zipit - a HIY $50 mini-smartbook?

[madjr]

If you don't know what a zipit is look at this linuxjournal vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed4nytcirk4



by itself is very cool, has ARM and cheap!: $50 (http://www.zipitwireless.com/default.aspx?skinid=1)

now by flashing it (http://hunterdavis.com/archives/201) (even easier than installing a distro on an eeepc), you can get it doing some cooler stuff (http://hunterdavis.com/archives/category/zipit-hacking)

am picking mine up ASAP
:guitar:

thanks to Hunterdavis (http://hunterdavis.com/) for doing all the fun work and sharing it ;)

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:AraXmABzRibSeM:http://media.gizmodo.com.au/mt/gallery/ZipitZ2/0_large.jpg

[earthpigg]

ya, i saw that too... looks nifty.

any idea what wifi protocols the hardware supports? WEP? WPA2? only unencrypted?

i'd probably be looking a lot closer if i wasn't already quite satisfied with my netbook.

[madjr]

ya, i saw that too... looks nifty.

any idea what wifi protocols the hardware supports? WEP? WPA2? only unencrypted?

i'd probably be looking a lot closer if i wasn't already quite satisfied with my netbook.

yea i would get one even if it were for my kids (well thats the excuse ^^)