[wplug] hackable Linux touchscreen on sale at Best Buy

[George Larson]

I, for one, am thrilled that you shared this!  A thousand thank-yous, sir.

On 11 February 2011 11:51, Eric Cooper <ecc at cmu.edu> wrote:

> My apologies if this is off-topic.
>
> Best Buy is selling the 8" Insignia Infocast for $80.  It's a 800 MHz
> ARM device with an 8" touchscreen and WiFi, running Linux, and seems
> very hackable.  Out of the box you can use it to run any of the Chumby
> apps, plus display photos from memory cards.
>
> See here for a review:
>    http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2366911,00.asp
>
> See here for lots of information from Andrew "bunnie" Huang, one of
> the designers, about hacking it:
>    http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=1140
>
> Disclaimer: I just bought one but haven't started hacking it yet.
> (And I have no affiliation with Best Buy, etc.)
>
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