<t>I'm thinking along similar lines as a possible way to provide skipe to Alzheimer caregivers in out of the way places.  The result would have to be essentially give away cheap and work like an appliance that could be plugged in to the hdmi port of the tv, webcam/mic or (tv speaker) input  and eith...

<t>Good luck with your project.  I'm interested in the feasibility of using the pi as a skype device for Alzheimer's care givers and patients to connect to resource providers and others in similar circumstances.  Settlements are far flung where I live and experts are thin on the ground.<br/> <br/> S...

There is a vnc app for idevices, but it is 9.99.  There are free and non-free vlc apps as well but I haven't tried them on linux, although they work tolerably well for winxp.

<r>Here is a thread on dos emulation for games on the Nokia n800 which is weaker than the RP and similar to ARM.<br/> <br/> <URL url="http://talk.maemo.org/showthre.....hp?t=15893">http://talk.maemo.org/showthre.....hp?t=15893</URL><br/> <br/> I ran Word-perfect on mine and it was similar in speed t...

I'm no expert but you could use 2 usb dial up modems and a null modem cable if you could get the modem drivers to work.