[mythtv-users] OT: Nokia N800 only $236 at Amazon

[Mike Dent]

On 10/28/07, Matt Emmott <memmott at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 10/28/07, Matt Emmott <memmott at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On 10/27/07, Gary Dawes < gary.dawes at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > On 27/10/2007, Jay R. Ashworth < jra at baylink.com> wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 03:08:57PM -0400, lanas wrote:
> > > > > On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:52:14 -0400,
> > > > > "Jay R. Ashworth" < jra at baylink.com> wrote :
> > > > > > Well slap my mouth and call me Sally...
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> http://www.amazon.com/Nokia-N800-Internet-Tablet-PC/dp/B000MK4GGM
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> > > > > Out of curiosity, what would be the use for this device in a MythTV
> > > > > system ?
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> > > > Well, among other things, you could use it as a front end, for, if
> > > > nothing else, editing programs without tying up the main frontend.
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> > > > Though that would be much easier with the 810; see below.
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> > > > Mostly, it was that we were talking about them in a thread you're
> > > > probably not reading, and I had a brain fart that that price was for
> > > > the 810, which does have a keyboard, rather than the older 800, which
> > > > does not.
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> > > > Cheers,
> > > > -- jra
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> > > > Jay R. Ashworth
> Baylink                      jra at baylink.com
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> > > I have mythtv, and a  nokia 770 (1st generation) and I use it all the
> time with my myth box. I can use it to access mythweb to control the box. I
> also VNC to the box from the 770, and can and do use ssh to access the box
> when I  can't be arsed to use the laptop. The myth web remote can also be
> used on the tablet to control the frontend
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> > > I also hacked the Ipod feed script so I could transcode recordings to
> watch on the 770 via an RSS feed. Now though I have started using a new app
> called media serv which presents a web page of recordings, and transcodes
> them just-in-time for streaming to the 770. It will also stream mp3s,
> although I use slimserver for that.
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> > Can you give more information on media serv? A Google search brings up
> nothing helpful.
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> I take that back, I found it at
> http://www.maemopeople.org/index.php/jaffa -  Neat.
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Looks great. I just wish there was something like this available for the PSP!
The PSP has such a great screen and built in wifi of course. Shame it does not
run Linux.

Mike