[Arm-netbook] Windows 3G tablets

[luke.leighton]

On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Lauri Kasanen <cand at gmx.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Jan 2013 09:28:58 +0000
> "luke.leighton" <luke.leighton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  actually you stand quite a high chance of everything just...
>> "working".  intel atom systems are just like bog-standard PCs, even if
>> it's a smaller form-factor with a built-in screen, so what?  so there
>> won't be anything particularly proprietary: there's no built-in
>> base-band DSP on the intel atom so they have to 3G / phone as a
>> separate external modem; that will most likely be done as a Mini PCIe
>> 3G.
>
> There will be in the future - Intel bought the tech some time ago (Infineon IIRC - or maybe it was a Nokia unit?).

 oh yeah infineon got sold a few years back, i'm sure it was intel.

>>  the screen will be standard intel graphics, so you can use the xorg
>> VESA driver initially and work out how to use the accelerated xorg
>> later, or maybe it will even just auto-detect.
>
> ..unless it's one of the models with PowerVR-licensed crap graphics. Better double-check this one, the PowerVR models are just about useless under linux.

 good point.