Re: Touch-screens that work with Xorg/Linux? (was: Android PMPs)

2010-09-10 Thread Thomas Charron
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > Is anyone here familiar with using off-the-shelf touchscreens, > and able to make a recommendation as what particular devices are > most straight-forward to get working? I have recent experience with elo brand touch screens. With a

Re: Touch-screens that work with Xorg/Linux? (was: Android PMPs)

2010-09-10 Thread Susan Cragin
>Is anyone here familiar with using off-the-shelf touchscreens, >and able to make a recommendation as what particular devices are >most straight-forward to get working? I have no idea but will be purchasing a Lenovo soon and am interested. Susan ___ g

Touch-screens that work with Xorg/Linux? (was: Android PMPs)

2010-09-10 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
Lloyd Kvam writes: > > On Thu, 2010-09-09 at 09:00 -0400, Tom Buskey wrote: > > I'm not sure I'll ever buy a $400 tablet. > > I agree with that sentiment for myself. We have an iPad here on loan to > make sure the web sites we support display nicely. The iPad is a great > device for those folks

Re: Android PMPs (was: Qi-Hardware Nanonote group purchase?)

2010-09-09 Thread Tom Buskey
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Ryan Lee Stanyan wrote: > On Thursday, September 09, 2010 12:59:40 pm Tom Buskey wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Lloyd Kvam wrote: > > > On Thu, 2010-09-09 at 09:00 -0400, Tom Buskey wrote: > > > > I'm not sure I'll ever buy a $400 tablet. > > > > > > I

Re: Android PMPs (was: Qi-Hardware Nanonote group purchase?)

2010-09-09 Thread Lloyd Kvam
On Thu, 2010-09-09 at 12:59 -0400, Tom Buskey wrote: > It works very well for him. The tablets we tried could be mastered with a little practice, but they were frustrating when simply handed out to "Grandpa". An interviewer was required to drive the tablet. The iPad seems to just work for anyon

Re: Android PMPs (was: Qi-Hardware Nanonote group purchase?)

2010-09-09 Thread Ryan Lee Stanyan
On Thursday, September 09, 2010 12:59:40 pm Tom Buskey wrote: > On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Lloyd Kvam wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-09-09 at 09:00 -0400, Tom Buskey wrote: > > > I'm not sure I'll ever buy a $400 tablet. > > > > I agree with that sentiment for myself. We have an iPad here on loan

Re: Android PMPs (was: Qi-Hardware Nanonote group purchase?)

2010-09-09 Thread Tom Buskey
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Lloyd Kvam wrote: > On Thu, 2010-09-09 at 10:08 -0400, Benjamin Scott wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Lloyd Kvam wrote: > > > We expect to see iPads getting used by patients in hospital settings > > > filling out forms (multiple choice - little or no t

Re: Android PMPs (was: Qi-Hardware Nanonote group purchase?)

2010-09-09 Thread Tom Buskey
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Lloyd Kvam wrote: > On Thu, 2010-09-09 at 09:00 -0400, Tom Buskey wrote: > > I'm not sure I'll ever buy a $400 tablet. > > I agree with that sentiment for myself. We have an iPad here on loan to > make sure the web sites we support display nicely. The iPad is a g

Re: Android PMPs

2010-09-09 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
Benjamin Scott writes: > On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Lloyd Kvam wrote: > > > > We expect to see iPads getting used by patients in hospital settings > > filling out forms (multiple choice - little or no typing).  Earlier > > attempts with other tablets (running Windows) proved unworkable. > >

Re: Android PMPs (was: Qi-Hardware Nanonote group purchase?)

2010-09-09 Thread Lloyd Kvam
On Thu, 2010-09-09 at 10:08 -0400, Benjamin Scott wrote: > On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Lloyd Kvam wrote: > > We expect to see iPads getting used by patients in hospital settings > > filling out forms (multiple choice - little or no typing). Earlier > > attempts with other tablets (running Win

Re: Android PMPs

2010-09-09 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
David Rysdam writes: > > An agent or agents purporting to be Tom Buskey said: > > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > (Oh, and: is there a better shorthand than "PMP"? I keep reading > > > > "android pimps", and it just... doesn't sit right...) [...

Re: Android PMPs

2010-09-09 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
Tom Buskey writes: > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote: > > > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen > > wrote: > > > (Oh, and: is there a better shorthand than "PMP"? I keep reading > > > "android pimps", and it just... doesn't sit right...) > > > > PIMEED

Re: Android PMPs (was: Qi-Hardware Nanonote group purchase?)

2010-09-09 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Lloyd Kvam wrote: > We expect to see iPads getting used by patients in hospital settings > filling out forms (multiple choice - little or no typing).  Earlier > attempts with other tablets (running Windows) proved unworkable. I'm curious; what makes the iPad bett

Re: Android PMPs (was: Qi-Hardware Nanonote group purchase?)

2010-09-09 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 9:10 AM, David Rysdam wrote: > I just call them "tiny computers" or "portable computers". If I'm being serious, I call them "handhelds". (I kind of liked "palmtop" (by analogy with desktop and laptop) but it never took off and so sounds funny.) I would usually make a

Re: Android PMPs (was: Qi-Hardware Nanonote group purchase?)

2010-09-09 Thread Lloyd Kvam
On Thu, 2010-09-09 at 09:00 -0400, Tom Buskey wrote: > I'm not sure I'll ever buy a $400 tablet. I agree with that sentiment for myself. We have an iPad here on loan to make sure the web sites we support display nicely. The iPad is a great device for those folks who have trouble with "regular" m

Re: Android PMPs (was: Qi-Hardware Nanonote group purchase?)

2010-09-09 Thread David Rysdam
An agent or agents purporting to be Tom Buskey said: > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen > > wrote: > > > (Oh, and: is there a better shorthand than "PMP"? I keep reading > > > "android pimps", and it just... doesn't

Re: Android PMPs (was: Qi-Hardware Nanonote group purchase?)

2010-09-09 Thread Tom Buskey
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote: > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen > wrote: > > (Oh, and: is there a better shorthand than "PMP"? I keep reading > > "android pimps", and it just... doesn't sit right...) > > PIMEED.[1] > > -- Ben > > [1] Portable Indivi

Re: Android PMPs (was: Qi-Hardware Nanonote group purchase?)

2010-09-08 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > (Oh, and: is there a better shorthand than "PMP"? I keep reading > "android pimps", and it just... doesn't sit right...) PIMEED.[1] -- Ben [1] Portable Individual Media Experience Enablement Device. Now available with Genuine Peop

Android PMPs (was: Qi-Hardware Nanonote group purchase?)

2010-09-08 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
Joshua Judson Rosen writes: > > "Shawn O'Shea" writes: > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen > > wrote: > > > > > > Posted this at work also, then figured maybe someone on this list > > > would be interested: > > > > > > I'm going to buy one of these to see how well it can repl