Does Open Source Offer the Best Alternative For an iPad Killer?
While the world goes gaga over iPad, there is already a line forming of folks designing a better tablet. Will the iPad killer sport an open source base?
All that glitters may not be gold when it comes to tablet computing. Unlike the choke hold they have on MP3 players and the early jump they had in the smartphone market, there is already a formidable list of competitors lining up to battle Apple in the tablet category. The good news is that some of them are running open source.
I saw my first iPad in action this weekend while down in South Beach. A guy was sitting poolside near us working away on his shiny, sleek iPad. About 15 minutes later he had it covered with a towel and he was hammering away on his iPhone. I asked him what happened and he said "the iPad displayed a message that it was overheating and he should shut it down and play with it later." That along with no camera and no flash, plus Apple's notorious black box mentality lead me to believe that maybe there is room in the tablet category. Read more...
