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raevolis jono's website down?19:17
dragonyes, jono is down.19:25
raevoldaw19:36
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raevolwhoever the hell decides to change all the default directories for everything when packaging stuff should AT LEAST document it somewhere21:53
raevolugh21:53
akkDocument changes? What a quaint notion.22:30
grantbowInteresting. Google Nexus 7 is $199 1280x800 1G RAM 16 GB flash w/ tegra 3 quad core processor. http://www.google.com/nexus/7/specs/22:45
darthrobotTitle: [Nexus 7 Tech Specs]22:45
grantbowLenovo Ideatab is $159 of best buy 1024x900 512 MB RAM 8GB flash http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Lenovo+-+IdeaTab+A2107+Tablet+with+8GB+Memory+-+Black/6668354.p?id=1218771804144&skuId=6668354&st=lenovo%20g585&cp=1&lp=622:46
darthrobotTitle: [Lenovo - IdeaTab A2107 Tablet with 8GB Memory - Black - A2107 - 59346799]22:46
grantbowmanufacturers try to mix up RAM and flash now22:47
akkGood price. Funny that they don't even mention the size -- that seems critical for a tablet.22:48
grantbowfor comparison: zareason zatab is $299 1024x768 1G RAM 16 G flash http://zareason.com/shop/zatab.html22:48
darthrobotTitle: [Open & Hackable Android tablet]22:48
grantbowAllwinner A10 SoC not a quad core22:49
grantbowerr, $349, ouch22:49
grantbowI do like mine and I've had it awhile22:50
akkI like supporting za, but sometimes it's hard to justify financially.22:59
akkIt's sad that it always costs more to buy the free OS version of something.22:59
grantbowdarn M$FT related kickbacks23:09
akkyeah23:11
pleia2both android and ubuntu are free OSes ;)23:12
pleia2Google's able to get away with it by selling at a loss to get their content out there (Amazon and B&N do the same with their e-readers)23:12
pleia2ZA needs to make a living on the actual hardware23:13
pleia2and actually... zatab comes with android too23:15
akkza lacks the economies of scale that the big manufacturers have.23:21
grantbowI like my zatab as does everyone who sees it.23:27

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