Basically it's a little thing. It's running Linux, it's got wifi and a touch-screen, and it'll run widgets written in Flash.
And it's about $150.
And I can think of about a million uses for it. . .
- Digital clock that plays MP3's as an alarm
- Weather-forecaster and weather-radio that beeps during severe weather
- Recipe browser that converts to a kitchen timer once you're done reading the recipe
- Educational game-playing gizmo and/or virtual pet
- eBay "you've been outbid" notifier
- Skype/IM client
- Daily Puzzle player
- Cheap GPS navigator (provided someone gets a cheap GPS puck to work with it)
The form-factor is kinda weird. I would've much preferred something more like a PSP or a GP32 with a fold-out stand. Looks like it's a bit thick because of the extra IO stuff in it.
Anyway, it's cool.
I'm really interested by this device. Now just to get past the name, and to pull it apart and shove it into a project case.
I've submitted a request to get a free sample with the argument that I'll develop some sort of API/cross compiler for the device depending on the internals of the hardware, intended for games or rich media.