{"id":38326,"date":"2013-09-28T18:12:37","date_gmt":"2013-09-28T17:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=38326"},"modified":"2013-10-16T23:35:06","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T22:35:06","slug":"pengpod-1040-crowd-funding-announced-triple-boot-android-gnulinux-ubuntu-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/pengpod-1040-crowd-funding-announced-triple-boot-android-gnulinux-ubuntu-touch\/","title":{"rendered":"PengPod 1040 Crowd funding announced- Triple Boot Android, GNU\/Linux, and Ubuntu Touch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">PengPod, the company that gave us the first commercial dual-booting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pengpod.com\/products\/pengpod1000\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.pengpod.com\/products\/pengpod1000', 'tablet']);\" >tablet<\/a>, is launching a crowd-funding campaign for their new PengPod 1040.<\/p>\n<p>The PengPod 1040 is a 9.7\u201d tablet with an ultra-high definition 2048&#215;1536 LCD screen, 16GB of flash memory, 1.2 GHz Quad Core CPU, 2 GB DDR3, and more. The biggest selling point on this device is its open-source platform and out of the box triple-boot offering. PengPod 1040 has the ability to boot Android, GNU\/Linux and Ubuntu Touch simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/pengpod.com\/images\/linuxtabletskewed.png?w=720\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The PengPod 1040 could be a market changing tablet. The ability to go from casual Android gaming to full fledged PC work on a Linux boot or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubuntu.com\/tablet\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.ubuntu.com\/tablet', 'Ubuntu Touch']);\" >Ubuntu Touch<\/a> would be incredible. As the developer mentions in the presentation video, the tablet would be an open-source tablet making it completely customizable.<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/pengpod-1040-quad-core-linux-android-dual-booting-tablets\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/pengpod-1040-quad-core-linux-android-dual-booting-tablets', 'Indiegogo']);\" >Indiegogo<\/a> crowd funding goal of $349,000\u00a0 must be met in order for the tablet to go into production, and we really hope that it does.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/pengpod.com\/images\/linuxtabletback.png?w=720\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>An early bird special is available at $220 for a PengPod 1040.\u00a0 Those who are not early birds can pick one up for just $249. Volume ordering is needed in order for the software and tablet to be viable and developed within the community, thus the crowd funding.<\/p>\n<p>Full specs and information for the PengPod 1040 are over at <a href=\"http:\/\/pengpod.com\/products\/pengpod1040\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/pengpod.com\/products\/pengpod1040', 'PengPod']);\" >PengPod<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of the PengPod 1040?<\/p>\n[embedplusvideo height=&#8221;300&#8243; width=&#8221;580&#8243; editlink=&#8221;http:\/\/bit.ly\/18yVkFN&#8221; standard=&#8221;http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/w4x5dErnaBs?fs=1&#8243; vars=&#8221;ytid=w4x5dErnaBs&amp;width=580&amp;height=300&amp;start=&amp;stop=&amp;rs=w&amp;hd=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;react=1&amp;chapters=&amp;notes=&#8221; id=&#8221;ep8804&#8243; \/]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PengPod, the company that gave us the first commercial dual-booting tablet, is launching a crowd-funding campaign for their new PengPod 1040. 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