Did anyone see the Zaurus SL-5600 at amazon.com for $299? That's a $200 less that I've seen before. I've been thinking of getting one, but do you think it's being EOLed? Is there a newer one coming out?
dave On Wednesday 14 January 2004 22:24, Michael Torrie wrote: > On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 18:13, Brent Thomson wrote: > > Hey, all. I know there are many of you that have a handheld computer, > > and I assume many of your handheld OSes are Linux-based (even if that's > > not how the device came). I'd love to hear about your experiences with > > different Linux-running models. Specifically: > > I use (occasionally) a Zaurus, running linux. It used to run Qtopia, > but now I run OPIE, which is a fork of Qtopia. > > > 1. How good is the user interface? > > Very good. See http://opie.handhelds.org. I prefer an X11-based > environment (yes, even for a pda), so I'm going to try gpe > (http://gpe.handhelds.org) some day. > > > 2. Is the source code for the OS easy to obtain? > > Yes of course. The complete os source code in the openzaurus linux > distro is available from http://www.openzaurus.org. > > > 3. Have you tried writing your own applications? > > Yes a bit. It's as easy as desktop apps, except for the small screen > that you have to take into account. Designing apps for pdas takes a lot > of design skill. > > Anyway, the developers of opie and gpe do all their developing and > debuggin on a desktop platform, and then port to the pda using a > cross-compiler. > > > 4. What kind of connectivity to a full-size PC can you use? > > I use wireless (802.11b) or tcp/ip over usb link. > > > 5. Any other merits or shortcomings you've found. > > The zaurus is a bit to big for the pocket. But it has a nice keyboard > (for your thumbs, anyway), that I've actually used to write code with. > > Doing any kind of major inputting with a stylus, using what ever system > is a pain. > > > Michael > > > Thanks, > > -Brent > > > > > > ____________________ > > BYU Unix Users Group > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
