Best Buy 8" Insignia Infocast

[Robert Stratton]

On a related note, CNET has a deal *today only* for the Chumby One at half-off or $59.95. I don't know how much different the internals are from the Insignia Infocast, but if they use a common reference design they might be pretty similar. 

The Chumby One is sort of the desktop version, rather than the original beanbag. 

http://reviews.cnet.com/exclusives/



----- Original Message -----
> I'm not sure about that. I think it could run a Java engine (and may
> well already), but I have not looked at it very deeply yet. I'm
> spending most of my time learning FPGA stuff right now, but I thought
> that I would try the Infocast over the weekend. It uses the "Chumby"
> version of Linux.
> Terry
> 
> 
> On 2/21/2011 1:30 PM, Karl W4KRL wrote:
> > Terry,
> >
> > Do you think the Infocast could run the Java software for the
> > miniVNA?
> >
> > http://miniradiosolutions.com/miniVNA.php
> >
> > 73 Karl W4KRL
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wb4jfi [mailto:wb4jfi at knology.net]
> > Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 6:25 PM
> > To: Terry Fox
> > Cc: tacos at amrad.org
> > Subject: Re: Best Buy 8" Insignia Infocast
> >
> > As a follow-up, I have now fired this device up. I could not get it
> > to
> > connect to my main DLink wireless router, but I hooked up a newer
> > Linksys router, and it connected OK. Both setup for WEP, since I
> > have
> > some older laptops that do not do WPA.
> >
> > I then downloaded and unzipped the Web browser (based on QT) onto a
> > USB
> > drive (about 55MB). Then, I rebooted the Infocast, and connected a
> > USB
> > keyboard to the other USB port. I was able to browse the web OK. It
> > is
> > a bit of a pain to use a combination of the keyboard and
> > touchscreen, as
> > no mouse is used. But, it does work.
> >
> > Since QT works OK, maybe we could build and install an SDR app??
> > Terry
> >
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