I got a G1 off craigslist for exactly this reason. It takes a bit of doing to set up to use without a contract. I'll have more details after I catch my bus. On Oct 7, 2010 1:23 PM, "Allen Brown" <[email protected]> wrote: > Years ago I bought a Palm Z22 for $99. It recently died. I need > to replace it. Naturally I would prefer something that runs > Linux. > > Cost matters, of course. But the Palm Z22 price has gone up. > Weird! It is now $150. It is also an HP product. Once upon > a time that would have given it favor in my mind. But HP has > gone evil, so now they get no favor. > > I thought an Archos 32 would do the trick. The size is good. > The price is $150. I actually bought one before I found out > it totally does not meet my needs. I returned it. > The other Archos pads may have calendar capability. I didn't > check. They are too big. > > The most important function of the PDA for me is the calendar. > It has to beep at me to warm me of appointments. Without that, > it is worthless to me. > > Being able to connect to the web (in a pinch) would be > nice, but is not required. The Z22 can't do that. All the > other products I'm aware of, can. > > The Archos 32 is worthless to me. It has no calendar function > with alarms. And no internal speaker. Even if it had a calendar > function I would have to walk around with ear buds to hear the > alarms. Boo. > > Two Linux products which appear to have the functionality I > require are the Droid and the Nokia N900. Both are approx > $400. Both are also mobile phones. I don't need (or want) > a mobile. I definitely don't want to be tied to a phone > company to get the functionality of the device. And that price > is too much for a very fancy alarm watch. But if I do buy > a mobile it has to be capable of international use (GSM) > and it has to be unlocked. > > The only other product I've found which comes close is the > Apple iPod Touch for $230. That's still pretty expensive. > But I am considering it. But I really would prefer to avoid > Apple's "walled garden". The company is too hostile to Linux > for my taste. > > Here is a summary: > Palm Z22 $150 > + Good calendar > - More expensive than it's worth > Archos 32 $150 > - No alarm capabilities. Worthless > Nokia N900 GSM $400 > + Adequate calendar > - Much too expensive > Droid GSM $420 > + Adequate calendar > - Much much too expensive > Apple iPod Touch $230 > + Adequate calendar > - Somewhat expensive > - Apple company is hostile to Linux > > Are there other products out there that I should consider? > -- > Allen Brown abrown at peak.org http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown/ > Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is > too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly > and ignorant superstition. --- Carl Sagan > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
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