The only other device I've found which fits the bill is a Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 -- would need a WIFI card for it, but the whole shebang can be
That's exactly what I'm using now as a remote for the slimserver, to read my mails without starting the computer or even to surf a little bit. But the screen is simply too small. I'll be glad to pay some money for 800x480 compared to Zaurus' 320x240.
had for under 200 from ebay these days. The big plus is that you get a keyboard.
Which is ok to enter URLs or quickly run some commands in the ssh client ;-). But I wouldn't seriously consider it to write mails.
Yes, I realize this is sold as a PDA, but let's face it -- it's much more than that -- it's an ultraportable Linux box.
When I first read about those guys who run slimserver on devices like the Linksys NSLU2 I thought about trying to install it on my Zaurus. Then I read about those hours you need to install perl... and gave up before I even started :-). But having ssh VNC viewer & server samba client etc. on a pda is fun.
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