formerly: Asus Eee Note EA800 (e-book reader/drawing tablet)

[andrewjoy]

I have a Hi13 chuwi

It works ok , not fantastic but for what i want to do ( watch videos) its fine.

Nice screen!

[Laser]

Assuming this is still for sale, I have a couple of questions (sorry if already answered):

- battery usage (how much can you work on it between recharges)
- can one upgrade, or replace the Linux distribution that the device runs?

I managed to install Linux on a newish cheap Chinese tablet (touchscreen, wifi, Bluetooth working), but I'm a bit curious about this Asus device.

[davkol]

I've had three of them total; the two backups are sold now, but I still have the one that I used a bit. Now I'm open to selling it off too.

It was used for occasional reading and note-taking mainly in math classes; I charged it once or twice a week IIRC. Officially, it was supposed to last up to 14 hours in active use or 10 days suspended, and I would believe that.

The OS is based on Linux and Qt Embedded, and you get shell access, telnet etc. and there are some community-developed/ported applications. I haven't looked into it more.

As I posted earlier, the device is best treated as an appliance (note-taking, annotations, e-books) with the option to run scripts, share data over FTP etc.

[Laser]

Thanks for the quick answer! I'll search a bit more about the possibility of updating its Linux innards (I see Asus has the free parts on its support page: https://www.asus.com/supportonly/EA-800 ... _Download/).

[davkol]

There's a mirror of the original website with tools. I've seen newer stuff too, but can't currently find it, though.

[Husam1993]

Hi davkol,
is it still available?
is it still the same price as the NIB ones you sold previously?