IP: Re: : could it be real

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 19:00:27 +0900
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> From: Adam Peake <ajp () glocom ac jp>
>
>
> Absolutely real, and yes it's great!  See <http://www.gmate.co.kr/> for the
> developers site.
>
> Adam
>
> Adam Peake
> GLOCOM  Tokyo
>
>
>
> CEBIT - Gmate Debuts Palm-Sized Linux Device By Terho Uimonen
> IDG News Service, Scandinavia Bureau
> HANOVER, GERMANY (02/26/2000) - Linux will soon fit in the palm of your hand.
>
> A South Korean startup, Gmate Co. Ltd., used the CeBIT show here to launch
> Yopy, a palm-sized device running the open-source Linux operating system.
>
> Featuring a 4-inch full-color display, the diminutive device will come
> fully loaded with an embedded Web browser and e-mail client, as well as
> personal productivity applications and software for playing back MP3 music
> or MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) video files.
>
> The pen-based graphical user interface was developed by Gmate's developer
> team, and the company also plans to offer a GTK (GIMP toolkit) for
> developers interested in building applications for the device, according to
> information from Gmate's Web site.
>
> Yopy also features infrared, serial and USB (universal serial bus) ports
> for PC connectivity.
>
> Gmate is also looking for partners to help it develop modules for wireless
> Internet access, officials said. Yopy features a slot for CompactFlash
> memory cards, and the plan is to develop both CDMA (code division multiple
> access) and GSM (global system for mobile communications) connection
> modules in the CompactFlash form factor, they said.
>
> In addition, Gmate also plans to add Bluetooth wireless communications
> functionality, which would allow the handheld device to exchange data with
> other Bluetooth-equipped devices, officials said.
>
> Powered by a 206MHz StrongArm processor, Yopy weighs in at 225 grams and
> measures 128.8-by-83.5-by-22 millimeters.
>
> Yopy, the result of over two years of development work, is scheduled to
> ship by mid-year, in both Korean and English-language versions, said Lee
> Sang-Don, general manager of marketing and sales at Pundang, South
> Korea-based Gmate.
>
> It will be priced somewhere in the US$400 to $600 range, depending on
> memory configuration, officials said. The prototype models on show here
> featured 32M bytes of RAM (random access memory).
>
> The device will be manufactured by Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd.,
> which also will market Yopy, Lee said.
>
> Gmate was formally established in August 1998 by engineers formerly working
> for LG Semiconductor Co. Ltd, LG Electronics Inc., Hyundai Electronics Co.
> Ltd. and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST),
> officials said.
>
> Gmate, in Pundang, South Korea, can be reached at +82-342-738-1230, or via
> the Web at http://www.gmate.co.kr/. Samsung Electro-Mechanics, in Suwon, is
> at http://www.sem.samsung.com/.
>
> (Martyn Williams contributed to this story.)
>
>
> > http://www.sem.samsung.co.kr/eng/product/digital/pda/
> >
> > I have no idea whether this is real but if it is it looks like fun!! -- A
> > Linex PDA