[maemo-developers] Beagleboard touchscreens?

[From: David Greaves]

David Greaves wrote:
> Murray Cumming wrote:
>> I'm going to buy some BeagleBoards for the Openismus office.
>> http://beagleboard.org/
>> I'd like to try installing Maemo 5 on them, which I believe is possible,
>> and which will be a learning experience.
>>
>> I hear that Mer can be used with a mouse instead of just a touchscreen,
>> but I'd like to install Maemo as intended, so I think we'll need
>> touchscreen displays. So does anyone know of any touchscreen hardware
>> that will definitely work with beagleboard and Maemo?
> 
> Hmmm
> 
> For a few dollars more you could get a cheap SmartQ 5/7, install Mer on it,
> disable Mer and run VNC or just remote X.
> 
> presto... untethered display (or use a USB cable for that 20th century feel)
> 

BTW, for those interested this shop/site is run by a member of our community :
goshawk on irc; he's too busy with exams (and too polite) to promote it himself;
however, I thought it on-topic here:

  http://eshopen.com/shop

David

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