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The Sony Dash for $199, could be interesting for us.

Welcome to the world of dash. Now you can access always fresh web content with the touch of a finger, without being tethered to your PC. The dash Personal Internet Viewer uses over 1,000 free apps and your Wi-Fi connection to deliver the information and entertainment you crave—right to your bedroom, kitchen or office.

Customize dash by choosing the apps you want to display—weather, traffic, sports, social networking, movies, music, games and more.

The WVGA 800x480 LCD touch screen displays crystal clear photos and video from a wide viewing angle, and automatically adjusts the display for an upright or horizontal orientation.

The 1000-plus apps available for the dash™ Personal Internet Viewer deliver the information and entertainment you want – weather, traffic, social networking, movies, music & more – right to your kitchen, bedroom, or office.

Display Resolution : WVGA Resolution (800x480)
Panel Bit : 24 bit depth
Screen Size (measured diagonally) : 7.0" Touchscreen with Gesture support
Resolution : WVGA Resolution (800x480)
Screen Size : 7" Panel
Technology : Capacitive Touchscreen with gesture support
L2 Cache : 32kB I/D cache
Speed : 500Mhz
Wi-Fi : 802.11b/g
WPA, WPA2, WEP Encryption
Headphone Output(s) : Headphone Jack
Format(s) Supported : Windows Media Video 9 (up to MP@HL 1080p)
Microsoft VC-1 (up to AP@L3 720p)
MPEG 4.10/H.264 (up to MP@L4.0 1080p)
MPEG-2 (up to MP@HL 1080p)
Format(s) Supported : MPEG-1 Layers I, II, III/MP3 (up to 320kbits/sec)
MPEG-4 AAC-LC (up to 192kbits/sec)
Windows Media Audio 9 (up to 384kbit/sec)
Microphone : Microphone
Audio Power Output : 1 Watt x 2
Speakers (Total) : 2 Speakers (8 Ohms)
Internal Memory : 256MB, 667Mhz DDR2 DRAM

Check sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet ... 4294953440

This is a nice touch screen and a nice price.
Has it a Hard disk?

B.R. Wim

I can´t make out of the specs if this is a close system/custom OS. Probably will be if it is linking to some sort of app store.

Doesn´t look we will be able to run HS Touch or other software on it....

Evja

The device runs Chumby OS (linux)
http://www.chumby.com/

Here you can find details on it's internals

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chumby

and here you can buy the parts for the chumby so that you can embed it in a custom casing

blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/09/chumb ... cious.html

Do you love to watch Sony TV Live because of its excited and entertaining programs. Do you crazy about Sony Channel, No worry you can watch now a days with out any problem online live.

The wikisite says that the device only runs on 120V 60Hz...
"The device does not have international power settings, and can only be powered by mains electricity of 120v 60hz."