software is like. So they need to have more demo videos of the software showing people if its easy or hard, then we would know more about if its good for everyone, or just hard-core users.

  • Satchit Bhogle

    Seven terminals? Consider me sold! Who needs things like wireless connectivity anyway?

  • https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ActionParsnip ActionParsnip

    Cute but essentially useless.

    • http://twitter.com/err404notfound Muhammad Shoaib

      Hey, aren’t you the guy who is almost always online on #ubuntu helping people? If yes, thanks man, you have saved me from a few dire situations.

      • https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ActionParsnip ActionParsnip

        Yeah man, more than likely. I help a lot there :). Just glad to help dude.

  • http://twitter.com/SonicLizzz Sonic Lizzz

    I’m seriously considering getting one of these after you told me about it. It looks quite cool as a sort of “geeky gadget” or something. Definitely something to show off to others. And: Stallman-approved!

    • Anonymous

      Thank you ;-)

  • Philip Witte

    CodeWarrior… ah the nostalgia!

  • Ziv Leyes

    this is cute, but, as many have said, useless from my point of view, it can’t entirely replace any of the similar gadgets one would possibly want

    It’s not a full replacement for a laptop or netbook as it doesn’t have wireless.
    It’s not a smartphone replacement because it doesn’t have 3G access nor wireless for other ways to communicate (Skype or the like)Is not even a palm pilot replacement!I know! It can replace both my tamaguchi keyholder and my notebook and pen!

  • http://twitter.com/davbren David Gross

    what a load of rubbish. It has no use. It’s pictured above with a more useful, prettier device.

    This has to have been made by someone with more money than sense. They should make something genuinely cool like the transformer (for example) and stick Ubuntu on it. Try and break the market instead of looking for the tiniest of niches.

    • Anonymous

      do it yourself

      • http://twitter.com/davbren David Gross

        If I had the cash it would be first thing i did. Sad maybe but hey I’m a techie ;-)

    • Anonymous

      Make it run android haha

    • Austin Holbrook

      That doesn’t mean it’s not cool. This is one of those things that you don’t need, but it would be cool to have.

    • Anonymous

      No offense, But you clearly miss the the majority of its purpose and point. BOTH the hardware and software  are completely open source.  And it only costs $99 dollars. Meaning schools can buy then in droves and not have to worry about kids destroying them (not to mention that its Linux so no need to worry bout viruses) The designer specifically states on his websites what he has “”Envisioned” for this thing.

      If you are looking for an “Open Tablet” that is similar to the Transformer. Check out the Always Innovating website.
      Here >>> http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/products They have some really cool stuff there. And you can run any OS you want, including Android or Ubuntu.

      • http://twitter.com/davbren David Gross

        I haven’t missed the point. I think its great that its open source and that its cheap but production costs on these will be much more than $99 so its a false economy. I would rather companies push the market into producing cheaper better components instead of choosing what’s cheaper now. Ultimately, that will be more helpful to the public services like schools and healthcare that have to count the pennies.

  • http://twitter.com/zc456 Squeaks

    This woulda been more useful if it the keyboard were slide out and it had some form of Android on it.

    • Anonymous

      And then no longer be a laptop, but a phone, that’s not a phone. lol

      I rather have the flip design so you can tilt the screen to what’s best for you at that time. Plus the sliding mechanisms take up much more space than the little hinge. Meaning it would be larger, becoming closer to a phone…but still not a phone lol

      • http://twitter.com/zc456 Squeaks

        Well, it doesn’t haft to be phone just because it’s using Android anymore. Still, it’d be useful.

  • http://ustoqus.com Arash Badie Modiri
  • Darren Nevares

    It has to be good for something, right? Can it play MP3s? Perhaps it can be for a small entertainment device or used to get into bigger systems?

    • Anonymous

      can play oggs, needs a usb thing for wifi tho

      • Anonymous

        It has MiniUSB and the dev’s website says that “”USB tether” is how your suppose to get net access.

        In a weird way, I actually kind of like the idea of having a full computing device that can’t have easy access to the net. Feels more individual or personal I think, if that makes sense lol Granted the screen size and processor would limits its ability, but that’s just cause we’ve come to expect so much from our phones. I’d like to try NES emulators on this though :-D

  • Benjamin

    They should make pixels at the atomic level and provide a microscope lens too.

  • http://twitter.com/tviking22 Carlos

    I rather use my Nexus One.

  • Anonymous

    Usually if you are at a dinner table and think up a brilliant bit of code, and whipping out your laptop infront of the guests considered too rude, I can imagine using this little gadget discreetly on my lap. ;)

    However as far as programming for the device; it’self it would be nice to see C++ as an option rather than just C.

    Overall I’m impressed! it may be a novelty now, but in the future, however, I can see that professionals (doctors, engineers esp) could find a use for a general purpose computer that fits in their pocket!

    • Anonymous

      Glad to see at least one person who see’s goodness in this thing lol.

      I’m not a programmer, but love seing open source hardware and software. And this guy is actually shipping. Unlike others that have so much trouble.

  • Nathan Moos

    That phone has ICS on it, what phone is it?

    • Anonymous

      Google/ Samsung Nexus S

  • insanelyapple

    There was

  • Oleksandr Pylkevych

    What kind of sh*t is that? :D Just useless device, for fun. INSOLENCE!

  • Grayson Chaumontet

    I’m just going to step on this thing, burn the pieces, and go back to my HP Envy. My smartphone is better than that thing, in every way, shape, and form. 

    • Anonymous

      Even if you got the cheapest smart phone available, it would still cost at least 300 to 400 without a contract. And the newest Nexus phone costs 800 without a contract. My Acer Laptop costs less that 500 and has more power than the Nexus.

      But every one of those devices are not Open Source hardware, and every single Android phone comes locked from the factory and you have to jump through hoops to Root it and Unlock the Bootloader ( yes those are 2 different things ) This thing comes unlocked, is open source hardware and software, and is designed so it can never be “”bricked”" like just happened to my Droid 2 Global, even though it had been working fine for a whole year……yes it sucks just as much as it sounds.

  • http://www.facebook.com/zeroangel David Bobb

    Reminds me of a personal organizer I had when I was a kid. I like it. I think it would be useful if it had wifi — but you can’t simply compare it to a $300+ smart phone because it’s a $100 piece of hardware. Certainly it should be no big deal to add a $20 wireless adapter into it and multiply its usefulness.

    • Anonymous

      depending on what cell phone you are referring to, most cost 500 to 800 dollars because they are subsidised with contracts.

      Plus this thing is completely open in every way, its hardware is open source so any one can copy the design, and the software is completely open source and  is not locked down in any way. It might not have WiFi, but given the how its made by a very small company, I bet adding a WiFi hardware would have made it larger and more expensive by atleast 20 or 30 dollars.

      And on the website he says its mainly geared towards colleges or schools. And in terms of using for class room learning, the teachers would much rather the students not have always immediate access to the internet. When using the USB to put any files on it wouldn’t be too hard.

      (he does say USB tethering works if you really need it lol )

  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous

    Just go get Nokia N900 instead of this.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_QSPO72KECD5RMZGYGVLEG5DLK4 Theredbaron

    I would say get a Zipit Z2. They are under 30$ on ebay (new), can run Debian with access to all the debian arm repo’s. It has 32MB SDRAM a 312mhz arm XScale PXA270, and wifi.

    Takes a bit more work to “get started”. But still good. I used it for playing movies, listening to music, and playing emu’s.

  • Commie Dore

    Fail, you can get a Zipit z2 for $15 USD

  • Jonathan Wong

    But can it play Crysis?

  • Sibin Xavier

    I think,this is a waste.Only 336 MHz .New Mobile has more clock speed.It just like Aakash Tablet in India,Aakash cost only less than Rs:3000( 70$ or less) 

    • Anonymous

      Is that tablet completely Open Source? Including hardware, software, hardware drivers, Video codecs, and Audio codecs? And is it made by a very small start up company?

      This developer that is making this is a normal, every day guy. He can NOT afford to buy all his parts by the thousands ( like most big companies do getting them the parts at dirt cheap prices ) Meaning he has to pay alot to get even the most basic hardware.

      Plus this hardware is completely open and unlocked. Meaning you don’t have to hack it to put your own software on it. Its made so that you can. And made so that you literally CAN’T brick it like you can do when you try rooting a cell phone or tablet.

  • Igor Rakocevic

    This just shows how small we can make a computer and still doing pretty much what you need

  • Chris Wright

    Vim on that would be a pain — but it’s still so cute!

  • Anonymous

    Would you use it for watch a video with your friend? :O

  • http://tediiii.wordpress.com/ Yudho Tedi Wicaksono

    Would you use it for watch a video with your friend? :O

  • Cameron Heard

    If this thing had wireless… load the google voice api in the term… and txt in school.. xD I would buy it because its fun looking… And in my needs for a “machine” that small are quite high.. Because I have a router shutdown script for CIPAfilter firewalls.. I could throw this thing in an unused floor inlet in the media center and fire away that script. and would go undetected, And its not that big of a loss financially.

  • http://twitter.com/Jovison2033 Jovison

    I’d rather still use my android phone..
    but still, it’s a cool stuff..

  • Anonymous

    I’m looking for a portable, preferably handheld device that I can fit in my pocket (I have large pockets). I won’t be using it for anything excessive, probably just for nano and pal. Is it worth getting something like this with ongoing development or getting an old Jornada/Psion? Do any of you use anything similar for similar purposes?

  • Mr.Chainsaw

    If such a device is already that small, why would one build this big border around the screen?!
    So much possible screen area wasted!

  • http://twitter.com/ubuntuaddicted Daniel

    it doesn’t have to wifi or a usb port to add a 3g usb stick to it?

 
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