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A Look at the Ben NanoNote
The Ben NanoNote provides a command line you can fit in your pocket. It's lighter than most smartphones, it costs around $100, and it's based on free and open-source software and hardware.
Games on the NanoNote
No geeky device of the last ten years has been considered much of anything if you couldn't play id Software's first-person-shooter (FPS) DOOM on it. The Ben NanoNote is no different. I wouldn't call DOOM on the NanoNote “playable”, but you can walk around, shoot things and get through the various levels without dying too much, provided the difficulty is set to “I'm too young to die.”
Quake, another FPS game from id Software, also can be run on the NanoNote. Again, the usability is low (it's harder to play than DOOM), but it does work in a slow, jerky sort of way.
A more usable game available for the Ben NanoNote, from the same developer who provided the DOOM and Quake binaries I used, is Frotz. Frotz is an interpreter for Infocom-style text adventures (like Zork). There are some issues with text wrapping weirdly with strange line breaks, but the games I tried played fine.
Playing an old Infocom adventure on the Ben NanoNote.
Playing DOOM on the Ben NanoNote. Seems like everything plays this game.
You also can play Quake on the Ben NanoNote, but not very well.
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WiFi data rate on Ben NanoNode and SDW823
Hi everyone!
For a research project I am considering a Ben NanoNode with WiFi; but I need "reasonable" data rates. The official web pages (http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_in_Nanonote) state super high rates, so I have trouble believing that:
* Throughput
TCP Tx 15.3Mbps
TCP Rx 19.2Mbps
UDP Tx 12.6Mbps
UDP Rx 14.9Mbps
Can anyone confirm these rates or has anyone other experiences? What is a typical data rate on Spectec SDW823 + Ben NanoNode?
Thanks for any comments!!
Jorg
Wi-Fi should be possible with a MicroSD card
According to the wiki[1] it is possible to get Wi-Fi on the Nanonote. You need a Spectec SDW-823 MicroSD card[2], that costs around $90 and seems to be a little difficult to find.
[1] http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Ben_NanoNote_Wi-Fi
[2] http://www.spectec.com.tw/sdw-823.html