[Gllug] simputer

[jim smith]

>I know someone who's got one of those but haven't had a chance to 
>play with it yet. I think the call costs (and powered transmitters / 
>dead zones problems) would scupper further investigation along that 
>path.
>
>I guess what I'm really after is a client so thin it's handheld... 
>it only needs enough ompph to boot up, load a web browser and render 
>the markup returned from the server. Having it running on an open 
>source base would be an advantage... what I don't need is something 
>that will encourage a doctor to enter all their appointments and 
>todo lists.. and then cause a problem when it breaks or a patient 
>(or fellow doctor) nicks it ;-)
>


I don't think anyone's mentioned Psion. This looks good and Open PC 
presumably means hackable into linux:

http://www.psionteklogix.com/main/7510.htm
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