[sclug] PDA's

[Tom Dawes-Gamble]

I too have a Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 my recomendation is don't buy one.
I have just broken the stylus and called  to get a spare 15 quid!!!!!

OK an HP Ipaq might be more expemsive.  But when I look at how easy it 
is for
my colleauges to get things working it's far better value for money.

Tom.

Hans Huberland wrote:

> 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.
> Enjoy.
> Hans
>
> Scott Rixon wrote:
>
>> People...
>>
>> This seams like a good question for this group..
>>
>> 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!!
>>
>> 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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