Hi,<br>visited www.chumby.com<br>and your chumby is liliput version of Nokia tablet, with really small screen, nothing said about its resolution<br>and what makes it not a hot gizmo is this<br>"<br>Because it's always on, the chumby must be plugged in to an AC outlet. <br>"<br>Robert is right.<br>Nokia tablet is much better product for his project.<br>Even old Nokia 770 is still mobile Internet station wifi-enabled with 640x480 touchscreen resolution.<br><br>Robert, please tell me more about your project to let me know how could I help you.<br><br>Darius<br><br><b><i>Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> On 1/8/08, Gille Caluim Anesthesia <robert.d.watson@gillecaluim.com> wrote:<br>><br>> I'm exploring building a home network appliance using maemo as a foundation<br>> and could use a little guidance.<br>> This appliance
would:<br>><br>> be wall mounted like a panel pc, no keyboard<br>> function as a client for network audio server<br>> retrieve/display local weather via http request<br>> using built in video camera, function as video intercom interface for<br>> calling other appliances on network.<br>> function as a room thermostat by measuring temp and controlling hvac relays.<br>> whatever else anyone can think of the hardware platform consists of a<br>> mini-itx fanless mobo (Intel D201GLY2) connected to a 7" 800x480 lcd with<br>> usb touchscreen (lilliput) and using only virtual keyboard.<br><br>A Chumby - $170 would be a much cheaper base to start from.<br>www.chumby.com<br>It is fully open source and has the touchscreen and USB ports<br><br>><br>> Obviously, many of the above functions have already been taken care of as<br>> gtk widgets.<br>><br>> Please excuse my ignorance but..does this sound like something appropriate<br>> for
maemo? the website talks about maemo for mobile linux based devices but<br>> not really sure where to start on building a custom distro for my hardware?<br>> Are there any tutorials for building maemo foundation for non-nokia devices?<br>><br>> Robert<br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> maemo-developers mailing list<br>> maemo-developers@maemo.org<br>> https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers<br>><br>><br><br><br>-- <br>Jon Smirl<br>jonsmirl@gmail.com<br>_______________________________________________<br>maemo-developers mailing list<br>maemo-developers@maemo.org<br>https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers<br></robert.d.watson@gillecaluim.com></blockquote><br><p> Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com