Pepper Pad 3
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Over the past few months I’ve worked on a project involving the Pepper Pad 3. I can’t say much about the project, but I’d like to talk about the Pepper Pad itself. The “Pad” is sort of typical of mobile PC-style platform; wireless network access, touch screen, camera, ~20GB HD, and a “use-it-as-last-resort” button-laden keyboard. The Pad’s special features are an IR blaster so it can mimic a remote and it runs Linux. Whenever I show the Pepper Pad to someone, their first words are “I want one!” But after playing with it for 10 minutes the reactions cools to “If someone gave it to me, I might use it.” Well, it should be noted that this device is aimed at the home consumer market, hence the IR Blaster and lack of spreadsheets or proprietary email protocols.