Ubuntu now working on HP Touchpad

[Duncan MacGregor]

Ok, OEM = Original Equipment Manufacturer
So: ODM = Original <D>          Manufacturer

Like Lenovo  and IBM for Thinkpads.

Dunc

On Sunday 28 August 2011 21:12:30 you wrote:
> | From: Duncan MacGregor <dbmacg-HLeSyJ3qPdM at public.gmane.org>
> | 
> | Did HP make a tablet, or did they OEM one?
> 
> The acronym seems to be "ODM" in this world.  There are only a 
small
> number of large ODMs and HP surely contracted one of them to 
make the
> HP TouchPad.  But HP did much of the software engineering -- it 
isn't
> sold with another brand.
> 
> This is just like Apple.  One of Apple's ODM's is famously Foxconn.
> 
> If there are other tablets with similar guts, it should be possible to
> find out by googling for "Snapdragon" -- most other high-end 
tablets use
> "Tegra" processors.
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