http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/ Engadget Comments for AOL and Haier's Linux-based "Smartscreen Media Device" flies in from left field http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 9th 2007 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/
Chris]]>Jan 9th 2007 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 9th 2007 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 9th 2007 8:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 9th 2007 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 9th 2007 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 9th 2007 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/

I hope this thing is just a prototype. The ability to add and remove features with a little programming is really what sets this thing apart...although I don't see it ever reaching broad public appeal.]]>Jan 9th 2007 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 9th 2007 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 9th 2007 9:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/
Oh yeah, freaking revolutionary, cutting edge internals.]]>Jan 9th 2007 10:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 9th 2007 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 11th 2007 8:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 9th 2007 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 10th 2007 12:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 10th 2007 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 9th 2007 11:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 10th 2007 12:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 10th 2007 12:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/WTF!?]]>Jan 10th 2007 12:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 10th 2007 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 11th 2007 9:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 10th 2007 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 10th 2007 1:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 11th 2007 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 10th 2007 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 10th 2007 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 10th 2007 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/
"AOL just merged "too little too late" with "worst timing ever [1 day after iPhone launch]". Gotta give em props for that, it must have been hard to fail so convincingly."


I forgot to mention - this is what I would have expected, since AOL is so good at mergers.

Wink wink?]]>Jan 10th 2007 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 10th 2007 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.smartscreensmobile.com/pressphotos.php
Looks pretty cool to me.]]>Jan 10th 2007 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/
http://www.smartscreensmobile.com/overview.php

It's not going to win any beauty pageants, but it's not that bad either. The only question mark for me is cost. If it's $350 or less I'll buy one the day it's released.]]>Jan 10th 2007 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.smartscreensmobile.com/ not to shabby, wait till the open source community get their hands on this... basically it's a zune/ipod love child you can program... i can hear the geeky squeels of delight from here... pimp my mobile device!]]>Jan 12th 2007 2:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 10th 2007 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/
But nonetheless, somewhere in hell Hitler is looking for his lost ipod....]]>Jan 10th 2007 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 10th 2007 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/Jan 10th 2007 10:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://hightech.aol.fr/]]>Jan 11th 2007 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/aols-linux-based-smartscreen-media-device-flies-in-from-left/
It has a certain gothic charm, but it obviously won't be everyone's cup of tea. I'm wondering how much AOL actually had to do with the looks of it, or if it popped out of a Chinese design house and factory already complete, and AOL bought the right to paste a logo on it.

I'm also wondering if Haier, known for manufacturing appliances at a Wal-Mart price point, can make it work.]]>Jan 12th 2007 2:54PM