On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 05:11:00PM -0400, Ben Scott wrote: > I'm especially interested in the Sharp Zaurus. I understand that, > while it's nominally not sold in the US, it's pretty easy to find > vendors importing it, and that the manufacturer support picture is > pretty good (for the immediate future, anyway). > > One thing I want from a handheld is that it has to be a good PIM > first -- good calendar, contact, task list, and notepad functionality. > Not Emacs, but something easily usable with one hand while I've got > my head stuck inside a computer cabinet. This is one thing the Palm > always did *very* well. What about the Zaurus?
I had a Zaurus (SL-5600). The PIM software was almost, but not quite, completely useless. I tried several of the alternate software loads, none of them worked anywhere near as well as the Palm IIIc the Zaurus replaced, certainly not good enough for daily use. > Zauruses... Zauri... Zaurus models have built-in keyboards, I guess > that's moot. Right? The built-in keyboard on the SL-5600 was crap, I only used it when I had to. > The Zaurus runs Linux, which is uber-cool, especially for more > sophisticated things. Can anyone comment on how Linux software > translates to the Zaurus platform? Is it just a recompile, or is it > mostly incompatible? Does it use X for graphics, or something else? Something else, depending on which software load you are using. You can get X working, but it isn't particularly usable. > What about sync'ing with a desktop Linux PC? I ass-ume, since it > runs Linux, that basic interoperability is a no-brainer. Is there > anything like jpilot for the Zaurus? Basic interoperability was pretty much non-existant when I first tried it, the PIM apps for the Zaurus weren't available in any desktop form I could identify. I quickly gave up and just made regular backups to a spare CF card. These days I'm using a cheap Palm, which is working reasonably well for just PIM functions. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenPGP KeyID 0x57C3430B Holder of Past Knowledge CS, O- "If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing." http://bbspot.com/toys/slashtitle/index.html _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
