Other Non-x86 Devices

[CCmachined]

Before you tell me "Pandora is best for gaming etc etc" I know. I'm just looking around the market.
Anything with a keyboard that people know of? I just hate lugging around this laptop all the time.

What other options are out there that, you know, exist onmarket now as opposed to "In a few months probably but we don't know" (Pandora situation).

 

[Chip]

There's the Touch Book ( alwaysinnovating.com ), but it's not out yet either.

There's the (MIPS) Alpha 400, but it's considered to be the worst netbook ever (www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/alpha-400-the-crappiest-netbook-youll-ever-hate ).

The only thing you can get right now with a keyboard and an (somewhat recent) ARM processor is Nokia N810. That, or one of several smart phones like the G1 or Nokia N97.

 

[neko]

There's the Gdium, which is apparently for sale in Belgium.

Also, the N800, which doesn't have a keyboard but you can use a bluetooth keyboard.

 

[fiveseven]

That Alpha 400 looks familiar, I think they sell them at Maplin (it's called by a different name, but same hardware). Not a bad piece of kit, provided you dont want to do anything more than browse the web, look at emails, and maybe some basic office work.

I briefly considered getting one (only £130 or so), but backed out due to a lack of applications for it. Might be useful if you travel a lot, though.

 

[ninjawiz2x]

I know how you feel lugging around a laptop , the hp mini 1000 is my cure for basic computing needs.

 

[b1ueskycomp1ex]

Maybe take a look at some other netbooks, like the acer EEE PC? It's not entirely terrible....

But you were saying non-x86. =P

 

[x68000]

Maybe take a look at some other netbooks, like the acer EEE PC? It's not entirely terrible....

But you were saying non-x86. =P

Think you mean the Asus EEE PC, I've got an Acer Aspire One with the 8gb flash and linpus linux OS - Very neat well built little netbook.

 

[Ravnos]

There's the Gdium, which is apparently for sale in Belgium.

Also, the N800, which doesn't have a keyboard but you can use a bluetooth keyboard.

I was going to mention the Gdium, too. I think it's too expensive for what it is personally, but I'm still interested in them.

And the N810 has a slide-out keyboard that actually works pretty good. You can find them for fairly cheap now, compared to what they used to cost, anyway.

 

[klikklak]

I think the UMID M1 (it think it was called this) is out for sale outside korea now. It's got a keyboard, similar formfactor and an intel processor. I'm not so interested in it, but I'm sure some are. No gaming controls though, besides touchscreen.

 

[KRH]

Just throwing a couple of devices out that come to mind

HTC Touch Pro
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Sony Mylo
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This Arm based board may also be of interest to you, it would require a bit of know how to make it into a usable device however however.
-64MB ram

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Also this PIC board is about as far a way from x86 as you can go
-12 MIPS
-3904 BYTES OF RAM

 

[dingens]

It doesn't fit your description very well but its an interesting glimpse of how upcoming ARM Netbooks might look like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W9hOWCl10k