[sclug] PDA's

[martin summers]

Hmmm...... I guess it depends on what you want to use your PDA for - or 
more accurately, what you can do without, as some stuff works well on 
one PDA, but another PDA does a poor job.
I use a Sharp Zaurus PDA for a lot of sysadmin stuff while on the move 
as it has quite a bit of expandibility (takes CF and SD cards) and runs 
Linux. It's also quite a neat games player, and it's not too difficult 
to compile new games onto it (with a bit of patients - but it''s a lot 
of fun !)
The PIM stuff sync's OK with windows stuff (Outlook etc) , but I have 
had a few problems getting it to work well with Qtopia, although I hear 
other folks have had few if any problems....

Zaurus' (Zarusi ?) are also quite a good price for the spec. You can get 
a bluetooth stack off of www.killefiz.de/zaurus/ and find compatible 
bluetooth cards is not too hard (For the CF slot, although I have heard 
 that it may be possible to get some cards that fit in the USB docking 
slot at the bottom of the Zaurus...(can anyone confirm ?)

Other PDA's people have been please with are Compaq iPAQ series, which 
you have the flexibility of windows CE or Linux...

Or... you may want to wait and take a look at the Zaurus C700, which is 
around in Japan at the moment, and can be obtained in the UK as well 
now, but some of the apps are not quite finished. It has a 640x480 
screen on it though !

-Martin Summers


Scott Rixon wrote:

>People...
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>This seams like a good question for this group..
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>I am very tempted to change my PDA. I have a Psion 5 at the moment.. I
>find the connectivity to Linux pretty bad so I keep going back to
>Windows!!
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>Does anyone have an particular favorites at the moment? I have a company
>bluetooth phone so I would like something with Bluetooth. I believe a
>few now have Wi-Fi.. Now that would be cool...
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>Scott
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