Does it run on European 220 power?<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 27 April 2011 09:15, Edwin Groot <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:evoldevo@googlemail.com">evoldevo@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On 26/04/2011, Darth Borehd <<a href="mailto:darth.borehd@gmail.com">darth.borehd@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I've been looking at tablet PCs. I would like something primarily used for<br>
> e-book reading (mostly my own PDFs and OpenOffice documents). I will mostly<br>
> use it with wi-fi at home and off-line while riding on a train. Do you have<br>
> one you can recommend that is linux-based? I would, of course, prefer it to<br>
> be as open-source and DRM-free as possible.<br>
><br>
<br>
</div></div>Hello Darth,<br>
I use the WeTab all the time for reading news, PDFs and e-books. OO 3<br>
is installed, but I use it more for reading than for editing. I use 3G<br>
Internet exclusively. Actually, this is the PC that got me hooked on<br>
watching YouTube. Baad, bad! Another pitch is the company ported<br>
Bill's Tux Paint to it. My nieces had a lot of fun. See the article<br>
on:<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WeTab" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WeTab</a><br>
<br>
It's a fully-blown Intel PC, so you can install anything you want on<br>
it without any elaborate hack. For now I left it at the default MeeGo<br>
distribution, which uses RPM. The one catch is it's a German product,<br>
but you may be able to order it through Amazon. An identical product<br>
is retailed in Canada, but runs a customized Windows 7:<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExoPC" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExoPC</a><br>
<br>
The WeTab has an active community at:<br>
<a href="http://www.wetab-community.com" target="_blank">http://www.wetab-community.com</a><br>
I had them add an English-only section, where you can get some help.<br>
The Germans are friendlier than you might expect!<br>
<br>
Samsung and Toshiba market small, Android-based tablets, but I have no<br>
experience with them. I really am disappointed with the lack of<br>
iPad-like tablets. I was expecting 2011 to be a breakout year for<br>
tablets!<br>
<br>
HTH and good luck,<br>
Edwin<br>
[Yes, I am in Germany]<br>
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