On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 09:58:14PM +0800 or thereabouts, Miguel A.L. Paraz wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 09:31:53PM +0800, Pablo Manalastas wrote:
> > This is hard to believe, folks, but we now have
> > a Linux PDA (8MB ram 2MB flash)for under US$90.00.
> >
> > See:
> > http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2451726847.html
> > http://www.linuxda.com/
> >
> > Most PDAs with 8MB sell for about US$200.00-250.00
> > so this is really a giveaway.
>
>
> from my reading of the site: it seems that the fact that it's running
> Linux doesn't help the average user since I think you can't run stock
> Linux apps or even sources on it. you'd be stuck with the supplied apps,
> until more people write apps for it. until then, you can't compare this with
> a Palm - compare it with a fixed-function PDA.
>
> on the bright side, if it can be imported straight from Taiwan then it should
> be cheaper in peso terms.
>
hehehe taiwan. reminds me of my orange ][ computer way back when.
i haven't checked the details wonder if we can compile kernels on it
and speaking of pda's are there any embedded linux programmers or
companies locally?
--
"If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to
see every problem as a nail." -- Abraham Maslow
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