[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux in a wristwatch

[Steve Baker]

greenglow484 at juno.com wrote:
> 
> In case anyone missed this on Linux Today or wherever, it's a cool
> article.  It's an interview with an IBM scientist, about IBM's putting of
> an entire Linux OS into a wrist-watch-sized appliance.  The article has 3
> photos of the device; it's really quite astounding to me.

Yep - but notice the two hour battery life - that *may* be extended to 3 months.
That's not really good enough for a wristwatch.

I was actually *more* excited about the announcement of a working Linux *with*
X-windows on a Philips Nino PDA.  The Nino is a REALLY nice PDA - but it suffers
from not being a Palm Pilot...no compatibility.  However it has a bright, full
colour display, lots more RAM and flash memory - and FAR less nasty restrictions
like the 32kb maximum code size that the Palm is stuck with.

With it running Linux, it's automatically got a *ton* of stuff you could use
with it - right out of the box.


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