Re: Cheap new hackable wireless device?

On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 18:53 -0700, Andrew Hakman wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I just noticed this little gizmo in the Best Buy flyer - the
> description says, "No Service charges and PC not required. All you
> need is a Hotspot or a WiFi network and you're ready to chat via MSN,
> AOL, or Yahoo." It's called a Zipit Portable Instant Messenger. Sounds
> like it has some hacking potential - I'll bet it's running some form
> of embeded Linux already. Anyone seen one of these before and know
> whether it's worth shelling out the $150 CAD to get one to experiment
> with? Here's a link to a scan of the ad if that might help anyone
> recognize it: http://www.andrewhakman.dhs.org/misc/zipit.png
> 
> In the mean time, I'm going to see if I can find any other info on the
> web about this thing and hopefully what processor it has etc.

	There is also the Soniqcast Aireo, 1.5G MP3 player. Searching Google,
it is an ARM running WinCE. It has Wi-Fi capabilities, an FM radio
transmitter, and 1.5g of flash -- and a backlit LCD.

	They go for just under $100 on EBay from a couple of vendors. There
hasn't been a published dissection yet, but I was kinda eying them on
EBay.

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Drew from Zhrodague
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