[Arm-netbook] Group Buy: 7" Tablet

[Simon Kenyon]

On 10/06/12 01:35, Alexander Stephen Thomas Ross wrote:
> My friend would be interested in a Rhombus-Tech 7" tablet WITH GPS.
> Specs:
> *Bluetooth
> *Wifi
> *GPS
> *External GPS antenna option?
> *Ethernet?
> *Headphone/line out
> *Mic
> *External Mic?
> *Line-In?
> *USB's of course
> *External SD Card
> *Internal SD Card?
> *Gloss or Matt screen?
> *Screen that works in bright sunlight. PixelQi, I guess but will a
> PixelQi be suitable in a car when being used for travel directions/gps?
> *Ram 1GB or is more possible?
> *Speaker. Mono, no point in stereo. Extremely Loud to wake up ones self
> from sleep. Self destruct/anti thief alarm.
> *Fat battery life, well the more the better, right.
> *FM transmitter? 100M range? (clueless) fun fun fun }) or something more
> generic, so not just FM?
>
> I guess the lovely Gnome 3 Shell won't really be an option due to the
> proprietary GPU yuckware? I believe Enlightenment is suitable DE? What
> is your experiences with Enlightenment on a touch screen? Would you
> recommend something else? KDE needs too many resources right? Meego?
> Tizen? Mer?
>
> Price?
>
> I think that's everything...
>
> Can't help with design, only end user testing at best.
> Thanks.

an off-the-shelf a10 7" tablet with a 1024x600 capacitive LCD screen can 
be had for around €130 (quantity 1 from china). no GPS but does include 3G.

so an upper bound should be <€150 (apart from the screen).

don't consider not getting capacitive touch.
--
simon