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  1. 06-01-2010 02:32 PM #1
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    Default My R600 "internet tablet" and 12.1 inch digital photo frame

    Yesterday while browsing myBB I came across a thread by foozball3000 (http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?p=3494995) He asked about hardware for a digital photo frame. I suggested an Itona thin-client and a Posiflex 12.1 inch LCD monitor. When I got home last night, dazed and confused from the hot Cape sun I though why don’t I eat my own dog food and try to build a photo frame using the hardware I suggested. Too many times people on internet forums suggest hardware they read a review on or hear about and never actually use the hardware. I also thought why just a photo frame? Why not a device that can connect to the internet. As a thin client is a stripped down PC.

    And here is the result: http://www.ratemyisp.co.za
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    Wow that is pretty cool, what was the cost of everything together?

    Cracked me up with the pics at the end:

    "ALL YOUR INTERWEBZ R BELONG 2 US! BWAHAHAHAHAH!"
    This aptitude does not have Super Cow Powers
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    Quote Originally Posted by Solidus View Post
    Wow that is pretty cool, what was the cost of everything together?

    Cracked me up with the pics at the end:

    "ALL YOUR INTERWEBZ R BELONG 2 US! BWAHAHAHAHAH!"
    It actually came to less than R600, the other stuff was odds and ends lying around, keyboard, mouse, power cable, USB enclosure. Obviously the cost of the modem is not included in the R600 total. Plus I managed to sell the 256MB IDE flash hard drive I removed for R100. So you can actually minus R100 from the R600 total.
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    WOW !

    Epic.

    EDIT: Can you get touch screen in that size and could you run that off a flash drive ?
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    Nice, quite a talented fellow you are.
    That is pretty cheap, now if only Vodacom and drop their data prices
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    damn, thats so cool i want one of those even though i don't know what it is.
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    Very nice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nerfherder View Post
    WOW !

    Epic.

    EDIT: Can you get touch screen in that size and could you run that off a flash drive ?
    I have a IBM touch screen laying around, the same kind Shoprite uses for its point of sale. Maybe add it on Version 2.0

    Yes, it can boot and run off a flash drive.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Solidus View Post
    That is pretty cheap, now if only Vodacom and drop their data prices
    True, I spend more a month on Vodacom data, than it cost me to build this
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    R500? you're kidding!

    where did you get the LCD?
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    i am in awe of this thing but please tell me what it is in non computer language.

    from what i see and from what you say this machine is a photo frame for pictures then what is an internet tablet then?
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    Quote Originally Posted by waynegohl View Post
    damn, thats so cool i want one of those even though i don't know what it is.
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    If you can read this, you have a nice monitor
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    Wow Firefox probably takes an age to launch on that. Chrome FTW.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rate My ISP View Post
    I have a IBM touch screen laying around, the same kind Shoprite uses for its point of sale. Maybe add it on Version 2.0

    Yes, it can boot and run off a flash drive.
    +1

    Make a version 2. It would be pretty cool.
    If you can read this, you have a nice monitor
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