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<\/a><\/p>\nThe WeTab is a MeeGo tablet from Munich based \u00a04tiitoo AG<\/a>. The tablet’s hardware is similar to the ExoPC MeeGo tablet that I got at an Intel developer event<\/a> recently. \u00a0Both tablets are manufactured by Pegatron, a division of ASUS. The only hardware differences\u00a0are that the WeTab has less RAM (1GB vs 2GB) and a smaller solid state drive (choice of 16 GB or 32 GB vs 64 GB) and the fact that the WeTab can optionally have a 3G radio and GPS.<\/p>\n
Installing the WeTab OS on the ExoPC turned out to be easy thanks to a handy guide (with video) that I found at Maemo\/MeeGo guru zehjotkah’s<\/a> site\u00a0meetmeego.org<\/a>. The process is similar to updating to a new MeeGo build on the ExoPC :<\/p>\n
cd <directory with .img and image-writer files><\/em>
\n chmod a+x .\/image-writer<\/em>
\n sudo .\/image-writer <image file name><\/em><\/p>\n
tiitoo-installer.sh silent_installer \/mnt\/live\/system.tar.bz2<\/em><\/p>\n
The first time I tried activating the WeTab activation server was down and the activation failed with a message that it couldn’t connect to the server. \u00a0The server was down for about 12 hours. I don’t know how often that happens but if activation fails, don’t panic just try again latter. The server is only needed for activation and once activated WeTab is fully functional without it.<\/span><\/p>\n
cd ~\/Downloads<\/em>
\n sudo rpm -1 <App Name><\/em><\/p>\n
First I installed Opera Mobile 11 from\u00a0labs.opera.com\/news\/2011\/03\/22\/<\/a>.\u00a0It’s touch friendly and features the ability to save pages for offline reading, FTP:\/\/ support and bookmark backup and sync, all of which the WeTab browser lacks, but doesn’t do Flash.<\/p>\n
cd ~\/Downloads<\/em>
\n sudo rpm -i\u00a0Opera_Mobile-WeTab-11.00-86.i386.rpm<\/em><\/p>\n
Download the “32 bit .rpm (For Fedora\/openSUSE)” from\u00a0http:\/\/www.google.com\/chrome<\/a> using the WeTab browser. \u00a0Chrome requires the lsb (Linux Standard Base) library. \u00a0To install it open the terminal and type:<\/p>\n
sudo yum install meego-lsb.i586<\/em><\/p>\n
cd ~\/Downloads<\/em>
\n sudo rpm -i\u00a0google-chrome-stable_current_i386.rpm<\/em><\/p>\n
The WeTab can run Android apps too. There’s an Android Starter<\/em> app in the WeTab Market that runs the AOSP version of Android 2.1 in a windowed VM (image below, right). It works, but is rather slow especially responding to touch events and I found it frustrating to use.<\/p>\n
The WeTab is a MeeGo tablet from Munich based \u00a04tiitoo AG. The tablet’s hardware is similar to the ExoPC MeeGo tablet that I got at an Intel developer event recently. \u00a0Both tablets are manufactured by Pegatron, a division of ASUS. The only hardware differences\u00a0are that the WeTab has less RAM (1GB vs 2GB) and a smaller solid state drive (choice of 16 GB or 32 GB vs 64 GB) and the fact that the WeTab can optionally have a 3G … Continue reading
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