At first sight the C100 reminded me of a Mac Mini, Apple's own paperback book-sized computer. But similarities are skin deep, to be sure; Apple's is far better equipped (but also costs more than twice as much). Still, CherryPal packs a tri-core MPC5121e mobile GT processor capable of performing 800 MIPS “while only consuming as much power as a clock radio,” said the company on its Web site

This certainly sounds like another open-source device from the description – or at least, closed hardware running open source software. But poking around CherryPal's web site reveals no hint of any source code. Many of the links on the site lead to cheerful “Coming Soon!” banners, but there doesn't even appear to be a logical place in their site structure for code hosting.