[clug] Two 'development kits' - $3000 'E Ink' and $99 Wal-Wart

[steve jenkin]

Anyone seen these developer/prototype kits or know more??

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>From Marvell (US$99)

"The plug computer will be based on Marvell's SheevaPlug platform, which
has an embedded 1.2-GHz CPU. It would also come with 512 MB of flash
memory and and 512 MB of DRAM. The device would connect to the home
network by ethernet and have a USB 2.0 port."

<http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/02/marvell-offers.html>
<http://www.marvell.com/products/embedded_processors/plug_computing_small_computer_digital_media/release/1256/>
<http://www.marvell.com/products/index.jsp>

I couldn't see how to order one :-(

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>From E-Ink (Active Matrix Electronic Paper Display as in Kindle):


"For $3K, You Can Build Your Own Kindle Killer"

"The kit is based around the open source Gumstix single-board computer,
which combines a 400-MHz Marvell processor with a Bluetooth transceiver,
USB, a serial port and a card reader."

<http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/02/e-ink-book-read.html>
<http://www.eink.com/kits/index.html>

Yep, list price is $3000 for a kit!!!



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