The Pepper Pad - The Way Linux Folds its Paper

May 8th, 2006 | Joel | Uncategorized

The Pepper Pad is the Linux alternative to Microsoft’s Origami which you can buy today. The Pepper Pad is bigger and more powerful then a PDA but yet lighter and less robust then a laptop. The Pepper Pad is perfect for video play back, Internet connection and also everything else that a PDA is capable of doing.
Read more about The Pepper Pad over at Madpenguin.org.

 

 

 

The Pepper Pad comes with the following software installed:

OS — Linux Kernel 2.6.13 (preemptive), UBOOT

Graphics & Audio – GTK+, Xorg R7, Freetype, Cairo, Alsa

File Systems – EXT3 (journaling), EXT2, FAT, VFAT/FAT32, HFS, HFS+

Removable Media – USB (HID, mass storage, audio, network), SD/MMC

I/O — Touchscreen, keypads, scrollwheel, mouse, keyboard

Network — TCP/IP, DHCP, WiFi WEP, WPA supplicant, Bluez (HID, OBEX, SPP, HSP)

Application framework – Pepper Keeper 2.1, Java 2, XML-based application packages, automatic package download and install, digitally signed, multiple security levels

Web — XScale-optimized Mozilla Firefox 1.5, Javascript 1.6, XML, XSL, CSS

Music — MP3, WMA*, Real*, AAC*, HTTP/RTSP/MMS streaming, PLS/AU playlists, Helix framework

Video — MPEG-4, AVI, WMV*, Real*, HTTP/RTSP/MMS streaming, MPlayer and Helix frameworks

Voice* — SIP, RTP, RTCP, G.711 VAD/CNG, G.729A/B, G.723.1, G.726, echo cancellation, STUN, NAT traversal, DTMF, adaptive jitter buffering

Photos — JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, Yahoo! Flickr sharing

Multimedia — Macromedia Flash 7

DRM* — WMDRM10

A/V control – IR learn and transmit, UPnP Media Controller and Renderer*

E-mail – POP3 and IMAP4, AOL Inbox, Web mail e.g., Yahoo! Mail, Google Gmail, MSN Hotmail and AIM Mail

IM — AOL IM, Y!*, SIP

E-books – Mobipocket

The Pepper comes with the following hardware:

Processors
•Intel XScale PXA270 (624 MHz)
•Intel 2700G 2D/3D/MPEG media processor

Display
•8.4” 800×600 SVGA TFT LCD
•32 MB video RAM

Memory
•256 MB SDRAM
•32 MB Intel StrataFlash ROM

Storage
•20 GB 1.8” disk drive (ATA)

Power
•3600mAh Lithium Ion rechargeable battery
•5V / 3A (15w) AC power adapter

Wireless
•Wi-Fi 802.11b / WEP / WPA-Personal
•Bluetooth 1.2
•Dual IR emitters and IR receiver
Peripheral Jacks and Slots
•USB 1.1 Host jack
•SD/MMC card slot
•Stereo headphone and line out jacks
•Composite video out jack (NTSC/PAL)
•Microphone jack

Audio
•20-bit stereo CODEC
•Stereo speakers microphone

User Input
•Resistive touch screen with stylus
•Full split QWERTY keypad
•Direction-pad
•Scroll wheel

Physical
•Rugged and splash resistant
•12.1” x 6.6” x 0.8” (309 x 175 x 20mm)
•2.3 lbs (1043 grams)

*Coming Soon

** Price subject to change