Editing Yopy

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The '''Yopy''' was the name of a series of [[Personal Digital Assistant]]s (PDA) made by [[GMate Corporation]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/96680/korean_startup_works_hard_pocket_linux/|title=IT news, careers, business technology, reviews}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infoworld.com/articles/pi/xml/00/04/17/000417pilinuxpda.xml |title=Korean start-up works hard to pocket Linux |website=www.infoworld.com |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204113420/http://www.infoworld.com/articles/pi/xml/00/04/17/000417pilinuxpda.xml |archive-date=4 December 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> also used as a popular PDA Phone in [[Korea]] and based on the [[Linux]] [[operating system]]. The [[Linux Documentation Project]] considers the Yopy series to be "true Linux PDAs" because their manufacturers install Linux-based operating systems on them by default.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tldp.org/LDP/Mobile-Guide/html/Mobile-Guide.html#mobile-guide-p3-handheld-devices-pdas|title=Linux on the Road}}</ref>

[[File:GmateYopy.jpg|thumb|Yopy in its cradle]]

== Overview ==

At the [[CeBIT]] 2000, GMate introduced the YDK1000, the Yopy Development Kit. Without a physical [[computer keyboard|keyboard]] this device looked very different from later versions. It came with an embedded Linux operating system and the W Window System. Later also precompiled versions of the [[X Window System]] and the [[IceWM]] [[window manager]] became available.

The first official model in the Yopy line of PDAs was the YP3000. It introduced the clam shell design with a full-[[Qwerty]] keyboard, and featured a 3.5&nbsp;inch [[TFT LCD|TFT screen]]. It also came with the X Window System and IceWM.

One of the features of the YP3500 is a [[Code division multiple access|CDMA]] module, so it can be used as a [[mobile phone]].  In 2003, [[Wi-Fi]] was widely used in Korea, and so the YP3700 targeted this environment with an additional Wi-Fi module.

By March 2005 Gmate had stopped producing and selling the Yopy PDA and closed down its official web sites.

== Yopy models ==

* '''YDK1000''', the Yopy Development Kit
* '''YP3000''', the first official model of the Yopy
* '''YP3500''', CDMA module was added in YP3500
* '''YP3700''', Wi-Fi module was added in YP3700

== Yopy software ==
Because it used the Linux operating system, the Yopy was capable of running a variety of [[Open-source software|open source]] software.

== Trivia ==
Yopy is a [[recursive acronym]], standing for "Your own personal Yopy".

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041212124316/http://www.gmate.com/ Official Yopy site] (offline)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080827175739/http://kyug.org/ Yopy User Group (in Korean)]
* [https://archive.today/20130730212709/http://www.chinaski.biz/yopywiki/doku.php The unofficial YopyWiki, find and share information about Yopy PDAs]
* [http://www.yopypda.co.uk/ UK Based Re-seller for Europe] (offline)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060707210414/http://www.yopy.lug.org.uk/ UK Based Yopy User Group]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070618200647/http://www.pdas-news.com/GMate-Yopy-PDA.php Gmate Yopy PDA review] (offline)
* [http://www.lucid-cake.net/osx_zaurus_usb/index_en.html Mac OS X USB driver for Zaurus and Yopy]
* [http://www.tuxmedia.com/yopydev/default.jsp Yopytheque: Yopy FAQs and how-tos in French @ Tuxmedia.com] (offline)

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