http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/marvell-plug-computer-3-0-packs-in-wifi-bluetooth-and-2ghz-arma/ Engadget Comments for Marvell Plug Computer 3.0 packs in WiFi, Bluetooth and 2GHz Armada chip for miniaturized Linux bliss 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/2010/01/05/marvell-plug-computer-3-0-packs-in-wifi-bluetooth-and-2ghz-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/marvell-plug-computer-3-0-packs-in-wifi-bluetooth-and-2ghz-arma/I hope there's a typo in there some where]]>Jan 5th 2010 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/marvell-plug-computer-3-0-packs-in-wifi-bluetooth-and-2ghz-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/marvell-plug-computer-3-0-packs-in-wifi-bluetooth-and-2ghz-arma/
Don't get it... it's a computer and seems the same size as a typical (large) wall wart...]]>Jan 5th 2010 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/marvell-plug-computer-3-0-packs-in-wifi-bluetooth-and-2ghz-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/marvell-plug-computer-3-0-packs-in-wifi-bluetooth-and-2ghz-arma/Wait, is a wall wart actually some kind of device
If so, I think I just failed :(]]>Jan 5th 2010 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/marvell-plug-computer-3-0-packs-in-wifi-bluetooth-and-2ghz-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/marvell-plug-computer-3-0-packs-in-wifi-bluetooth-and-2ghz-arma/
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It's been difficult to actually *order* a plug computer. Most of the people selling the devices are somewhat "shady"/unreliable Internet stores, with huge (1-2 month) lead times before shipping. Prices also haven't decreased at all--while $99 doesn't soud bad, you can buy a refurbished Atom-based netbook for $140, whose performance and features will run circles around the plug computer, while still in a reasonable power profile.

On top of that, software support has been sort of lacking. The original plug computer shipped with an ARM port of Ubuntu (good like trying to find information about it: it's completely unofficial), with a bunch of (mostly undocumented) hacks to actually get the device to work.]]>Jan 5th 2010 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/marvell-plug-computer-3-0-packs-in-wifi-bluetooth-and-2ghz-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/marvell-plug-computer-3-0-packs-in-wifi-bluetooth-and-2ghz-arma/If you have a problem with hacks and hacking maybe you shouldn't look into developer products? Or get a pogoplug instead of a sheevaplug if you want something easy.]]>Jan 6th 2010 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/marvell-plug-computer-3-0-packs-in-wifi-bluetooth-and-2ghz-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/marvell-plug-computer-3-0-packs-in-wifi-bluetooth-and-2ghz-arma/Jan 8th 2010 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/marvell-plug-computer-3-0-packs-in-wifi-bluetooth-and-2ghz-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/marvell-plug-computer-3-0-packs-in-wifi-bluetooth-and-2ghz-arma/
I want this to look like some type of ugly electrical device.

Because I could plug this in at any business that has free wifi and I have a private proxy, bittorrent seed / tracker, brute force hacker for pen testing, wireless sniffer, you name it.

I guess I could gut it and put it in some type of generic box.

This could be a great security tool - or a black hat tool.]]>Jan 7th 2010 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/marvell-plug-computer-3-0-packs-in-wifi-bluetooth-and-2ghz-arma/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/marvell-plug-computer-3-0-packs-in-wifi-bluetooth-and-2ghz-arma/Jan 8th 2010 12:18AM