From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: ken Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Portable emacs devices Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:54:02 -0400 Message-ID: <48B4433A.5070709@mousecar.com> References: <48B2F043.3020508@gmail.com> Reply-To: gebser@mousecar.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1219773311 25933 80.91.229.12 (26 Aug 2008 17:55:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:55:11 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 26 19:56:04 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KY2lo-0003WQ-Lk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:55:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58934 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KY2kq-0004GU-9L for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:54:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KY2kU-0004EB-N0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:54:34 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KY2kM-00045H-CH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:54:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51029 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KY2kM-00044y-7U for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:54:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.perfora.net ([74.208.4.194]:53861) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KY2kL-0001Qz-JA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:54:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.168.0.26] (dsl093-011-017.cle1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.93.11.17]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus0) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MKp8S-1KY2k4247m-0005Wo; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:54:10 -0400 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070326) In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 OpenPGP: id=5AD091E7 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/uAm0fht+0vmEz+dJ1qZGpNWoKSZUwUgfKyC/ +wRPAlNegcCdErmNhR59HqtmkSr8mx2WTFjZ2kyF7QNiMiMjZP gqHZJghBRfXZPH8pDJ5zIV5HdUEZw51 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:57009 Archived-At: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/26/2008 03:44 AM Richard G Riley wrote: > "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" writes: > >> Richard G Riley wrote: >>> I wonder if anyone here can recommend a portable emacs device? My >>> current laptop is too big to drag around when I cycle tour. All I really >>> want is emacs as an authoring system but clearly wireless etc would be >>> beneficial if its a light, robust laptop we are talking. I would prefer >>> Linux as the OS underneath and have been considering the EEE but some >>> funny business with the batetry capacity have caused me to rethink. >>> >>> http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/24/uk-asus-eee-900s-come-with-stunted-battery-longer-warranty/ >>> >>> But basically a full keyboard emacs device is all I want, preferably >>> with a USB port for later transfer of org files to my main development >>> machine. >> The impression I have got is that there is a shortage of battery >> producing capacity at the moment. >> >> It also occurs to me that there are new better alternatives to the one >> you shown, with bigger keyboard and screen, but not heavier. > > I dont want bigger keyboard and screen. "Usable" is the key with long > battery life. As I said , size is of the essence possibly more so than a > few grams in weight. Certainly the Nokia 810 looks interesting. Have a look at the Open Moko phone and . It's about the size of an iPphone, but is a handheld computer running Linux. It has a phone (of course), GPS & mapping (might be handy for biking around), touch screen, USB (albeit v.1.1), and some other things. A lot of the functionality is still in development though. But if you just want to run emacs on it, that shouldn't be a major deal. Also, just last week I saw a web ad for a backpack which had a large solar panel on it. I just checked the site where I saw it and the ad isn't there anymore. Google turns up quite a few hits though. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFItEM58CeNiFrQkecRArtZAKCQyjRyiFU0ZkclkHWvRtEn/RqdrgCgkHZW nxWeZI3lS8XIwF8eL8cREQU= =DOU4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----