RE: [jornada] pm with jornada720 flashrom

 --- tds <tds@time-domain.co.uk> escribió: >
> I think there will be a ready and commercially
> viable market for
> these boards if HP manufactured & supported them as
> an 'official'
> option; from the interest expressed in this mailing
> list the demand
> might seem small to HP but what if the J710/720/728
> got the reputation
> for being 'the' Linux handheld it so richly deserves
> to be? OK, a lot

And the reputation of being an HP item.. just like the
times when Hewlett-Packard used to be a sign of
innovation, research and development.

> of people are buying iPaqs, Yoppys and Zaurus
> because they run Linux
> but if they could buy something that had all the
> features of the
> Jornada 720 (like the real keyboard, screen, etc)
> then I'm sure sales
> would rise - there are a lot of Linux users out
> there who'd jump at the
> chance of getting a sub-miniature Linux PC.

That's rigtht.. Many people would like it. Of course,
add a Gnome2.x TabletPC to my wishes, or similar
without mobile parts (like hard disk) that wastes
battery.

> > The boards cost us +$100 a piece for the low
> > volume that we did in the original batch. A
> > major PIA is that the connectors are typically
> > sold in quantities of 10,000 (!). FLASH ROMs,
> > DRAM etc. is not much of a problem in small lots.
>
> Perhaps a deal could be negotiated with the
> connector suppliers for a
> smaller quantity but higher cost? It would still be
> worth it.

This option should be studied..

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Received on Thu Feb 27 20:32:29 2003