The SmartQ 5 is a budget

mobile Internet device A mobile Internet device (MID) is a multimedia capable mobile device providing wireless Internet access. They are designed to provide entertainment, information and location-based services for personal or business use. They allow 2-way communicati ...

manufactured by the Chinese company

Smart Devices A smart device is an electronic device, generally connected to other devices or networks via different wireless protocols (such as Bluetooth, Zigbee, near-field communication, Wi-Fi, NearLink, Li-Fi, or 5G) that can operate to some extent inte ...

. It was officially announced 11 February 2009.

Overview

The SmartQ 5 comes with a custom version of

Ubuntu Ubuntu ( ) is a Linux distribution based on Debian and composed primarily of free and open-source software. Developed by the British company Canonical (company), Canonical and a community of contributors under a Meritocracy, meritocratic gover ...

Linux installed which is adapted for use with a touchscreen. It uses the

LXDE LXDE (abbreviation for Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment) is a Free and open-source software, free desktop environment with comparatively low resource requirements. This makes it especially suitable for use on older or resource-constrained pe ...

desktop environment In computing, a desktop environment (DE) is an implementation of the desktop metaphor made of a bundle of programs running on top of a computer operating system that share a common graphical user interface (GUI), sometimes described as a graphi ...

. Ubuntu's main pre-installed applications are: * Midori web browser *

FBReader FBReader is an e-book reader for Linux, Microsoft Windows, Android (operating system), Android, and other platforms. It was originally written for the Sharp Zaurus and currently runs on many other mobile devices, like the Nokia Internet Tablets, ...

e-book reader
Claws
email client * SMPlayer multimedia player * Abiword word processor *

Gnumeric Gnumeric is a spreadsheet program that is part of the GNOME Free Software Desktop Project. Gnumeric version 1.0 was released on 31 December 2001. Gnumeric is distributed as free software under the GNU General Public License; it is intended to ...

spreadsheet * Transmission torrent client
Sonata
music player *

Pidgin A pidgin , or pidgin language, is a grammatically simplified form of contact language that develops between two or more groups of people that do not have a language in common: typically, its vocabulary and grammar are limited and often drawn f ...

instant messenger *

Evince Evince (), also known as GNOME Document Viewer, is a Free and open-source software, free and open-source document viewer supporting many document file formats including Portable Document Format, PDF, PostScript, DjVu, Tagged Image File Format ...

PDF/document reader
rgbPaint
painting program * GDebi package installer * PCMan File Manager It is possible to install another Linux besides the default OS. Several

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and a ported Android support the SmartQ 5. Smart Devices has obtained a Windows CE 6.0 royalty, the OS has been made available on the official site. Although a license from Microsoft needs to be purchased to activate Windows CE.

Specifications

* Samsung Mobile Application Processor S3C6410 based on ARM11 core at 667 MHz/800 MHz * 128 MB DDR 133/333 MHz SDRAM * 1 GB NAND FLASH (256 MB usable for storage) * AC97 audio codec & PCM 24-bit audio * SoC graphics unit, OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0, 4M triangles/sec @133Mhz (Transform only) * Integrated

Wi-Fi Wi-Fi () is a family of wireless network protocols based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for Wireless LAN, local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by ...

802.11b/g * Integrated

Bluetooth Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology standard that is used for exchanging data between fixed and mobile devices over short distances and building personal area networks (PANs). In the most widely used mode, transmission power is li ...

2.0 + EDR * 800x480 resolution

resistive touchscreen A resistive touchscreen is a type of touchscreen, touch-sensitive display that works by detecting pressure applied to the screen. It is composed of two flexible sheets coated with a resistive material and separated by an air gap or microdots. ...

LCD, 4.3", 16.7 million colors *

SDHC Secure Digital (SD) is a proprietary, non-volatile, flash memory card format developed by the SD Association (SDA). Owing to their compact size, SD cards have been widely adopted in a variety of portable consumer electronics, including digi ...

card slot (up to 32 GB) * Headphone output power up to earphone 40 mW, frequency Response 20 Hz-20.000 Hz

SNR The initialism SNR may refer to: * Signal-to-noise ratio Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR or S/N) is a measure used in science and engineering that compares the level of a desired signal to the level of background noise. SNR is defined as the ratio ...

94dB * Internal microphone * USB 2.0 OTG port (480 Mbit/s) * Runs

Linux * 2000mAH rechargeable lithium polymer battery * Dimensions: 120x74x14mm * Weight: 160 g

References

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External links

Official English Smart Devices site

Main English Community offering a blog, a board and a wiki

Android Covia Forum

SmartQ MID Forum
Mobile Linux Mobile computers Android (operating system) devices Linux-based devices

Overview

Specifications

See also

References

External links