Hardware innovations

[KamalJoe]

Pakistan is known for a lot of things and most of them are worst case scenarios. However one of the areas it isn’t known for, is innovation in hardware. Thought it could be a decent read.

 

Alternate-Gear (a Pakistani entity) has created an Intel Atom-based 3G PC that has a 667mhz processor, 2 USB interfaces, a sim card slot, a 10.2” TFT LCD Touchscreen that has a resolution of 1024×600 and a high def camera. The cost is less than $500 per unit with more upgrades to come soon.

 

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[plekhanov]

Pakistan is known for a lot of things and most of them are worst case scenarios. However one of the areas it isn’t known for, is innovation in hardware. Thought it could be a decent read.

 

Alternate-Gear (a Pakistani entity) has created an Intel Atom-based 3G PC that has a 667mhz processor, 2 USB interfaces, a sim card slot, a 10.2” TFT LCD Touchscreen that has a resolution of 1024×600 and a high def camera. The cost is less than $500 per unit with more upgrades to come soon.

 

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What exactly is supposed to be innovative or in anyway noteworthy about that?

[Wildcat]

What exactly is supposed to be innovative or in anyway noteworthy about that?

 

The touchscreen and 3g is nice for the price. But I think I would still be buying a folding netbook like my aspire one... although looking for integrated 3g support would be good because I can't find a linux driver to enable my phone to be used as a dongle.

[Wildcat]

I dislike calling it a PC really, it says it is for a couple of specific purposes. And the claim that it replaces your laptop is a nonsense of course, with a 667mhz processor and one would assume very limited graphical abilities.

 

It is the same as other netbooks and they run videos fine