[Arm-netbook] GPS Tablet Advice Wanted

[luke.leighton]

On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Alexander Stephen Thomas Ross
<arm-netbook at aross.me> wrote:
> Don't know when a Rhombus-Tech tablet will :] be out or what size? Is
> it going to be something like a 12"?

 we're not telling manufacturers to restrict sizes: there's no limit
other than being able to fit the CPU Card into the case.  i've done
the design work which shows it's possible to get down to a 7in size
with around a 10mm thickness.  below that size it'd be necessary to
make the unit a bit thicker (12-15mm) by placing the battery *behind*
the electronics.

 if you can find the funding - a group buy - large enough to warrant
paying for a tablet to be made then one can be manufactured.  there
are other ways.

> How do I know if they require non-free and/or proprietary firmware
> and/or drivers?

 you don't.  that's why the rhombus-tech project exists.

> For things like the WIFI, GPS (Is on average GPS safer
> from evil-ware? Is it as bad as WIFI?), etc?

 we have absolutely no idea.  that's why the rhombus-tech project exists.

> Can I reflash any of these tablets with a GNU/Linux distro or only some
> of them, if so which ones?

 all A10 systems are "unbrickable".  so you can reverse-engineer them
if the factory hasn't provided the GPL source code.  the point of the
rhombus-tech project is however to make it so that you don't *need* to
reverse-engineer the hardware just to gain access to it.

> Does documentation in wiki cover what I
> should know?

 if people who have previously bought them have recorded the
information in the wiki, then yes.  i believe there's at least one, it
was about 3 months back.

> Thanks.
> Love you Rhombus-Tech :D. Looking forward to the future

 :)