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Have any of you seen these?
Heck, I didn't even know there was a Linux for a PDA. This thing looks kinda cool. I have a Pocket PC but now I wish I had one of these. Wonder if they will sell very well?
Check it out here: http://www.myzaurus.com/ freezinbutt |
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There are loads of these out there actually. I did some test work for a couple of similar products running Linux, but to be very honest, there still is a way to go before it can be the success as it should be. PalmOS by far is the best designed palm computing platform IMHO. The problem I see for Palm is that their pricing structure is pretty close to ridiculous, it doesnt cost that much for a PDA, I remember reading a slashdot article (try searching for it) that claimed that Empower Linux OS and a Palm IIIxe would ship for abt $89US. The beauty is that most of the existing OS can be replaced to Linux (i tried it .. it didnt go too well
) http://www.newswire.ca/releases/July2001/18/c2979.html Check out: http://www.linuxdevices.com/ http://www.yopy.com/ http://www.handhelds.org/ Ohh the list is endless .. try a search or go to some sites like slashdot and start from there oh and let me end with my favorite reason for starting on my "Down with Linus" soapbox : http://midori.transmeta.com/ Happy reading |
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Thanks Statica,
I simply had no idea about these devices. I never really went looking for them until I received an email about them. I have a Casio Pocket PC and my wife has a Palm. Pocket PC's are kinda neat, but I agree with you; Palms are the way to go. Simple and clean. Have you tried to Sync your Palm with Linux on a desktop machine? I see that Mandy comes with some software to do this. I just haven't tried. I've read in some other forums that it can sometimes be a challenge. freezinbutt |
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Its been a cinch for me! I use serial as well as Iinfrared
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