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Tablets for musicians from Indamixx
You no longer need a recording studio to make quality music on your own. Just ask any artist who has been on tour in a bus with a mobile Pro Tools set up, or more recently, Damon – from Gorillaz, and his iPad. The tablet has grown into so much more from what it was initially made for (eBook reading and note taking) and is pretty much capable of doing everything a desktop computer can. Indamixx have realized this and taken advantage of the fact by releasing tablets specifically built to suit this need. The Indamixx 2 beta is a tablet that packs an Intel Atom N450 1.66GHz processor, 2GB of RAM, USB ports, VGA output, an Ethernet socket, and analog audio I/O jacks. It also runs on MeeGo and comes with Transmission, a powerful app for all your recording and mixing needs. Indamixx means business with this tablet, and it’s definitely not aimed at those who want to just give it a spin or two- with prices starting at $700, consider it a significant investment towards cutting your own album. But hey, it if helps you create that multi-platinum selling single, you’d be able to call it a worth investment. Head here for more details or if you’d like to purchase the device.
The Nokia N9 was released before the Lumia line of smartphones and it was the first and the last that we have seen so far running MeeGo Linux OS. But according to a report by MeeGo Experts, you don’t have to stick to it anymore because they have spotted a way to dual-boot MeeGo and Android Ice Cream Sandwich on the device.
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If you have been eagerly eyeing Nokia’s first and last MeeGo handset, the Nokia N9, the good news is that if you’re living in Europe, the handsets have reportedly started shipping out to stores. Available in black, cyan and magenta, the Nokia N9 is expected to retail for EUR 480 and EUR 560 for the 16GB and 64GB respectively. For those living in the US, it is unlikely that you will see it officially available from the stores, but if you so desired, you could probably manage to get one imported.
Fans of MeeGo are probably disappointed that Nokia has decided to drop the platform in favor of Windows Phone 7. Their last chance at seeing MeeGo on a Nokia device was on the Nokia N9, and while iOS and Android are currently dominating the smartphone platform market, it looks like the MeeGo-based Nokia handset is doing surprisingly well for itself.
According to reports, the Nokia N9 has been doing very well in its homeland of Finland. It started with an impressive number of pre-orders for the handset, and now it appears that the 64GB model has already been sold out. Given how the 16GB model will already set you back $660, it’s rather impressive to see how the 64GB has sold out so quick.
Nokia is said to have produced 100,000 units of the Nokia N9, so perhaps the limited edition lure was what made the product sell like hot cakes, an effect similar to the HP TouchPad when it was announced that it would sell for $99 (base model) after HP said they would be discontinuing webOS.