[sclug] PDA's

[Mike Mallett]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sclug-admin at sclug.org.uk [mailto:sclug-admin at sclug.org.uk] On Behalf
Of
> Hans Huberland
> Sent: 14 July 2003 14:46
> To: Scott Rixon
> Cc: Silicon Lug
> Subject: Re: [sclug] PDA's
> 
> Scott,
> 
> I use a Sharp Zaurus. It has many really innovative features: cool
> slip-down keyboard, SD card and CF slots (the CF can take camera, wifi,
> bluetooth, etc).  It runs a Sharp proprietary embedix but it's really
> easy to flash it to Opie (openzaurus.org), a fully open-source ROM with
> a lot of application support such as Konqueror, VNC client & server,
> sshd, rsync, kismet, the list goes on into the hundreds.
> Connectivity-wise it you can rsync it from the CLI if that tickles you,
> or sync with Qtopia desktop on both linux or Windows, you'll also be
> able to find apps on freshmeat to sync to evolution and sylpheed.
> 
> On the down side, the SL-5500 is end of life and the SL-5600 has not yet
> been released in the UK.  I saw one in the US and it's definitely worth
> waiting for.  Then again, some suppliers may still stock the SL-5500 and
> the price should be real good right now.


I am told that the SL-5600 is not being introduced into the UK but there is
likely to a different model (C700 ?) later this year ...